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Potter, Charles H., was born in Springfield, Bradford County, Pa. January 29, 1838. He was educated in the common
schools and in Springfield Academy. September 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Forty first Infantry
New York Volunteers, was taken prisoner in June, 1863, while on the march, by South Carolina scouts, was duly paroled,
was very sick in the general hospital at Annapolis, Md., and was honorably discharged as corporal on surgeon's
certificate of disability October 11, 1863. After his return he resided in Michigan for ten years, where be was
town clerk for three terms. In 1873 he became a permanent resident of Elmira, being for several years general agent
and local secretary for a life insurance society here. In 1890 he became associated with Newlove Willison in the
pension business and is one of the notaries public of the city. Mr. Potter is a member of L. Edgar Fitch Post.
No. 165, G. A. R., and Pilgrim Lodge, No. 180, F. and A. M. Mr. Potter has never married, but is a jolly bachelor.
From:
Our County and its people
A History of the Valley and County of Chemung
BY: Ausburn Towner
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1892
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