Richard ANDERSON (Abt 1806-Bef 1858)

Martha (1804-Abt 1890)

John Wesley BRANSCOMB (Abt 1831-After 1875)

Eliza C. LAIR (Abt 1833-After 1865)

Zacharia Taylor ANDERSON (1848-1892)

Nancy Elizabeth BRANSCOMB (1852-1929)

Mary Francis ANDERSON (1872-1944)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Alfred Whitfield POTTER Bertha Estella POTTER Ida Leona POTTER Bessie Leedonna POTTER Jessie Maybelle POTTER Wesley William POTTER Gena POTTER Barney POTTER Everett POTTER Mary Francis ANDERSON 3 Born: 26 Aug 1872, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Kully Chaha/Cully/Culley, Le Flore County, Oklahoma) 4 Marriage: Alfred Whitfield POTTER on 6 Dec 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wister, Le Flore County, Oklahoma) 1 2 Died: 5 May 1944, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 4 Buried: 6 May 1944, Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 4   Research Notes: More information on the descendants of Mary Francis Anderson can be found in the family records of George G. Johnston. Mary married Alfred Whitfield POTTER on 6 Dec 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wister, Le Flore County, Oklahoma).2 4 (Alfred Whitfield POTTER was born on 30 Jul 1868 in Texas, died on 1 Aug 1932 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma and was buried in Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.)   Marriage Notes: From Choctaw Nation Marriages, transcribed by Mary Turner Kinard: "POTTER, A W 23 ANDERSON, MARY 19 6 DEC 1891 WISTER JUNCTION MC2©93" Reference is to Book 2, Page 93 of Marriage Records of McAlester, Pittsburg Co., OK. 2

1 Family Records of George G. Johnston, Information from Bertha Estella Firestone nee Potter and Alfred Potter Family Bible in possession of Wesley Potter. George G. Johnston, son of George Goold Johnston and Ola Pearl Bowers, belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Motivated by love of family and the teachings of their church, George, who passed away in 2005, and his wife, Lela, who passed away in 2001, spent much of their life together researching their families. This included not only research at the Family History Libraries in Mesa, AZ and Salt Lake City, UT, but also genealogy trips to interview other Bowers and Anderson descendants and to find the burial places of our Bowers and Anderson ancestors, as well as extensive correspondence with other descendants. George and Lela not only researched the past, but also kept up with the marriages, births and deaths of the current descendants of John DeWitt Bowers and Tilitha Ann Anderson. Our family is indebted to them.

2 Mary Turner Kinard, Compiler, Choctaw Nation Marriages, Groom Index, 1895-1907, http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarvin/kinard/kinard.htm, P Surnames.

3 Family Records of George G. Johnston.

4 Family Records of George G. Johnston, Information from Bertha Estella Firestone nee Potter and Alfred Potter Family Bible in possession of Wesley Potter.