St Johns County FlArchives Biographies.....Potter, G. Walter May 7, 1873 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.77-78  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        G. WALTER POTTER, M. D. One of the well-known physicians and surgeons 
of St. Johns County is Dr. G. WALTER POTTER, assistant chief surgeon of the 
Florida East Coast Railway Company at St. Augustine, whose standing in his 
profession and community is unquestioned. He was born at Altoona, Blair County, 
Pennsylvania, May 7, 1873, a son of DAVID R. and ELIZABETH (NOBLE) POTTER, 
natives of Potter’s Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where the father was 
born February 28, 1839, and the mother, March 17, 1844. They had two children 
born to them, namely: FLORENCE N., who married S. B. RIDDLE; and Doctor Potter. 
Until 1910 DAVID R. POTTER was profitably engaged in milling, but then retired. 
During the war between the two sections of the country he served in Company F, 
Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under General Hoovey, and was with 
the Army of the Trans-Mississippi. During his period of service he participated
in the skirmishes and battles of his command, and received his honorable
discharge. With its organization, he enrolled as a member of the local post of
the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a republican.
	Early deciding upon a medical career, G. WALTER POTTER began preparing 
for it, and after he had completed his attendance in the public schools of 
Bedford County he became a student of the Ohio Wesleyan University. He also 
studied at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and 
Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. His medical training was received at 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he was 
graduated in 1902. For the first two years following the obtaining of his 
degree Doctor Potter was intern at the National Central Home for Soldiers at 
Dayton, Ohio, and also served as third assistant surgeon. Returning to 
Pennsylvania, he was engaged in a general practice at Loysburg, Bedford County,
for six years, during which time he gained a reputation for ability. In 1909 he
came to Florida as local surgeon at St. Augustine for the Florida East Coast
Railway and the East Coast Hospital Association. In 1917 he was advanced to the
position of assistant chief surgeon. Since 1909 he has been a member of the
staff of the Flagler Hospital, and he maintains membership with the St. Johns
County Medical Society, the Florida State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. He is a member of Everett Lodge No. 524, A. F. and A. M.,
at Everett, Pennsylvania. From the time he cast his first vote Doctor Potter
has given his support to the candidates of the republican party and national
affairs.
	On May 20, 1902, Doctor Potter married LAURA BELL GATES, who was born 
in Pennsylvania, a daughter of SAMUEL F. and MARY (ESHELMAN) GATES, both of 
whom were born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Potter is the elder of their two children. 
Doctor and Mrs. Potter have four children, namely: FAITH, DAVID W., MARIAN and 
SAMUEL S. A man of broad information along many kindred lines, Doctor Potter 
has kept in close touch with all advancement. Essentially a self-made man, he
has not allowed himself to be hampered by the fact that he has had to win by
hard work every step forward, but rather has so shaped circumstances as to make
what might to another seem like adversity serve but as a stimulus to his
ambition. A man of affairs, he has ever taken more than ordinary interest in
local matters, and as his efforts are constantly directed toward progress, his
connection with any movement guarantees ultimate value to the majority.


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