Hanson Bailey Potter was the son of Benjamin Potter and Sally Spear. At the age of 18, on November 8, 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Maine 11th Infantry Regiment on 08 Nov 1861. Mustered out on 22 Nov 1863. On January 10, 1864 he married Lizzie E. Dixon in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 144060759
Year: 1850; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_250; Page: 76A; Image: 344
Year: 1860; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M653_437; Page: 19; Image: 582; Family History Library Film: 803437
Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, USA; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 85
Year: 1870; Census Place: Wales, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: M593_537; Page: 447B; Image: 164632; Family History Library Film: 552036
Year: 1880; Census Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 539; Family History Film: 1254539; Page: 399C; Enumeration District: 373; Image: 0279
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