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Submitted by Debbie Barrett June 13, 2001
mrsgrinnin@home.com

CHARLES POTTER, farmer, P. O. Rock Elm, Pierce county, was born in Dutchess
county, N. Y., September 15, 1830.  Joseph Potter, his father, was born in
England, and came to Vermont in 1871.  From there he went to Dutchess county,
N. Y., and married Miss Fanny Wolf.  Seven children were born to them as
follows: Henry, Edward, Leonard, William, Charles, Maria and Caroline.
Charles received his education in the common schools of his native county
and lived there until 1850, when he went to Patterson, N. Y., where he was
engaged in the meat business until 1855, then came to Davenport, Iowa, where
he was engaged in buying horses and fitting them for sale and the race track.
He continued at that until the Pike's Peak rage in 1859, when, in company
with five others he went out there, but not liking it he returned the same
year and went to Fredonia, Ill., where he ran a ferry on Rock river for a
year, then went back to Iowa and worked in a starch factory until 1861.  He
enlisted at Davenport that year, but before he was sworn in, had his leg 
broken, which incapacitated him for the service.  The same year he married
Miss Fanny Carroll, a Canadian by birth, and came to Pierce county, Wis.,
locating where he now lives.  It was then simply a wilderness; no roads, 
only paths through the woods, and he had to depend on his trusty rifle for 
meat for the family.  He has two children: Albert B., who lives in West 
Superior, and Florence V., at home.  Mr. Potter now has a fine farm, and can
take a rest from the hard work incident to pioneer life. In politics he is a 
true and patriotic democrat, but has never been an office seeker, though
frequently called upon to take an office.  He enjoys the respect and
confidence of all in the township.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 603