Potter, Ollie Sanford

1886 - 1964  (77 years)

• Name	Potter, Ollie Sanford
  Birth	6 Nov 1886	Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Oct 1964	Ventura, Ventura Co., California
  Burial	2 Nov 1964	Fairview Cemetery ~ White, Brookings Co., South Dakota
  Person ID	I46	Barg-Trumbull
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2007

  
  

  Family 1	Tyler, Mattie Ada,   b. 6 May 1886, North Dakota d. 5 Mar 1954, Ventura, Ventura Co., California (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1910	White, Brookings Co., South Dakota   [1]
  Children	1. Potter, Anita O.,   b. 2 Aug 1911   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Potter, Erma Arlene,   b. 23 Feb 1915, White, Brookings Co., South Dakota d. 7 Dec 1993 (Age 78 years)   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Westerlund, Elva   d. Mar 1955
  Marriage	Nov 1954
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S28] White History Book Committee, White, South Dakota, Page 362 (Reliability: 3). Ollie and Mattie Potter and Family by Eunice McCuen Ollie S. Potter, son of Adelbert and Addie Jarvis Potter, was born Nov. 6, 1886, at Whitewater, Wis. He later moved with his parents to a farm five and one-half miles south of White next to the Quinn farm where Dale Bowne now lives. Then he moved with the family to Argo Township, now the McKibben farm. Mattie Ada Tyler, the daughter of John and Rebecca Taylor Tyler, was born May 6, 1886, in North Dakota. When she was three months old, the family moved to a farm southeast of White, where she grew to womanhood. She attended school at Sherman District #106. Mattie and Ollie Potter were married on Sept. 5, 1910 in White. After farming southwest of White for two years, they moved to the John Tyler farm in Sherman Township four and one-half miles southeast of White, where they lived for 28 years, making it over 50 years that Mattie resided on that farm. In 1942, they moved to a farm four miles northeast of Brookings, where they lived for 11 years. They retired from farming in 1953, and moved to Brookings. Ollie and Mattie were faithful members of the Methodist Church in White, and of the National Grange Organization. Mattie passed away at the home of her daughter Erma on March 5, 1954. On Nov. 30, 1954, Ollie married Elva May Davis Westerlund of Madison, S.D. They were spending the winter in Fort Meyers, Fls. when Elva May was killed instantly in a traffic accident while crossing the highway on March 21, 1955. Ollie then moved to Ventura, Calif., where he spent the remaining years of his life. He Passed away Oct. 30, 1964. Children of Ollie and Mattie were: Married A. Anitaborn August 2, 1911James M. Gibbs 1. Darylborn February 10, 1938 2. Allenborn June 28, 1943 3. Jackborn July 31, 1947 4. Jerryborn July 31, 1947 B. Ermaborn February 23, 1915Wallace McBride 1. Tedborn July 5, 1949 2. Larryborn May 24, 1951 C. Mavisborn October 18, 1918Fritz Bernard D. Euniceborn November 19, 1921Lawrence McCuen