Emma Adelaide (Gleason) Potter (1845 - 1909)

Born 4 Jul 1845 in Middlebury, Wyoming, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Newton Potter — married 1 Jan 1866 in Davisonville, Genesee, Michigan

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1909 at age 64 in Lapeer County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Emma was born in 1845. She is the daughter of Chester Gleason and Eliza Hewitt.

Research notes

In 1860 a Thomas R. Gleason (68, b. NY, farmer) headed a Hadley, MI (Lapeer County) household with Eliza Gleason (56, b. CT), Francis Gleason (18, b. NY, laborer), Emma Gleason (14, b. NY), and Rosa Elliot (10, b. NY).

In 1870 a Henry Potter (28, b. MI, farmer) headed a Elba, MI (Lapeer County) household with Emma Potter (24, b. NY, Arthur Potter (3, b. MI), Lilly Potter (5/12, b. MI), Wm. Bantenfellow (20, b. NY, farm laborer), Thomas R. Gleason (78, b. NY, retired farmer), Eliza Gleason (67, b. NY), and Eliza Elmer (18, b. NY, domestic servant). Emma's household included her mother and uncle/step-father.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDK-F1Y : 18 February 2021), Emma Gleason in entry for Thomas R Gleason, 1860.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPP-3F7 : 18 February 2021), Emma A. Gleason in entry for Henry W. Potter, 1866.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCM-QWX : 29 May 2021), Emma Potter in entry for Henry R Potter, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWS2-RGD : 14 January 2022), Emma Potter in household of Henry Potter, Elba, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS99-7CH : accessed 6 October 2022), Emma A Potter in household of Henry N Potter, Elba township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 8A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,724.

• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH85-856 : 23 February 2021), Emma A. Potter, 1909.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34393299/emma-a-potter: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Mrs Emma A. Gleason Potter (4 Jul 1845–4 Dec 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34393299, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by A AAA American (contributor 47337652) .

Acknowledgments

Wilfred Vasile, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wilfred and others.