Potter, John Henry

1858 - 1949  (91 years)

• Name	Potter, John Henry
  Birth	16 Apr 1858	Hail Ridge, Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate Birth	5 Apr 1949	Cooper, Missouri, USA
  Occupation	Coal and Oil Co. Owner  [1]
  Death	30 Apr 1949	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	407 Walnut Street
  Burial	3 May 1949	Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I5449	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Back, Louise Barbara Antonia,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1939, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1882	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Potter, William John,   b. 13 Apr 1883, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 28 Jul 1940, Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, USA (Age 57 years)  [natural]   2. Potter, Herman Emil,   b. 13 Apr 1885, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 2 Dec 1956, Woodland Hospital (closed), Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)  [natural]   3. Potter, Walter Albert,   b. 11 Aug 1888, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 13 Jun 1961, St Joseph Hospital (Demolished), Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)  [natural]   4. Potter, Louise Lenora,   b. 25 May 1890, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 29 Oct 1974, St John Regional Health Center, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)  [natural]   5. Potter, George Otto "Nig",   b. 31 Jan 1892, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 14 Jan 1965, Luna, New Mexico, USA (Age 72 years)  [natural]   6. Potter, Elizabeth Ernestine,   b. 24 Feb 1895, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. Jan 1986, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA (Age 90 years)  [natural]   7. Potter, John Henry "Judy",   b. 3 Feb 1897, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 8 Jun 1918, Missouri Pacific Hospital (closed), St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 21 years)  [natural]   8. Potter, Charles Edward,   b. 2 Jul 1905, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 21 Mar 1991, Mercy Villa, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Apr 1858 - Hail Ridge, Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Marriage - 6 Sep 1882 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Alternate Birth - 5 Apr 1949 - Cooper, Missouri, USA Death - 30 Apr 1949 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Burial - 3 May 1949 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  1920 - POTTER, Bessie Ernestine

  
  

• Notes

  Philip Gottfried Back delivered "Perfection Oil" and "Crown Gasoline" over town. This he sold to his brother-in-law, John Potter in August of 1893 and he decided to claim land in the Cherokee Strip Land Run. The Fuel Company remained in the Potter family for many years. Boonville Daily News, 3 May 1949 John H. Potter, Native of County, Dies at Age of 91 John H. Potter, 91, one of Cooper County's oldest native-born citizens, died at the home of a son, W. A. Potter. 407 Walnut St, at 12:15 p. m. Saturday. He had been in failing health for some time and seriously ill for several days. Funeral services will be conducted at the Evangelical Church at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow. The Rev. E. P. Abele, pastor of the church, will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery. The body will remain at the Stegner Funeral Home until time for the rites. Mr. Potter is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jesse Burt, Pratt, Kans., and Mrs. Louise McCartney and Mrs. Bessie Bennett, Springfield; by five sons, Joseph W. Stillwell, Marshall, Herman E. Potter and W. A. Potter, Boonville, George Potter, Paradise, Ariz., and Edward Potter, St Louis; by 20 grand children, 31 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. A retired oil dealer, he was born in the Hail Ridge community April 16, 1858, the son of Joseph and Nancy Potter. His grandfather operated the first ferry across the Missouri River here. During his early life Mr. Potter engaged in work on the Missouri River and later became an oil dealer. His "coal oil wagon" was long a familiar on Boonville streets. Mr. Potter was married to Louise Barbara Back Sept. 6, 1882. She died several years ago. He was also preceded in death by two sons. He was a charter member of the local organizations of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Woodman of the World and the Woodman Circle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S387] USA: MO: Death SOS Online. http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/