Edson Potter (abt. 1842 - 1918)

Born about 18 Mar 1842 in Pudding Hollow, Minerva, Essex, New York, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Read) Potter — married 1865 in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1918 at about age 76 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Edson Potter served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: August 4, 1862
Mustered out: June 22, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company K 106th New York Infantry

Edson Potter was born on March 18, 1842 in Pudding Hollow, Minerva, Essex, New York, United States. His parents were Philip Potter and Miranda Squires. He married Mary Read in 1865 Together they had 4 children:

1. May Potter
2. Myra Potter
3. Philip Potter
4. Alice Potter

He died on June 27, 1918 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

The Will of Henry Potter COLTON MAN LEAVES AN ESTATE OF $175,000 Lumberman Had Few Near, Relatives^[1]

Benefit by Potter Will^[2]

Potters Band^[3]

COLTON Mr. and Mrs. Edson Potter have returned home after visiting daughters, Mrs. Chas. Olmsted and Mrs. Frank Cushing at Potsdam^[4]

Here is a link to a short biography from Our County and Its People: A Memorial History St. Lawrence County, New York (at page 224).^[5]

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potter and his brother, Edson Potter, started on Monday for Elizabethtown to visit the boyhood home of the Potters, making the trip In their automobile with Richard Brown as chauffeur.^[6]

AUCTION^[7]

Mr. Edson Potter and Mrs. William Raymond attended the wedding of Miss Ruth Olmstead at Potsdam Saturday.^[8]

Mr. A. Ames of Stark, has purchased the Edson Potter place. He has repaired the house and put in electric lights and expects to move in on Tuesday.^[9]

Military

U.S. Civil War

POTTER, EDSON.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 4, 1862, at Colton, to serve three years; mustered in as musician, Co. K, August 27, 1862; grade changed to private, no date; mustered out with company, June 22, 1865, near Washington, D. C.^[10]

Potter, Edson

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 106th Regiment, New York Infantry

SIDE: Union

COMPANY: K

SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Drummer

SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private

ALTERNATE NAME:

FILM NUMBER:M551 ROLL 112

PLAQUE NUMBER:

NOTES: none^[11]

Pension

Name: Edson Potter

Military Rank: Pvt.

Military Unit: Infantry

Military Regiment: 106

Event Type: Pension

Event Date: 02 Mar 1907

Event Place: New York, United States

File Name: 4936070

Shipping Company: K^[12]

Name: Edson Potter

Event Type: Pension

Event Date: 1907-1933

Event Place: United States

Death Date: 27 Jun 1918^[13]

Occupation

• Farming (per 1860 census)
• Works on Farm (per 1879 census)
• Unable to read 1880 census occupation? Pedler?
• Grocery and Feed Store (per Obit and 1900 census)
• Music Teacher (Everywhere)? Ret? (Per 1910 census)

Census

1850 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 9

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birthplace: New York

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1850

Event Place: Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Household Identifier: 33

House Number: 33

Line Number: 25

Schedule Type: 1850 Population

Philip Potter M 35 Vermont

Miranda Potter F 29 New York

Henry Potter M 2 New York

Olive Green F 57 Vermont^[14]

1860 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birthplace: New York

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1860

Event Place: Town of Colton, St Lawrence, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): The Town Of Colton, St Lawrence, New York, United States

Page Number: 8

Philip Potter M 45 Vermont

Mirinda Potter F 39 New York

Henry Potter M 13 New York

Olive Squire F 68 New York

Elisha Smith M 54 New York^[15]

1870 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 29

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birthplace: New York

Race: White

Relationship Code: Head

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1870

Event Place: Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Page Number: 28

Mary Potter F 28 New York

May Potter F 3 New York^[16]

1880 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 37

Birth Year (Estimated): 1843

Birthplace: New York, United States

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Pedler

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Relationship to Head of Household: Self (Self)

Father's Birthplace: Vermont, United States

Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1880

Event Place: Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Colton, ED 188, St. Lawrence, NY, United States

Household Identifier: 11355758

Person Number: 0

Sheet Letter: A

Sheet Number: 13

Volume: 1

Mary Potter Wife F 38 New York, United States

Philip Potter Son M 7 New York, United States

Maranda Potter Daughter F 5 New York, United States

May Potter Daughter F 13 New York, United States^[17]

1890 United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War

Name: Edson Potter

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1890

Event Place: Colton, St Lawrence, New York, United States^[18]

1900 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 59

Birth Date: Mar 1841

Birthplace: New York

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Years Married: 34

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Father's Birthplace: Vermont

Mother's Birthplace: New York

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1900

Event Place: Colton, Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Colton Township, Election District 1 Colton village, ED 82, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Household Identifier: 118

Line Number: 60

Sheet Letter: B

Sheet Number: 5

Mary R Potter Wife F 58 New York

Elvira Read F 79 New York^[19]

1905 New York State Census

Name: Exborn Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 64y

Race: W

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Event Type: CENSUS

Event Date: 1905

Event Place: Colton, Colton Village, E.D. 01, St. Lawrence, New York

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birthplace: United States

Digital Folder Number: 004296302

Image Number: 150

Record Number: 13453

Mary E Potter Wife F 63y United States

Elvira Read F 83y United States^[20]

1910 United States Census

Name: Edson Potter

Sex: Male

Age: 69

Birth Year (Estimated): 1841

Birthplace: New York

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Father's Birthplace: Vermont

Mother's Birthplace: New York

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1910

Event Place: Colton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Colton, , New York

Mary Potter Wife F 68 New York^[21]

Death

Name: Edson Potter

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 27 Jun 1918

Event Place: Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Potsdam, New York

Entry Number: 38649^[22]

Colton Resident Dies At 60 Years^[23]

Obituary^[24]

Edson Potter Passes Away^[25]

Colton Resident Sixty Years Dies^[26]

Edson Potter, Veteran, Former Lumber Dealer, Succumbs in Potsdam^[27]

Funeral of Edson Potter^[28]

Research Notes

• Per obit born in Pottersville, Essex County, New York.
• Per obit son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Potter
• Per obit married in Colton, Miss Mary Reed in 1865
• Per obit died at the home of his daughter Mrs. C.I. Olmstead in Upper Elm Street
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” died at the home of C.I. Olmstead in Potsdam on Thursday June 27th
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” eldest son of Philip and Miranda Potter
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” the couple were blessed with 3 children. Philip, who died when 7. May, Mrs. C.I. Olmstead and Myra, Mrs. Frank Cushing of Potsdam
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” had a brother named Henry Potter
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” he was a talented musician with the violin
• Per obit “ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5” The couple were familiarly called “Edd and Mary”
• Per obit “ Courier and freeman., July 03, 1918, Page 7, Image 7” mothers maiden name mentioned as Miranda Squire.
• Per Familysearch bio: When Edson Potter was born on 18 March 1842, in Pudding Hollow, Minerva, Essex, New York, United States, his father, Philip Potter, was 27 and his mother, Miranda Squires, was 22. He married Mary Phirilla Read on 31 December 1865, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Colton, Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1905. He died on 27 June 1918, in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
• Per “ United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933,” appears was a “Drummer”?

Sources

1. ↑ Norwood news., May 24, 1922, Page 8, Image 8
2. ↑ The Potsdam herald-recorder., May 26, 1922, Page 5, Image 5
3. ↑ Commercial advertiser., February 02, 1909, Page 1, Image 1
4. ↑ Commercial advertiser., September 12, 1911, Page 8, Image 8
5. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Our_County_and_Its_People/eNiYQuYyB_4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=edson+potter+ogdensburg+ny&pg=RA2-PA224&printsec=frontcover
6. ↑ The Potsdam herald-recorder., September 01, 1911, Page 8, Image 8
7. ↑ The Potsdam herald-recorder., November 15, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
8. ↑ The Republican-journal., June 14, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
9. ↑ The Potsdam herald-recorder., November 02, 1917, Page 8, Image 8
10. ↑ https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/106th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf
11. ↑ NPS
12. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHZL-G61 : 24 March 2016), Edson Potter, 1907.
13. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M25-BH4 : 19 February 2021), Edson Potter, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,838.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1X-5BY : Tue Jul 18 02:33:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip Potter and Miranda Potter, 1850.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4D-3R9 : Tue Jul 18 01:37:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip Potter and Mirinda Potter, 1860.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KJ-WGL : 29 May 2021), Edson Potter, 1870.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZFF-BWV : Thu Aug 03 08:57:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Edson Potter and Mary Potter, 1880.
18. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K836-H33 : 8 March 2021), Edson Potter, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,211.
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSL1-P3K : Thu Aug 03 02:17:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Edson Potter and Mary R Potter, 1900.
20. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK9Q-NBB : 8 March 2021), Exborn Potter, Colton, Colton Village, E.D. 01, St. Lawrence, New York; citing p. 16, line 38, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 885,345.
21. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M549-D4L : Wed Jul 19 08:49:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Edson Potter and Mary Potter, 1910.
22. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-5N1S : 22 March 2023), Edson Potter, 1918.
23. ↑ The Republican-journal., July 02, 1918, Page 6, Image 6
24. ↑ The Potsdam herald-recorder., July 05, 1918, Page 5, Image 5
25. ↑ Courier and freeman., July 03, 1918, Page 2, Image 2
26. ↑ Commercial advertiser., July 02, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
27. ↑ Watertown Daily Times. volume 2, June 28, 1918, Page 2, Image 2
28. ↑ Courier and freeman., July 03, 1918, Page 7, Image 7

• https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=p&p=countybrowser
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-7XMM : 29 May 2020), Edson Potter, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34001530/edson-potter: accessed 21 August 2023), memorial page for Edson Potter (18 Mar 1842–8 May 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #34001530, citing Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA; Maintained by Terry Akin (contributor 46869486).