Livingston County IL Archives History .....Mrs Mary Potter Of Dwight Celebrates 107th Birthday 1921
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MRS. MARY POTTER OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS CELEBRATES HER 107TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.

Linking, six wars, extending from the Revolution to the late conflict with 
Germany, Mrs. Mary Potter of Dwight, Illinois celebrated her one hundred and 
seventh birthday anniversary, February 23rd. Mrs. Potter has a career that has 
no counterpart in the United States. Her grandfather, a soldier of the Armies 
under George Washington; her father fighting against the British in the War of 
1812; while she contributed supplies to the men who fought in the Mexican War, 
the Civil War, the War with Spain and finally the great World War. Mrs. Potter 
has a personal knowledge of the six struggles for liberty that has been 
granted no other person in Illinois, or perhaps in the United States. Mrs. 
Potter was born in Essex County, New York, in 1814, four years before Illinois 
was admitted to the Union. She came to this state soon after it was admitted 
to Statehood and has lived here ever since. When they gave land away to 
attract settlers, Mrs. Potter and her husband procured one of the grants from 
the government, for a farm in Livingston County, and that tract is yet in her 
possession, one of the few pieces in Illinois or it may be in the middle west, 
which has not changed hands since the original grant from the government. 
Making this farm her home for more than sixty years, Mrs. Potter turned it 
over to a tenant when her husband died twenty-five years ago and has since 
lived in retirement in Dwight. All but one of her children died from the 
debility of old age. The only surviving child is a son, Albert, residing in 
Peru, Indiana. He and his children and grandchildren attended the celebration 
of Mrs. Potter's one hundred and seventh birthday anniversary.

Additional Comments:
Source: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly 
by the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-
July, 1921 No. 1-2.

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