Biographical Sketch of David POTTS (1904); Chester County, PA

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Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Volumes I-X. 
Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904, p727.
 
POTTS, David, representative, was born at Warwick Furnace, Chester county, Pa., 
Nov. 27, 1794; son of David and Martha (Potts) Potts; grandson of Samuel and 
Joanna (Holland) Potts, and of David and Anna (Potts) Potts, and a descendant of 
Thomas and Martha (Keurlis) Potts. Thomas Potts emigrated from Wales to America 
with his uncle Thomas, of Coventry, England, in 1690, and settled near 
Philadelphia, Pa. He was well educated; served in the war of 1812 with his 
brother Thomas, and at an early age was placed in charge of Warwick Furnace, and 
his ancestral home, carrying on the furnace most successfully for half a 
century, and making many improvements in the estate. He was married, March 4, 
1819, to Anna Nutt, daughter of Robert and Ruth (Potts) May of Coventry, Pa. He 
represented Chester county in the Pennsylvania legislature, 1823-25, and was a 
Whig and anti-Mason representative in the 22d-25th congresses, 1831-39. He gave 
liberally towards the raising of regiments and for the relief of the sick and 
wounded soldiers of the Federal army during the civil war. He was at one time a 
candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, on the Free Soil ticket. He died at 
Warwick, Pa., June 1, 1863.