Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
Thursday, March 27, 1918
Section 2, Page 4, Column 2
John Fuller Potter
John Fuller Potter, eldest son of Warren and Lucy Potter, was
born in Floyd township, Onida [sic--Oneida] county, N. Y., May
21, 1877 [error--1847] and died in Sheldon on March 25, 1918 at
the age of nearly
seventy-one years. With his parents he moved to Berlin, Wis., in
1856, where he resided for eighteen years. In 1870 he moved to
O'Brien county, Iowa, and took up the first homestead in Floyd
township. Floyd township took it's name from the township in
which Mr. Potter was born. He had been ill for about a week,
suffering from hemorrhage of the nose caused by inflammation of
the mucous membrane. He is survived by three brothers, Lynn and
Eugene of Sheldon, and William of Earlham, and one sister, Miss
Erma Potter of Sheldon.
Funeral services will be held from the M. E. church at 2:30
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, in charge of Dr. J. J. Bushnell.
Burial will be made in East Lawn cemetery.
[transcribed by V.R., January 2006]