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Name
Arthur Garfield Potter   #12470
Suffix
Sex
M
Family Line
Born
18 Jun 1879
Place
New York
Source
Died
Place
Source



Buried
Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats New York

Father
Mother

Spouse
Date
abt 1901
Place
Source
  1  Mearle Potter abt 1902
  2  Ervin Potter abt 1908
  3  Earl James Potter 8 Jan 1913

Spouse 2
Ora Brewer 1882-   #12494
Date
1915
Place
Source

Spouse 3
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Date
Place
Source


He is referred to as Arthur of Corning in his mother's obituary. - 1917 Mr. Potter has two sons and a daughter in Corning, Charles and Arthur Potter, who operate a garage at 93 West William street. - his father's obituary, 1937 Found him on the 1880 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 150 img 20) as Arthur Potter age 1.

Found him on the 1910 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 63 img 20) as Arthur Potter age 30, mechanic, in mill.

Found him on the 1930 Corning, Steuben, New York census (dist 32 img 25) as Arthur G. Potter age 51. Proprietor, garage.

Arthur G. Potter, 60, of 339 Sly avenue, died in Coring Hospital Saturday at 4 p. m. after suffering a heart attack Saturday morning and being removed to the hospital.

Born in Monterey, June 18, 1879. the son of Orson O. and Ruby E. Fingar Potter, he married Nora Janes of Elmira, who died some years ago. In 1915 Mr. Potter remarried Ora Brewer at Monterey.

Mr. Potter was employed in the Potter Brothers Garage in Corning for 23 years and at the time of his death was a mechanic for Purcell Motor Company. He had also worked for Morrow Brothers Garage.

Surviving are his widow, three children, Merle of Corning, Edwin, with the Army in India, Mrs. Walter Hammond of Riverside, one brother, Charles of Corning, three sisters, Mrs. George Van Gilder of Jamestown, Mrs. Arthur Jacobs of Corning and Mrs. Ola Dennis of Monterey, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The body was removed to the Carpenter Funeral Home, where services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. with the Rev. H. A. Falk of Big Flats officiating. Interment will be in Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats. - Corning, N. Y. Leader June 11, 1945 page 10


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                                  | Stokes Potter  1813             | 
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| Orson O. Potter 1852            |
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|                                 | Betsey M. Bishop 1819           |
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|- Arthur Garfield Potter   
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|                                                                   | Jeremiah Finger  1788 
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|                                 | Philip Finger  1824             |   
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|                                 |                                 | Eva Rector 1794 
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| Ruby A. Finger 1852             |
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                                  |                                 | Richard Godfrey 1793 
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                                  | Sally Eunice Godfrey 1831       |
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                                                                    | Mary Unknown 1805                                                    


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