Jerome POTTER

  General Notes:

Name: Jerome Potter
Enlistment Date: 3 Nov 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 November 1861 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 Dec 1861.
Transferred into 2nd Infantry Regiment Regular Army on 23 Jun 1863.
Transferred out of Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 23 Jun 1863.
Sources: 17

66th OVI &
2nd US. Infantry
Name: Jerome Potter
Birthyear: abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Enlistment Date: 23 Jan 1863
Enlistment Age: 19

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
Birth Year: abt 1843
Keyed Birth Location: Ohio
Birth State: Ohio
Admitted Year: 1921
Age at Admission: 78
State: South Dakota
County: Fall River
City: Hot Springs
Branch: Battle Mountain Sanitarium


1850 United States Federal Census
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Brown, Delaware, Ohio
Household Members: Name Age
Seth Billington 15
Fitch Collins 42
Margaret Cunningham 19
Eleanor Potter 40
Jerome Potter 7
Walter Potter 37


1860 United States Federal Census
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
Age in 1860: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Brown, Delaware, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: Kilbourne
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Walter Patter 47
Elanor Patter 48
Julia Miller 16
Saml Browmiller 8
Jerome Potter 16


1880 United States Federal Census
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
Home in 1880: Empire, Ellsworth, Kansas
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Sarah E.
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members: Name Age
Jerome Potter 36
Sarah E. Potter 33
Otto Potter 13
Elbert L. Potter 10
Clarence O. Potter 6
Laura M. Potter 5
Charles L. Potter 3M
Eleanor Faris 74

1900 United States Federal Census
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
[Jerome Rotter]
[See User Comment]
Home in 1900: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska
Age: 56
Birth Date: Sep 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Spouse's Name: Sarah E
Marriage Year: 1866
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 34
Residence : Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jerome Potter 56
Sarah E Potter 53
Harry G Potter 17
Daisy U Potter 15
John R McNair 23
Charles W Martin 21

1910 United States Federal Census
about Jerome Potter
Name: Jerome Potter
Age in 1910: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Ohio
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Spouse's Name: Lizzie E
Home in 1910: Omaha Ward 4, Douglas, Nebraska
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jerome Potter 66
Lizzie E Potter 47
Harry G Potter 27
Cinda B Mitchell 43
Mildred M Mitchell 23
Edward J Sheffen 25
Elizabeth M Sheffen 24
Mary E Clark 40
Mogens Nielsen 24

  Noted events in his life were:

• Soldiers Home, 1921-1928, Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Jerome married Sarah E. FARIS, daughter of James FARIS and Eleanor ATKINSON, on 7 Sep 1865 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Sarah E. FARIS was born on 20 Oct 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and died on 22 Oct 1904 in Omaha, Douglas County, NE.)