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Family Tree: Jerome & Amanda Potter

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Jerome's Parents

Amanda's Parents

Benjamin Potter

Polly Cleveland

Cyrus Truesdell

Maranda Platt
B: ____1799   D:  2/2/1850 B: 8/25/1805   D: 5/11/1850

B: 7/10/1805  D: 10/7/1879

B: 1/14/1804  D: 9/20/1861

Married: ___________

Married: 8/30/1826
     

Jerome Bertram Potter

B: 10/21/1826 (Rome, NY)

D: 12/1/1893 (Summit, Juneau Co. WI)

Amanda Rhoda Truesdell

B: 11/19/1829 (Steubenville, NY)

D: 8/18/1921 (Sparta, WI)

Married: 9/23/1849

Westernville, NY
 

Children:

  • Between 1849 and 1850 they moved to Deerfield, Dane County Wisconsin

  • Between 1852 and 1856 they moved to Summit Township, Juneau County, Wisconsin

  • Land Patent: Summit Township, Juneau Co. Section 27, 14N - 3E, 40acres Document #24117, 5/1/1857

  • Jerome served in Company D of the 10th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War

  • 1869-1870 Jerome served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, he was a Democrat.

  • 1880 census record: Jerome and Amanda are living in Summit, Juneau County. Two children Bertram J. (14) and Mary C. (13). are still at home. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/

  • 1860 census record: they live in Summit, Juneau County. Three Children: Charles (10) Freedom (8) Elvardo (5) Value of real-estate $250 Personal Property $300

  • 1870 census record: they live in Summit, Juneau County. Three Children: Charles (20 b: WI) Freedom (18 b: WI) Elvardo (14 b: WI)  Mary (9 b: WI) Bertram (4 b: WI) Value of real-estate $3000 Personal Property $1700

  • Jerome and Amanda are buried in Mauston, Juneau Co. WI

1 M Charles Wesley Potter
Birth: Aug 26, 1850 Deerfield, Dane Co. WI
Death: Mar 7, 1899 Mauston, Juneau Co. WI
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Mauston, Juneau Co. WI
Spouse: Jennie Pilling (1845-1930)
Marriage: Oct 11, 1870 New Lisbon, Juneau Co. WI

 
2 M Freedom Ransom Potter
Birth: Jan 28, 1852 Marshall, Dane Co. WI
Residence: Dec 1, 1893 Wonewoc, Juneau Co. WI
Death: Mar 15, 1929 Sparta, Monroe Co. WI
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Fessey (1855-1895)
Marriage: Mar 24, 1873 Mauston, Juneau Co. WI
Spouse: Margaret Owen ( - )
Marriage: Sep 7, 1898
 
3 M Rev. Elvardo Cyrus Potter
Birth: Jan 21, 1856 Summit Township, Juneau County, WI
Graduation: 1885 Garrett Biblical Institute
Degree: 1906 Ph D; Chicago Seminary of Science for Spirit Work
Death: Apr 21, 1924 Lake Mills, WI
Spouse: Emma Huntley (1853-1937)
Marriage: Apr 2, 1877 Wonewoc, WI
 
4 F Mary Matilda Potter
Birth: Dec 21, 1861 Summit Township, Juneau County, WI
Death: Jul 8, 1873 Summit Township, Juneau County, WI
 
5 M Bertram Jerome Potter
Birth: Dec 6, 1865 Summit Township, Juneau County, WI
Death: May 20, 1901 Summit Township, Juneau County, WI
Burial: Mauston, Juneau Co. WI
Spouse: Emma Jane Grant (1867-1946)
Marriage: Mar 23, 1887 Elroy, WI