Potter, Frederick S.

Born: 1837-11-03 New Haven, Connecticut

Died: 1903-01-12 Henry, Illinois

Flourished: Henry, Illinois

Frederick S. Potter, an attorney, moved to Illinois as a young child. He relocated to Henry, Illinois, when he was sixteen and began working as a clerk and then as a merchant. Potter began to read law in 1862 and was admitted to the bar two years later. He served as a member of the bar for about thirty-eight years.

Potter married Louisa Dawson and the couple had three children. Louisa died in July 1871 and Potter remarried Isabel House in 1874. That couple also had three children.

Marshall County Democrat (Lacon, IL), 15 January 1903, 1:3; The Henry Republican (IL), 28 May 1903, 8:4; 11 June 1903, 1:5; U.S. Census Office, Ninth Census of the United States (1870), Henry, Marshall County, IL, 35; Dixon Evening Telegraph (IL), 23 October 1906, 4:5; Gravestones (Frederick, Louisa), Henry Cemetery, Henry, IL.