Charles Potter, Sen., at his home near Adams Centre, N. Y., May 20, 1882. He was born at Potter Hill, R. I., Sept. 7, 1799. At the age of nineteen he sought a home in Brookfield, N. Y. where he married Eliza Burdick May 22, 1823. She died June 3, 1877. From 1825 to 1837 he resided in the village of West Edmeston, where he carried on the manufacturing of carriages and sleighs. In March of the latter year, he moved into the town of Adams where he spent the remainder of his life. The children who survive him are Chas. Potter of Plainfield, N. J., Dr. C. D. Potter and Delia, wife of Dea. G. W. Gardner, of Adams Centre. He experienced religion in youth, and became a member of the 1st Hopkinton Church. He was also a member of the 3d Brookfield Church while living there, and for forty-five years a member of the Adams Church. He was a successful business man and a liberal supporter of the Church and all denominational enterprises. He was a devout and practical Christian, whose tender words of love for Jesus were often heard in the conference meeting. He anticipated the joys of heaven with much pleasure, and bade adieu to earth with the words, "Almost home." A. B. P.
