"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


BENJAMIN H. POTTER, a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Lawrence
County, Indiana, was here born May 12, 1832.  He is the third in a family of
eight children born to JOHN and MARY (DARNELL) POTTER, both of whom were
natives of North Carolina, their respective births occurring in 1803 and
1802.  In 1830 these parents removed to this county, settling in Indian
Creek Township where both passed the remainder of their days.  The early
life of Benjamin H. was passed upon the farm of his parents, and when old
enough he turned much of his attention to flat-boating.  In 1854 he settled
on the farm where he now lives, which by diligence and economy now amounts
to 220 acres.  He began life's battle a poor boy, and emphatically is a
self-made man.  In politics he is a Republican, while both he and his wife
belong to the Christian Church.  Mr. Potter and MISS NANCY OWENS were united
in wedlock in 1852, two sons--OSCAR and JOHN L.--being the result of their
union.  Mrs. Potter's mother, one of the pioneer women of Indiana, is yet
living at the advanced age of ninety years.


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