James Milton Potter (1923 - 1999)

Born 14 Jan 1923 in Brainerd, Minnesota [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1999 at age 76 in Flagstaff, Arizona [uncertain]

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Biography

James was the second of three children of Robert and Alvina Widstrom Potter.^[1]He spent his early years in Brainerd, Minnesota, where his father was a truck driver.^[2] The family moved to Tempe, Arizona by 1935. In 1940, James had completed two years of high school and had been temporarily assigned to public emergency work that year.^[3]

James is the father of Susan Potter Mullens.

James died at age 76^[4] and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery^[5] in Prescott, Arizona.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record for James Milton Potter.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Z9-MY6 : accessed 14 January 2016), James M Potter in entry for Robert J Potter, 1930.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1940," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYWT-QXH : accessed 27 June 2015), Robert James Potter, Tempe, Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-70, sheet 7A, family 154, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 106.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1YD-72L : accessed 27 June 2015), James M Potter, 27 Dec 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ James M. Potter Sr. at Find A Grave 399425967