John Potter
Another Soldier Dead.
John Potter, aged 80, died at his home near Jasper, last Sunday. He served in Cos. C. and H., 1st Alabama Cavalry, during the Civil War. His funeral took place on Monday afternoon under the auspices of Post 35 [53] G. A. R. [Grand Army of the Republic] at the Lasater graveyard. He had been married three times and left a widow and two children.
Sequachee Valley News newspaper
Sequatchie, Tennessee,
Thursday, November 10, 1910
Notes for John Potter's newspaper obituary:
John Potter served the 1st Tennessee/Alabama Independent Vidette Cavalry, Company C, USV as a private; and
1st Alabama Cavalry, Company H, USV as a Corporal during the Civil War.
His funeral took place on Monday afternoon under the auspices of James G. Spears, Post 53, Grand Army of the Republic, Jasper, Marion County, Tennessee. He was elected and mustered a member May 14, 1898.
He died November 6, 1910, and he was buried November 7, 1910 in Lasater Cemetery, Jasper, Marion County, Tennessee.
He was married three times: 1st wife, Louisa Cooper; 2nd wife, Hannah Bridget Nelson; 3rd wife, Josie A. Baker.
Josie A. Baker was widow left at his death.
The two children left at his death were Johnnie Lindsey Potter, son by Hannah Bridget Nelson Potter, and Horace Gordan Potter, son by Josie A. Baker Potter.
Submitted by Johnny L.T.N. Potter
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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit
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