DR. WILLIAM H. POTTER (1838 - )
1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co., pg: 1208
WILLIAM H. POTTER, physician and surgeon at Tiffin, was born in Genesee County, New York, June 2, 1838, and is the son of John and Julia A. (Stillwell) Potter, natives of New York. When William H. was about nine years of age his parents, with the family, moved to Washington County, Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood, his time being spent on a farm and in a store. In the spring of 1860 he began the study of medicine with
Dr. Hayes, of Boston. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Second Wisconsin Infantry, and in the fall of the same year the company
was transferred and known as Company A., First Artillery. He remained in service three years, acting as hospital steward. After this he traveled till 1869 when he located in Saline County, Nebraska, there
commencing the practice of medicine. He continued it till 1879 when he located in Bates County. In 1882 he came to Taberville, St. Clair County and in the fall of the same year, took up his residence at Tiffin. The doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married October 11, 1868, to Miss Helen Hildreth, a native of Wisconsin.
Roll of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Clair Co., MO:
Potter, Wm. H. – Nevada (Vernon Co., MO), 7 May 1879.
Potter, Wm. H. – Osceola Twp., 14 December 1881.
Bitter Ground, by Kathleen White Miles:
Dr. William H. Potter, later at Taberville, enlisted Company K, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, spring of 1861, later with Company A First Artillery, Hospital steward.
Civil War Service Records:
William H. Potter - Co. A, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. Inducted in as a Private, Rank Discharge as Private. Allegiance: Union.
William H. Potter – Co. K, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Inducted in as a Private, Rank Discharge as Private. Allegiance: Union.
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System:
William H. Potter - 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Co. A. Union soldier, Rank In as Private, Rank Out as Private. Film M599, Roll 24.
William H. Potter – 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Co. K. Union soldier, Rank in as Private, Rank out as Private. Film M559, Roll 24.
Civil War Pension Index 1861-1934:
Name: William H. Potter
Service: Hospital Steward & A. 1st Wisconsin H.A.
Date filed: 1 September 1883
Invalid Application No. 1199 953
Certificate No. 982078
State filed: Missouri
Registrar: J.B. Harris
American Civil War Soldiers Record:
William H. Potter – Union. Distinguished Service, Wisconsin.
Residence: Barton, Wisconsin
Enlisted 21 April 1861
Unit Numbers: 3082 3082
Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal. Enlisted as a Private on 21 April 1861 in Co. K, 2nd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 21 April 1861. Transferred to Co. K, 2nd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 8 December 1861. Transferred in Co. A, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Wisconsin on 8 December 1861.
American Civil War Soldiers Record:
William H. Potter – Union. Distinguished Service, Wisconsin.
Residence: Barton, Wisconsin.
Enlisted 21 April 1861
Unit Numbers: 3059 3059
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 21 April 1861. Enlisted in Co. A, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Wisconsin on 21 April 1861. Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 20 December 1863. Mustered out Co. A, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Wisconsin on 6 July 1864.
1860 Washington Co., WI Census – Town of Barton:
Page 59, Line 38, Barton P.O.
431/431 William R. McCracken, age 38, male, farmer, $3000 real estate, $500 personal estate, born Ireland
Sarah Ann, age 36, female, born NY
William Potter, age 22, male, farm laborer, born NY
1870 Saline Co., NE Census – Pleasant Hill P.O.:
Page 45, Line 9, 1 September
389/380 Potter, William, age 32, white male, farmer, $350 personal estate, born NY, cannot read or write, over age 21
Hellen, age 32, white female, keeping house, born WI, cannot read or write
Myers, Noah, age 35, white male, farmer, $350 personal estate, born Russia, cannot read or write, over age 21
Tabbler, Manuel, age 27, white male, carpenter, $300 personal, born Russia, cannot read or write, over age 21
1880 Bates Co., MO Census – Rockville:
Dist. 6, ED 162, Page 9, 5 June
68/70 Potter, William, white male, age 41, married, Physician, born NY, parents born NY
Helen, white female, age 41, wife, married, keeping house, born MO, father born MO
1910 Vernon Co., MO Census – Bacon Twp., Schell City:
Dist. 13, ED 135, Page 5A, Line 14, South Ward, 19 April
Living on Poplar Street
138/143 Potter, W.H., head, white male, age 71, married 40 years, 1st marriage, born NY, speaks English, Druggist, own store, not out of work, can read & write, owned home free
Helen M., wife, white female, age 71, married 40 years, 1st marriage, 4 children, 0 living, born WI, both parents born NY, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write
1920 Vernon Co., MO Census – Bacon Twp., Schell City Town:
Dist. 13, ED 157, Page 9B, South Ward, 8 & 9 January
20/22 Potter, William H., head, owned home free, white male, age 82, widowed, can read & write, born NY, both parents born NY, speaks English, Druggist, Drug Store
