age 74; b: IL; d: Lawrence Co IL; s/of James Potter (ca 1814 TN) & Francis (ca 1820); m: 1883 MO Mary Cordelia Brizendine (1858 MO-1930 MO); separated by 1910; res: 1850 White Co IL 1880 Knox Co IN 1900-10 Linn-Moniteau Co MO; ch: Nancy Matilda (1868 MO-1917 MO m: Thomas Moore) & Mary Jannette (1884-1966 MO m: Charles F Trotter) & Oliver T (1888 MO-1939 MO) & Linda (1891) & Flora Ethel (1892 MO-1973 MO m: Arthur Lindsey) & Leota (m: Nelson) (obit of Flora)