Clinton C. Potter

Male 1849 - 1934  (85 years)


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  • Name Clinton C. Potter 
    Born 21 Oct 1849  Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Oct 1934  Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
      Name: Clinton C Potter
      Death Date: 22 Oct 1934
      Death Location: Warren
      Age: 85
      Gender: Male
      Ethnicity: White
      Birth Date: 21 Oct 1849
      Birth Location: Warren, Kentucky
      Spouse's Name: Mrs Mary J Potter
      Father's Name: Lewis Potter
      Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hagerman
      Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
    Buried Potter Family Burial Ground, Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1850 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clinton Potter
      Age: 1
      Birth Year: abt 1849
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1850: District 2, Warren, Kentucky
      Gender: Male
      Household Members:
      Lewis Potter 40
      Elizabeth Potter 38
      Charles F Potter 18
      Albert T Potter 17
      Harrison J Potter 15
      Julia A Potter 14
      Josaphine Potter 12
      Calvin H Potter 11
      Fayette D Potter 9
      A G Potter 7
      Fulton R Potter 5
      Clinton Potter 1
      Ruth Ann Potter 3

      1860 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clinton Potter
      Age in 1860: 10
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1860: District 1, Warren, Kentucky
      Gender: Male
      Post Office: Bowling Green
      Household Members:
      Lewis Potter 50
      Eliz Potter 48
      Albert Potter 27
      Fayette D Potter 19
      Atwood Potter 17
      Fulton Potter 15
      Ruth Potter 13
      Clinton Potter 10

      1870 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clinton C Potter
      Age in 1870: 20
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1870: Potter, Warren, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Post Office: Rich Pond
      Household Members:
      Lewis Potter 60
      Elizabeth Potter 58
      Fulton A Potter 25
      Clinton C Potter 20
      Buck Feland 16
      Fanny Feland 14
      Henry Browner 13
      Durnal Durnal 18

      1880 United States Federal Census
      Name: C. C. Potter
      Age: 30
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1880: Rich Pond, Warren, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mary J. Potter
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Farmer
      Household Members:
      C. C. Potter 30
      Mary J. Potter 37
      Eldon S. Potter 8 [stepson]
      R. H. Kelly 33 [works on farm]
      Reany Massey 44 [cook]
      M. Massey 9 [male, cooks helper]
      John Massey 18 [works on farm]
      Asbury Tarrants 25 [works on farm]

      1900 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clinton C Potter
      Age: 50
      Birth Date: Oct 1849
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1900: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mary J Potter
      Marriage Year: 1880
      Years Married: 20
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Household Members:
      Clinton C Potter 50
      Mary J Potter 57
      Alice Hines 26 [servant]

      1910 United States Federal Census
      Name: C C Potter
      Age in 1910: 60
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1910: District 4, Warren, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mary J Potter
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Household Members:
      C C Potter 60
      Mary J Potter 66

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: Clinton C Potter
      Age: 70
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1920: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mary J Potter
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Household Members:
      Clinton C Potter 70
      Mary J Potter 65
      J King Mcelroy 62 [servant]

      1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: C C Potter
      Gender: Male
      Birth Year: abt 1850
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Race: White
      Home in 1930: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Spouse's Name: Mary J Potter
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Household Members:
      C C Potter 80
      Mary J Potter 87

      OBITUARY

      From Find A Grave

      Gospel Advocate; 20 Dec 1934

      Founder of Potter Bible College. Clinton C. Potter

      C. C. Potter, of Bowling Green, Ky., whose name has become a house word In connection with the Potter Orphan Home, passed to his reward Monday, October 22. The burial was Tuesday afternoon, October 23. Brother and Sister Potter have been blessed, through their long' lives, with remarkable health, and Brother Potter, although eighty-five years of age. showed little signs of breaking and was sick really little more than two weeks before his death. . . .

      Ben F. Taylor, resident evangelist of Twelfth Street Church, preached the funeral discourse, and was assisted in reading and prayer by F. L. Rowe and W. L. Karnes. The body was laid to rest in the old Potter burial ground, some distance from town, where most of the Potter family and the Hagermans are buried. The memory of this great character will live on.

      The following biographical sketch is taken from the local paper: Brother Potter was born at the old Potter home in the Trinity neighborhood of the county on October 21 1849, and was a son of Lewis and Elizabeth Hagerman Potter. On October 15, 1879, he married Mrs. Mary J. Dunn Potter, who survives. Mr. Potter was the last member of a family of thirteen children.

      Mr. and Mrs. Potter established and built the Potter Bible College, on the Nashville road near the city, in 1901, and financed the school until 1913, conducting it for the benefit of young people, many of whom would have been denied the advantages of an education but for the presence of the institution. In 1914 the buildings were converted into an orphanage, and the property has been used for that purpose since.

      The Potter home and surrounding grounds opposite the school property were turned over to the Potter Orphan Home Permanent Endowment, and the Church of Christ also supplied about $10,000 to the permanent endowment fund, which is used for maintenance of the orphanage. About three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Potter made a contribution of $15,000 to the endowment fund.

      Mr. Potter was prominent in the affairs of the Twelfth Street Church of Christ which he served as an elder. When the original building was erected, he gave the lot on which the church stands, and was the principal donor to the fund with which the construction was financed.

      The floral decorations were many and beautiful. The tribute from the Twelfth Street Church was a large floral blanket over the casket. The orphans sent in a beautiful floral piece, and the directors of the home also had an immense white wreath, and other offerings were elaborate and beautiful.
    Person ID I23800  Master File
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2013 

    Family Mary Jane Dunn,   b. 05 Nov 1842, Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1936, Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1879  Warren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2013 
    Family ID F10672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart