“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


H.H. POTTER,  carpenter and farmer, Secs. 6 and 7; P.O. Cambridge, 
Dane Co.; born in Rhode Island in May, 1813, on a farm; went with his 
parents, in 1817, to Sempronius Township, Cayuga Co., N.Y.; when 
quite young, he learned the carpenter and house-building business, 
which he followed until 23 years of age, then began farming; remained 
thirty-seven years.  Married, in Cayuga Co., in September, 1837, Miss 
Louisa Howell, who was born in Hector, Schuyler Co., in February, 
1816; children are Warren Kimball; Edward N., farming in Oakland; 
Emily, died at the age of 7; Franklin, born in February, 1842, followed 
farming until he enlisted in Oakland in 3d Artillery, Co. D; he was 
stationed at Alexandria, Va.; from severe exposure he was taken ill; 
mustered out in June, 1865; returned to his home in Oakland, where, 
owing to disease contracted in the army, he suffered terribly and died 
Aug. 8, 1865.  A few years after marriage, Mr. Potter removed his 
family to Cortland Co., N.Y., where he followed farming till 1844, then 
went to Oconodaga Co., N.Y., where he followed carpentering and 
house-building till the spring of 1854, then located in Cambridge, Dane 
Co., Wis., where he followed his trade till the spring of 1856, then 
removed to Oakland Township, bought ninety acres of land, partially 
improved, on which he has made great improvements; raises a variety of 
crops, and is engaged in the dairy business.  Republican.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel