NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL RECORD; VOLUME 9; PARTS 3 & 4; JUL. - OCT., 1931 ARTICLE: SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN POTTER, ALIAS HEFFNER, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. PAGES 27 - 30 As transcribed by the submitters from the original publication. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, February, 1998, by Ted and Carole Miller (susieque@pacbell.net). USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** (page 27, cont.) SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN POTTER, ALIAS HEFFNER, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. Compiled by Mrs. H. B. Marshall, Lincoln, Nebraska. I. JOHN HEFFNER, immigrant ancestor, was born in Germany and is known to have brought at least one son with him to America. The family settled first at Fredericksburg, Maryland, from which place they moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. As is shown by the following record his name was changed to JOHN POTTER. "A Draught of a Tract of Land Situate in Antrim Township Cumberland County Containing One hundred Acres and twentyfour perches and an Allowance of Six Verst Surveyed for John Potter the 2 day of Sep ----------------------------------------------------------------- 28 THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST tember 1772 In pursuance of an Order of Survey dated December 16th 1766 H. 2188. - JOHN ARMSTRONG "Returned into the Secretary's Office the 7th April 1774 for John Hafner al. Potter by Warrt, dated the same day. for John Lukens, Esq S G ROBERT DILL" Issue, known, (surname, Heffner; later, Potter): 2. i. Simon 2. SIMON [HEFFNER] POTTER, son of John Potter, alias Heffner, was born in Germany. He married, first, Catherine _____, who was born in 1757 and died Sept. 10, 1814, aged 57 years, 7 months. He married, secondly, Oct. 8, 1816, Elizabeth Keger. He lived at Morrison's Cove, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, located two or three miles from a little village called Woodbury. He must have been one of the earliest settlers there for the stream which flows through Morrison's Cove is still known as Potter's Creek. Simon Potter built the church in that vicinity and gave it to the community. The original church, a frame building, was torn down in 1842, and a brick church was erected in its place. It is still called Potter's Church, although its official name is Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He also gave the land for the burying ground at the Cove, which is now called Potter's Creek Cemetery, and is kept in beautiful condition. Simon Potter served in the American Revolution as a private in Captain Daniel Clapsaddler's company, Eighth Class, First Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia from Cumberland County, and was mustered into service Aug. 20, 1780.* Issue, known, (by first wife): 3. i. John. 3. JOHN POTTER, son of Simon [Heffner] Potter, was born, Feb. 8, 1779, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died, May 5,1839, aged 60 years. He married, Mar. 26,1804, Susannah Dodson, daughter of John Dodson of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, born, Aug. 10, 1784; died, Apr. 30, 1861, aged 76 years. Issue: i. Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1805. ii. Catherine, b. Mar. 11, 1807. iii. George, b. Oct. 3, 1808. iv. Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1810. v. John, b. July 25, 1812. vi. Daniel, b. May 24, 1814. 4. vii. Jacob, b. May 7, 1817. viii. Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1820. ix. David, b. Aug. 5, 1822. ------------- *Penneylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. 6, pp. 94, 97, 111. ----------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL RECORD 29 4. JACOB POTTER, seventh child of John and Susannah (Dodson) Potter, was born at Morrison's Cove, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1817, and died at Tiffin, Ohio, Nov., 1851. He married in Bedford County, July 17, 1838, Mary A. Mickle, born Nov. 15, 1815, died at Mansfield, Ohio, June 10, 1867. She was the daughter of Griffiths Mickle, born in Ireland, 1787, and Rebecca Polk, his wife, born 1791. In 1841 Jacob Potter removed with his family to Wayne Co., Ohio. He was a country doctor subject to call of the sick at all times of the day and night. The two oldest sons were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, four were born in Wayne County, Ohio, and the youngest in Ashland County, Ohio. Issue: i. Hezekiah, b. Dec. 24, 1839; a corporal in an Ohio Regiment; d. Jan. 28, 1863, of wounds received in battle. 5. ii. William H., b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. Dayton, O., Sept. 14, 1913. iii. James F., b. Feb. 27, 1843, served in Co. E, 54 Ohio Volunteers; killed in the Battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862; buried in a separate grave on the battlefield. iv. Ezra, b. Sept. 19, 1844; d. Feb. 2, 1925; enlisted Sept. 1861, in Co. E, Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, served three years and five months, nearly a year of which time was spent as a prisoner of war in southern prisons. v. Hiram, b. Mar. 7, 1847; d. Nov. 22, 1865; served in the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. vi. Gilbert, b. Mar. 13, 1849; d. Dec. 9, 1850. vii. Franklin, b. June 26, 1851; d. Aug. 6, 1852. 5. WILLIAM H. POTTER, second child of Jacob and Mary A. (Mickle) Potter, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8, 1841, and died at Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1913. He married, at Perrysville, Ohio, July 18, 1866, Pearl Parr, born at Perrysville, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1846, and died Feb. 27, 1921. Pearl Parr was the daughter of Andrew H. Parr, born Oct. 16, 1807, and Lucina Donaldson, his wife, born Oct. 4, 1809. Both were born at Pittsburg where they grew up and were married in 1831. They moved to the vicinity of Perrysville, Ohio, in 1834. Lucina Donaldson was the daughter of Robert and Isabella (Clendening) Donaldson. William H. Potter enlisted as a private in the Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and about 1863 was promoted to corporal. On Sept. 10, 1864 he was promoted to ordinance sergeant. In 1865 he was mustered out as captain of Company I, One Hundred and Thirty Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry having served four years, four months and eight days. He was never wounded but he was captured once and exchanged immediately on parole. He was a member at Indianapolis, Indiana, of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Following his discharge from the army William H. Potter studied --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST law at Mansfield, Ohio, three years, during which time he taught school to support his family. He then entered into partnership as a photographer with his brother, Ezra, at Mansfield. In 1875 he removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was one of the eight men who were founders of the Photographers Association of America (now an international organization), and in 1886 he was president of the Association. He presided at the national convention of the Association which met at St. Louis in June, 1886. Issue: 6. i. Lilian. 7. ii. Ann Charlton. iii. Pearl Parr, b. Mansfleld, O.; mar. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25, 1900, Charles Wesley Barkhurst lives in Cincinnati, O; issue (surname Barkhurst); 1. Catherine, b. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 21, 1905. iv. Lucile Donaldson, b. Mansfield, O.; lives in Boston, Mass. 6. LILIAN POTTER, oldest daughter of William H. and Pearl (Parr) Potter, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, and married at Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 21, 1894, Walter Stanley Whitten, son of Charles Perry Whitten, (born at Leavenworth, Indiana, April 4,1837), and Malvina Cuyler, his wife, (born at Brome, Canada, August 12, 1845). They were married, Nov. 21, 1867. Malvina Cuyler was the daughter of Charles and Louise (Field) Cuyler, married July 19,1829. Issue (surname Whitten): i. John C. Potter, only child of Walter S. and Lillian (Potter) Whitten; b. at St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 12, 1900; m Broken Bow, Neb., June 8, 1926, Vivian Varney, daughter of Thomas Tiffany and Mary (Sargent) Varney; issue (surname Whitten); 1. John Varney, b. Aug. 26, 1927. 7. ANN CHARLTON POTTER, second child of William H. and Pearl (Parr) Potter, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, and married at Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1896, Nathan Kline Garhart. Issue (Surname Garhart): i. Elizabeth Ann, b. July 9, 1905; mar. Eugene K. Bramhall; Oct. 7, 1922; issue (surname Bramhall); 1. Priscilla, b. Mar. 13, 1924; 2. Mary Ann, b. June 5, 1927. ii. Priscilla, b. Feb. 3, 1912; d. Nov. 25, 1917. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------