Ernest Ruben Potter (1904 - 1976)

Born 3 Mar 1904 in Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nora Gertrude (Burrell) Potter — married 20 Dec 1935 in Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA

Died 19 Sep 1976 at age 72 in Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, United States

Biography

Ernest was born in 1904, the oldest child of Martin Monroe Potter and Ione Reddout. He married twice, divorcing his first wife, and passed away in 1976 at 72 years old.

Story from Granddaughter Michelle McFerrin

Ernest Potter was my grandfather, and once he got locked up in a jail in Mexico, Chiuahah... we don't know why,,, the prisoners had to take a pail filled with water up the mountain, pour it out and repeat. The second day he didn't go back down the side leading to the prison, he went down the other side with his pail of water and escaped and went back to the US... never did that again...

Obituary

This man was an honorable man. He was a farmer, devoted husband and father. Died on his front porch watching the world go by on a beautiful fall evening. He was survived by a wife, Nora Gertrude Burrell Potter, daughters Peggy Horn and husband Leeman and Ernestine McFerrin and her husband Doyle McFerrin. Also surviving... 5 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. Mike, Bill, Matt, Joe and Rodney Horn and Michelle and Melissa McFerrin. </div>

Timeline

• 1904 Mar 3 - Birth - Colorado, Oklahoma Territory

• 1910 United States Federal Census^[1] - Osborn, Sumner, Kansas

• 1920 United States Federal Census^[2] - Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma

• c 1926 - Marriage to Ada Mae Cable^[3]

• 1930 United States Federal Census^[3] - Eagle, Payne, Oklahoma

•  ?? - Divorce from Ada Mae Cable

• 1935 Dec 20 - Marriage to Nora Gertrude Burrell - Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA^[4]

• 1937 Sep 3 - Birth of Daughter Peggy Mae Potter - Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA

• 1940 United States Federal Census^[5] - Del Norte, Election Precinct 11, Rio Grande, Colorado

• 1943 Jan 12 - Birth of Daughter Ernestine Jo Potter' - Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA

• 1976 Sep 19 - Death - Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, USA^{[6] [7]}

• Burial: Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe Hardeman Texas^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZK-71Z : accessed 24 October 2019), Earnest Potter in household of Martin M Potter, Osborn, Sumner, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 2B, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 458; FHL microfilm 1,374,471.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1T-SVN : accessed 24 October 2019), Earnest Potter in household of M M Potter, Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 103, sheet 13B, line 77, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1479; FHL microfilm 1,821,479.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4Q-SM2 : accessed 24 October 2019), Earnest R Potter, Eagle, Payne, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 9A, line 22, family 208, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1925; FHL microfilm 2,341,659.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVLJ-G5N : 3 November 2017), Ernest R Potter and Gertrude Burrell, 20 Dec 1935; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRDC-X23 : 1 October 2019), Gertrude N Potter in household of Ernest R Potter, Del Norte, Election Precinct 11, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-13, sheet 3B, line 71, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 478.
6. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3FF-C7Q : 13 March 2018), Ernest R Potter, 19 Sep 1976; citing certificate number 67998, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,978.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1YF-9MW : 20 May 2014), Ernest Potter, Sep 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #95067761