Alfred Whitfield POTTER (1868-1932)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Mary Francis ANDERSON Bertha Estella POTTER Ida Leona POTTER Bessie Leedonna POTTER Jessie Maybelle POTTER Wesley William POTTER Gena POTTER Barney POTTER Everett POTTER Alfred Whitfield POTTER 3 Born: 30 Jul 1868, Texas Marriage: Mary Francis ANDERSON on 6 Dec 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wister, Le Flore County, Oklahoma) 1 2 Died: 1 Aug 1932, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Buried: Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Alfred married Mary Francis ANDERSON, daughter of Zacharia Taylor ANDERSON and Nancy Elizabeth BRANSCOMB, on 6 Dec 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wister, Le Flore County, Oklahoma).2 3 (Mary Francis ANDERSON was born on 26 Aug 1872 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Kully Chaha/Cully/Culley, Le Flore County, Oklahoma),3 died on 5 May 1944 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 3 and was buried on 6 May 1944 in Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 3.)   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, Information from Bertha Estella Firestone nee Potter and Alfred Potter Family Bible in possession of Wesley Potter.