Descendants of William POTTS - Aug 3 1998

COMPILED BY LORENE FORT

(LORENE)

FIRST GENERATION

RESIDED: 1843/1844 came to America, settling in Layfayette Co MO about 25 Miles from Lexington.

RESIDED: 1845/1846 moved to Jackson Co MO, locating near Independence

CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Co MO Blue Twp Pg 308B #1073/1073 Lines 19-28 (Sept 13 Roll No M432-402

MARRIAGE: 1850/1853 to Sarah Elizabeth SMITH? SEBOUGH?

CENSUS: 1860 Jackson Co MO Div No 35 PO Kansas City Pg 159 #1315/1342 Lines 9-16 (July 9) Roll No M653-625

CHURCH: United with Church of England as a young man

DEATH: 1899 Mar 31 "LaCygne Journal" LaCygne KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

TO SEARCH: Ship arrivals, etc.

Marriage in England

Need 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 census

Probate in Linn Co KS & Lafayette & Jackson Cos MO

Obit pg col & item

He was married to Martha HORROX before 1833 in , Lancashire, England. Martha HORROX died on Aug 27 1849 in , Jackson Co, MO.

William POTTS and Martha HORROX had the following children:

+2 i. Joseph POTTS.

+3 ii. Edward POTTS.

4 iii. George POTTS was born on Sep 3 1836 in Bury, Lancashire, England. He (or she) died on Feb 14 1916 in LaCygne, Linn Co, KS. He (or she) was buried in Oak Lawn Cem, LaCygne, Linn Co, KS. RESIDED: 1843 came to US with his parents, locating in Lafayatte Co MO

RESIDED: 2 yrs later they moved to Jackson Co MO

CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Co MO Blue Twp Pg 308B #1073/1073 Lines 19-28

OCCUPATION: During Civil War he (17 yr old) worked for the government driving a supply train from Ft Leavenworth across the plains, at times going as far as Mexico. RESIDED: After the Civil War, he moved to Nevada where he did contract hauling

RESIDED: 1870 after the railroads came, he took up a claim near Pendleton OR., For 25 yrs he devoted his time to ranching & mining.

MARRIAGE: Never married.

RESIDED: 1912 Umatilla Co OR

RESIDED: 1914 June came to KS to be with his family shortly before William Thomas' death. He divied his time between William's family in Paola and Elizabeth's family in LaCygne.

DEATH: 1916 Feb 25 "LaCygne Journal" LaCygne KS Pg ? Col 1 Item ?

DEATH: 1916 Feb ? "????" Paola KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

TO SEARCH: Need newspaper obit data Need 1860(KS) 1870(NV) 1880 1900 1910(OR)census

+5 iv. William Thomas POTTS.

+6 v. Elizabeth "Bitsy" POTTS.

He was married to Sarah Elizabeth SMITH about 1851 in , Jackson Co, MO. Sarah Elizabeth SMITH was born about 1828 in , , TN. She died after Mar 23 1899. CENSUS: 1860 Jackson Co MO Div No 35 PO Kansas City Pg 159 #1315/1342 Lines 9-16

TO SEARCH: Previously married to a SEBOUGH? Son Robert H SEBOUGH 10 yrs b MO

William POTTS and Sarah Elizabeth SMITH had the following children:

7 i. Martha Jennie POTTS was born about 1853 in , , MO. CENSUS: 1860 Jackson Co MO Div No 35 PO Kansas City Pg 159 #1315/1342 Lines 9-16

MARRIAGE: George HAYFORD

RESIDED: 1916 Wichita KS

TO SEARCH: Need 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 Need marr obit probate land records etc

8 ii. Mary F. POTTS was born about 1855 in , , MO. CENSUS: 1860 Jackson Co MO Div No 35 PO Kansas City MO Pg 159 #1315/1342 Lines 9-16

MARRIAGE: Alonzo HAGGERTY

RESIDED: 1916 Kansas City MO

TO SEARCH: Need 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 Need marr obit probate land records etc

9 iii. Margerit H. POTTS was born about 1856 in , , MO. CENSUS: 1860 Jackson Co MO Div No 35 PO Kansas City Pg 159 #1315/1342 Lines 9-16

10 iv. Lucinda V. POTTS was born about 1858 in , , MO.

11 v. Josephine POTTS was born about 1859 in , , MO.

SECOND GENERATION

OCCUPATION: 1859 he and his brother William T established a wagon and plow making businss in West Point MO. Quantrell's raiders burned their shops and all their manufactured goods while they were away. After that he peddled goods to the Indians.

CENSUS: 1860 Bates Co MO Boone Twp PO West Point Pg 82 #561/563 Lines 13-23 (July 5) Roll No M653-607 The POTTS boys with him are not his brothers. Who? Other relatives? CENSUS: KS 1865 Linn Co KS Paris Twp Pg 136 #519/528 (copied at Linn County Historical Library by Ola Mae EARNEST, Curator)

CHURCH: 1874 Louisburg Baptist, baptised by Rev. J. W. SAGE (John Wesley)

BURIAL: 1879 "Cemeteries of Miami Co KS Vol II" by Miami Co Gen Soc p 88

TO SEARCH: Need obit try Fontana Drexel Paola (not in LaCygne) Need 1870 1875 Kansas(Miami Co?) census Check 1875 Linn Co KS Scott Twp Pg 4 Family #30?

He was married to Sarah Elizabeth SAGE on Mar 18 1860 in West Point, Bates Co, MO. Sarah Elizabeth SAGE was born on Apr 26 1842 in , Jackson Co, MO. She died on Apr 12 1912 in Louisburg, Miami Co, KS. She was buried on Apr 13 1912 in OldLouisburg Cem, Louisburg, Miami Co, KS. BIRTH: Born 2-1/2 miles east of Independence MO

RESIDED: In Independence and Westport MO until her marriage

CENSUS: KS 1865 Linn Co KS Paris Twp Pg 136 #519/528

CENSUS: KS 1885 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 11 #69/70 Lines 31-32

CENSUS: KS 1895 Miami Co KS Louisburg City PO Louisburg Pg 10 #3/3 Lines 20-23

CENSUS: KS 1905 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 11 #76/76 Lines 21-25

CHURCH: West Point Baptist, baptised by her cousin Rev. J. W. SAGE. Later joined Louisburg Baptist

NEWSPAPER: 1912 Apr 11 "Louisburg Herald" Louisburg KS Pg 1 Col 2 Item 3 "Mrs. Sarrah E. POTTS, of New Lancaster, is seriously ill and is not expected to live long. Mrs. POTTS is well known to Louisburg people having lived here years ago

NEWSPAPER: 1912 Apr 12 "Western Spirit" Paola KS Pg 4 Col 1 Item SE Miami 7 " Misses Leila and Esther POTTS returned to Paola last Sunday to resume their school work in the Paola high school after a week's visit here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. POTTS."

DEATH: 1912 Apr 18 "Louisburg Herald" Louisburg KS Pg 1 Col 4 Item 17

DEATH: 1912 Apr 19 "Western Spirit" Paola KS Pg 6 Col 2 Item 11

DEATH: 1912 Obit from "LaCygne Journal" written by Rev John Wesley SAGE als

DEATH: 1912 Obit from "Drexel Star" both provided by Ron SMITH

BURIAL: 1912 next to her husband and son, Edward, in Old Louisburg Cem

TO SEARCH: Marr license in Miami Co KS, Linn Co KS, Bates Co MO, Cass Co MO Sara E. POTTS in 1900 census Miami Co KS Paola City ED 131 Pg 15 58 E. Ottawa St. born Aug 1829 in TN WHO??? Rev John Wesley SAGE, Baptist minister, listed as her cousin. It's my family! Still need 1850 census to prove it. Need both LaCygne & Drexel obits also check Miami Republican

Joseph POTTS and Sarah Elizabeth SAGE had the following children:

12 i. William T. POTTS was born about 1861 in , , MO. CENSUS: KS 1865 Linn Co KS Paris Twp Pg 136 #519/528

TO SEARCH: Need death or burial - Linn Co? Miami Co?

+13 ii. George W. POTTS Dr..

14 iii. Oreatta POTTS was born about 1869 in , Miami Co, KS. She died in Mar 1870 in , Miami Co, KS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family.

DEATH: 1870 Mortality Schedule Index Miami Twp Miami Co KS Pg 135 "POTTS, Oreatta-1 yr-female-single-born KS-died Mar of preceding yr-of Infla. of bowels

TO SEARCH: Need burial - Miami Co ? Linn Co ?

15 iv. Edward G. POTTS was born on Sep 28 1875 in , Miami Co, KS. He died on Nov 21 1876 in , Miami Co, KS. He was buried in OldLouisburg Cem, Louisburg, Miami Co, KS. BURIAL: 1876 "Cemeteries of Miami Co KS Vol II" by Miami Co Gen Soc p 88

TO SEARCH: Need death records - Miami Co ? 3. Edward POTTS was born on Jun 20 1835 in , Lancashire, England. He died on Jun 30 1913 in Madison, Madison Co, MS. He was buried on Jul 1 1914 in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Co MO Blue Twp Pg 308B #1073/1073 Lines 19-28

RESIDED: 1912 Madison Madison Co MS

DEATH: 1913 caused by Brights disease

BURIAL: 1913 A J MONTGOMERY Funeral Home

BURIAL: 1913 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

TO SEARCH: Why is date of death 1913 and burial 1914????? Write to Madison MS for obit

He was married to Rosanna "Rosa" ALLEN on May 9 1866 in , Madison Co, MS. Rosanna "Rosa" ALLEN was born on Oct 10 1836. She died on Dec 14 1920. She was buried in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a part of this family.

BURIAL: 1920 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

Edward POTTS and Rosanna "Rosa" ALLEN had the following children:

+16 i. Edward Thomas POTTS.

17 ii. George A. POTTS was born on Nov 14 1875. He died on Aug 26 1890. He was buried in Pearl River Cem, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family

BURIAL: 1890 "Cemetery & Bible Records Vol IV" by The Mississippi Gen Soc Sept 1957 (found in Cass Co Public Library) p 131

RESIDED: 1845/46 moved to Jackson Co MO

CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Co MO Blue Twp Pg 308B #1073/1073 Lines 19-28

OCCUPATION: Learned to black smithing & plow making business

RESIDED: 1859 moved to West Point MO, where he set up a wagon & plow making business with his brother, Joseph. Just before the Civil War, they went south to dispose of their surplus stock & Quantrell' bunch burned their shops and all their finished goods, which was a great loss to them.

RESIDED: 1861 he went to Leavenworth, where his brother George was located. They went across the plains with a government supply train, going as far as Ft Laramie WY. Returning to Leavenworth, he decided that was all he wanted of that kind of experience.

MILIARY: 1862 Aug enlisted as a pvt in Co E 79th Reg IL Vol Inf & served until June 1865. After the war he returned to IL until the following spring.

RESIDED: 1866 moved to Paola Miami Co KS

OCCUPATION: 1866 Apr 1 began grocery business in Paola in partnership with G S ANDERSON. In 1877 they dissolved partnership, and William continued alone.

TRAVEL: 1884 visited his brother George in Umatilla Co OR.

RESIDED: 1912 Paola KS

DEATH: 1914 ? ? " ? " Paola, KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

TO SEARCH: Need 1860(IL) 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 1900 1905 1910 census Need marr, obit info, probate, land records, etc.

He was married to Elizabeth A BRANDER on Mar 5 1871 in Paola, Miami Co, KS. Elizabeth A BRANDER died on Nov 14. DEATH: Date unknown-Paper unknown-Paola KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

William Thomas POTTS and Elizabeth A BRANDER had the following children:

18 i. Oliver POTTS died in infancy.

19 ii. William H. "Bill" POTTS. OCCUPATION: Commerce Trust Co in Kansas City

RESIDED: 1914 Kansas City

20 iii. Issie Brander POTTS died on Jun 3. RESIDED: 1914 Paola KS

+21 iv. female POTTS.

22 v. Katherine Brander POTTS. RESIDED: 1914 Paola KS

23 vi. Margaret Brander POTTS. RESIDED: 1914 Kansas City

CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Co MO Blue Twp Pg 308B #1073/1073 Lines 19-28

RESIDED: 1885 July 1, family moved to LaCygne to take up grocery business

CHURCH: Methodist Episcopal

DEATH: 1912 ? ? "LaCygne Journal" LaCygne KS Pg ? Col? Item ?

TO SEARCH: Need 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 1900 1905 1910 census Need marr obit probate land records etc

She was married to John Thomas WILGUS on Sep 2 1869. John Thomas WILGUS was born on May 6 1841 near Mt Sterling, Brown Co, IL. He died on Mar 29 1900 in LaCygne, Linn Co, KS. He was buried on Apr 1 1900 in Oak Lawn Cem, LaCygne, Linn Co, KS. RESIDED: 1857 moved to Miami Co KS near the MO line. RESIDED: At the beginning of the Civil War they removed to Paola KS MILITARY: 1862 enlisted, 15 KS Cav, where he served until the end of the war RESIDED: Returned to Paola where he & his father engaged in the mercantile business

MARRIAGE: 1869

SERVICE: Member of I.O.O.F., Rebekah Degree, and Grand Army of the Republic

RESIDED: 1885 July 1, family moved to LaCygne KS and ran a grocery until retirement 1 Jan 1897.

CHURCH: LaCygne Christian church

DEATH: 1900 Apr 6 "LaCygne Journal" LaCygne, KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

Elizabeth "Bitsy" POTTS and John Thomas WILGUS had the following children:

24 i. Clarence WILGUS.

25 ii. Annette WILGUS.

26 iii. Frank WILGUS. TO SEARCH: Need 1870 1875 1880 1885 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 census

27 iv. Rena WILGUS.

28 v. Alfred WILGUS.

THIRD GENERATION

CENSUS: KS 1865 Linn Co KS Paris Twp Pg 136 #519/528

SCHOOL: 1884 graduate of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA

OCCUPATION: 1 yr post graduate work & 1 yr intern in a Kansas City hospital

OCCUPATION: 55 yrs medical practice at New Lancaster, Miami Co, KS

CENSUS: KS 1885 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 11 #69/70 Lines 31-32

LAND: 1887 purchased a farm 1 mile E of New Lancaster

MARRIAGE: 1889

CENSUS: KS 1895 Miami Co KS Louisburg City PO Louisburg Pg 10 #3/3 Lines 20-23

CENSUS: KS 1905 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 11 #76/76 Lines 21-25

RESIDED: 1922 moved to Gendale, CA

CHURCH: Glendale First Baptist

RESIDED: 1925 returned to live with his daughter Leila on the old home place

RESIDED: 1941 following an illness, he moved again to CA to live with his daughter Esther

DEATH: 1948 Feb 19 suffered cerebral hemorrhage & was unconscious until death at 10 o'clock Saturday evening Feb 21

DEATH: 1948 Feb 27 "???" Paola KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

DEATH: 1948 Mar 5 "???" Paola KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

DEATH: 1948 obit from CA provided by Ron SMITH

DEATH: 1948 Orange Co CA Death Cert Dist No 3055 Registar's No 180 - cause of death: coronary occlusion due to: arteriosclerosis.

TO SEARCH: Check 1875 Linn Co KS Scott Twp Pg 4 Family #30 Need 1870 1875 1880 1900 1910 1915 1920 1925 census Need notations on both obits Need probate land records etc

He was married to NeEva Montana JACKSON on Mar 31 1889. NeEva Montana JACKSON was born on May 10 1866 in , , KS. She died on Apr 10 1922 in Glendale, CA. GIVEN1/2: Named after states - Nevada & Montana by her father

CENSUS: KS 1895 Miami Co KS Louisburg City PO Louisburg Pg 10 #3/3 Lines 20-23

CENSUS: KS 1905 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 11 #76/76 Lines 21-25

DEATH: 1922 obit from CA provided by Ron SMTIH

TO SEARCH: Need obit probate land records etc

George W. POTTS Dr. and NeEva Montana JACKSON had the following children:

+29 i. Leila May POTTS.

+30 ii. Esther Loraine POTTS.

BURIAL: 1933 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

He was married to Nannie ALLEN before 1901. Nannie ALLEN was born on Oct 14 1877. She died on Apr 4 1968. She was buried in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family

BURIAL: 1968 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

Edward Thomas POTTS and Nannie ALLEN had the following children:

31 i. Robert Allen POTTS was born on Sep 6 1901. He died on Aug 7 1918. He was buried in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family BURIAL: 1918 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

32 ii. Eva Caroline POTTS was born in Dec 1905. She died on Sep 10 1910. She was buried in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family

BURIAL: 1910 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

33 iii. Noble Matthew POTTS was born on Mar 9 1908. He died on Aug 14 1909. He was buried in Montgomery Cem, Madison, Madison Co, MS. THIS PERSON may not be a member of this family

BURIAL: 1909 "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records Vol XIX" by The MS Gen Soc 1983 p 209

female POTTS and Samuel F. PRIESTELEY had the following child:

34 i. William Potts PRIESTELEY.

FOURTH GENERATION

NEWSPAPER: 1912 Apr 12 "Western Spirit" Paola KS Pg 4 Col 1 Item SE Miami 7 "Misses Leila Ester POTTS returned to Paola last Sunday to resume their school work in the Paola high school after a week's visit here with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. W. POTTS"

OCCUPATION: School teacher

TO SEARCH: Need obit

She was married to Allen Thurman SMITH on Oct 10 1916. Allen Thurman SMITH was born on Mar 18 1891 in New Lancaster, Miami Co, KS. He died on Nov 2 1945 in St Elizabeth's, Hannibal, Marion Co, MO. He was buried on Nov 6 1945 in NewLancaster Cem, New Lancaster, Miami Co, KS. Allen Thurman SMITH

BIRTH: 1891 in a log cabin next to the Marais des Cygnes River

CENSUS: KS 1895 Miami Co KS Miami Twp Pg 26 House 173 Lines 10-17

SCHOOL: Studied Mechanical Engineering at Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan

MILITARY: WW I veteran

SERVICE: American Legion Post, Shelbina MO

SERVICE: A.F.&A.M., Coldwater Lodge #485 of Drexel MO

RESIDED: 1936 New Lancaster Miami Co KS

OCCUPATION: Farmer, operated a threshing machine and owned the first combine in Miami Twp Miami Co KS. Also, worked for brother H T SMITH at garage in Drexel.

RESIDED: 1938 bought garage in Shelbina Shelby Co MO

DEATH: 1945 Nov 9 "Miami Republican" Paola KS Pg ? Col ? Item ?

DEATH: 1945 Nov 9 "Western Spirit" Paola KS Pg 2 Col 4 & 5 Item 2

BURIAL: 1945 "Cemeteries of Miami Co KS Vol I" by Miami Co Gen Soc p 149

Leila May POTTS and Allen Thurman SMITH had the following children:

+35 i. Maurine SMITH.

+36 ii. Thurman Eugene "Bud" SMITH.

COURTSHIP: Met her future husband while working as a teller for Security Pacific Bank

RESIDED: 1948 Los Angeles CA

TO SEARCH: Need obit

She was married to Benjamin Franklin SMITH on Mar 17 1934 in Glendale, Orange Co, CA.

FIFTH GENERATION

MARRIAGE: To Von LINDSEY/or Mr VON LINDSEY

RESIDED: 1945 Burbank CA

RESIDED: 1948 Glendale CA

She was married to Vaughn "Von" LINDSEY before 1945.

MILITARY: WW II served in US Army, where he suffered a partial hearing loss due to a grenade explosion.

RESIDED: 1945 Bellflower CA

RESIDED: 1948 Beryl UT

OCCUPATION: Aircraft Mechanic and Inspector until retirement

He was married to June LOVVORN in 1944 in Los Angeles, CA.

Thurman Eugene "Bud" SMITH and June LOVVORN had the following children:

37 i. -LIVING-

38 ii.-LIVING-

39 iii.-LIVING-

He was married to Barbara TUMM in 1962.

Thurman Eugene "Bud" SMITH and Barbara TUMM had the following children:

40 i.-LIVING-

41 ii.-LIVING-