Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1915 — Obituary of Larkin Potts. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Larkin Potts.

Larkin Potts was born in Franklin county, June 10, 1838; died at his home in Rensselaer, Jan. 21, 1915, aged 76 years, 7 months and 11 days. He was the oldest son of Johnathan and Mary Potts. When a boy he moved with “his parents to Hancock county; from there to Jasper county. He was united in marriage to Lucinda Evans in 1866, who died March 15, 1887. To this union seven children were born, of whom two survive, AflVa, of Rensselaer, and Andrew, of Medford, Ore He was again united in marriage to Ophelia Sears in the year 1898, who survives. He joined the 9th Ind., Co. G, April 24, 1861; was discharged at the end of three months and re-enlisted in the 99th Ind. Co. 13, ' Auk- 13, 1862. He was corporal and then promoted to sergeant; was mustered out June 5, 1865. He was kind and loving father and leaves to mourn their loss four brothers, one sister, two sons, fourteen grandchildren and a host of friends.