Benjamin Franklin Potter (1904 - 1933)

Born 2 Oct 1904 in Gleeson, Cochise, Arizona, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cecil Viola (Folmsbee) Errickson — married 8 Jun 1927 in Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1933 at age 28 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

Biography

When Benjamin Franklin Potter [1] was born on 2 October 1904, in Gleeson, Cochise, Arizona, United States, ^{[citation needed]}| his father, William Columbus Potter, was 35 and his mother, Roxie Anna Elizabeth Mitchell, was 29.

1910 Precinct 9, Yuma, Arizona, United States ^[1]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William C Potter Head Male 44 California (In 1910, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as miner in a quartz mine. in Yuma, Arizona, United States. )

Elisabeth Potter Wife Female 35 Oregon

Rose L Potter [step-]Daughter Female 14 Arizona

William S Potter Son Male 9 Arizona

Frank Potter Son Male 5 Arizona

Vernon Potter Son Male 2 Arizona

Evaline Potter Daughter Female 0 Arizona

1920 Mohave, Arizona, United States ^[2]

Household

James E Smith Head M 39 United States

Lizzie M Smith Wife F 43 Oregon

William S Potter Step-son M 18 Arizona

Frank B Potter Step-son M 15 Arizona

Vernon L Potter Step-son M 12 Arizona

Evelyn E Potter Step-daughter F 10 Arizona

Minnie M Potter Step-daughter F 7 Arizona

Waller K Potter Step-son M 5 Arizona

Benjamin married Cecil Viola Folmsbee on 8 June 1927, in Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States. ^[3] They were the parents of at least 1 son.

Children (1)

1. William Harrison Potter 1929–1991

In 1933, at the age of 28, his occupation was listed as mechanic for Nevada State Highway Department in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.

Benjamin died on 29 January 1933, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States ^{[citation needed]}, at the age of 28, and was buried in Yucca, Mohave, Arizona, United States. BURIAL Yucca Cemetery Mohave County, Arizona, USA ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVV6-N5N : accessed 25 July 2019),
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRN-4BP : 24 June 2023), James E Smith, 1920.
3. ↑ "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1X-JGR3 : 29 November 2018), Benjamin Franklin Potter and Cecil Viola Folmsbee, 8 Jun 1927; citing Marriage, Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States, Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives, and Public Records, Phoenix; FHL microfilm 004251723.
4. ↑ Benjamin Franklin Potter (2 Oct 1904–29 Jan 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #13974797, citing Yucca Cemetery, Mohave County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Susan Zmrzel (contributor 10098406).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJ2-82K : accessed 7 July 2023), Frank Potter, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1B, line 84, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 2,341,031.