Rhoda E Farrell Potter was born on 10 January 1807 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Benjamin Farrell & Patience Terrell Farrell.
Rhoda married Ransom Robert Potter on 2 September 1825 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut. Their first child was born and died in 1826 followed by Rhoda Emeline, Ransom Robert, Isaac Smith, Lemuel & Benjamin Franklin Potter.
While living in Ohio they joined the LDS (Mormon) Church and followed the saints to Utah and finally to Albion, Idaho. The 1880 US Census shows them living in Albion, Cassia, Idaho. The census shows Rhoda as being 73 years old and living with her husband Ransom age 72 and his son James M. Potter who was 12 years old.
According to Lee H. Potter in the Ransom Robert Potter History "On March 10, 1881 Ransom sold his land to James W. Snodgrass. He died November 15, 1884 in Albion. He is buried in Albion, in a field called:
Pioneer Cemetery –
This plot of ground is high sagebrush on land presently owned by Larry Mahoney and located approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Albion, and around one mile west of the old Stage-Freight station is referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery. It is unfenced with two groups of unmarked graves, barely visible now due to the ravages of time and elements.
Edith Carlson visited this cemetery in summer of 1988 with Ellen Danner who gave her the following information: In the first group lies buried six persons including Ransom R. Potter, born 1807 at Waterbury, Connecticut and died Nov. 15, 1883. His wife was Rhoda E. Farrell Potter. He was known as "Stiff-Neck Potter" and was a freighter between Kelton, Utah and Boise, Idaho on the old stage-freight route.
A passerby would not realize that anyone lay buried here in this small almost forgotten cemetery, without the knowledge of an early pioneer like Ellen Danner. All that remains are a few rocks used as markers and a rotting piece or two of lumber, that may at one time have been part of a fence.
Today a nondescript, flat stone marks the spot; engraved with the names of three individuals buried beneath. The information for the middle individual one reads:
RANSOM R. "STIFF NECK" POTTER
MAR. 4, 1807 NOV. 15, 1884
Rhoda Emmaline Ferrell died after the 1880 census. Her exact burial place is unknown.
She is not buried in any of the cemetery's with her children. It is my belief that she might be one of the unmarked graves in the Pioneer Cemetery with her husband Ransom Robert.
Bruce Potter has listed her death as 7 January 1892 in Custer, Idaho and that she is buried somewhere in that county. This information came from the family records of her grandson Isaac Smith (Moroni) Potter (Jr). She lived with this family following her husband Ransom's death.
It is my hope that until further information comes to light that this will be an acceptable memorial of her life.
Rhoda married Ransom Robert Potter on 2 September 1825 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut. Their first child was born and died in 1826 followed by Rhoda Emeline, Ransom Robert, Isaac Smith, Lemuel & Benjamin Franklin Potter.
While living in Ohio they joined the LDS (Mormon) Church and followed the saints to Utah and finally to Albion, Idaho. The 1880 US Census shows them living in Albion, Cassia, Idaho. The census shows Rhoda as being 73 years old and living with her husband Ransom age 72 and his son James M. Potter who was 12 years old.
According to Lee H. Potter in the Ransom Robert Potter History "On March 10, 1881 Ransom sold his land to James W. Snodgrass. He died November 15, 1884 in Albion. He is buried in Albion, in a field called:
Pioneer Cemetery –
This plot of ground is high sagebrush on land presently owned by Larry Mahoney and located approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Albion, and around one mile west of the old Stage-Freight station is referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery. It is unfenced with two groups of unmarked graves, barely visible now due to the ravages of time and elements.
Edith Carlson visited this cemetery in summer of 1988 with Ellen Danner who gave her the following information: In the first group lies buried six persons including Ransom R. Potter, born 1807 at Waterbury, Connecticut and died Nov. 15, 1883. His wife was Rhoda E. Farrell Potter. He was known as "Stiff-Neck Potter" and was a freighter between Kelton, Utah and Boise, Idaho on the old stage-freight route.
A passerby would not realize that anyone lay buried here in this small almost forgotten cemetery, without the knowledge of an early pioneer like Ellen Danner. All that remains are a few rocks used as markers and a rotting piece or two of lumber, that may at one time have been part of a fence.
Today a nondescript, flat stone marks the spot; engraved with the names of three individuals buried beneath. The information for the middle individual one reads:
RANSOM R. "STIFF NECK" POTTER
MAR. 4, 1807 NOV. 15, 1884
Rhoda Emmaline Ferrell died after the 1880 census. Her exact burial place is unknown.
She is not buried in any of the cemetery's with her children. It is my belief that she might be one of the unmarked graves in the Pioneer Cemetery with her husband Ransom Robert.
Bruce Potter has listed her death as 7 January 1892 in Custer, Idaho and that she is buried somewhere in that county. This information came from the family records of her grandson Isaac Smith (Moroni) Potter (Jr). She lived with this family following her husband Ransom's death.
It is my hope that until further information comes to light that this will be an acceptable memorial of her life.
Rhoda E Farrell Potter was born on 10 January 1807 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Benjamin Farrell & Patience Terrell Farrell.
Rhoda married Ransom Robert Potter on 2 September 1825 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut. Their first child was born and died in 1826 followed by Rhoda Emeline, Ransom Robert, Isaac Smith, Lemuel & Benjamin Franklin Potter.
While living in Ohio they joined the LDS (Mormon) Church and followed the saints to Utah and finally to Albion, Idaho. The 1880 US Census shows them living in Albion, Cassia, Idaho. The census shows Rhoda as being 73 years old and living with her husband Ransom age 72 and his son James M. Potter who was 12 years old.
According to Lee H. Potter in the Ransom Robert Potter History "On March 10, 1881 Ransom sold his land to James W. Snodgrass. He died November 15, 1884 in Albion. He is buried in Albion, in a field called:
Pioneer Cemetery –
This plot of ground is high sagebrush on land presently owned by Larry Mahoney and located approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Albion, and around one mile west of the old Stage-Freight station is referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery. It is unfenced with two groups of unmarked graves, barely visible now due to the ravages of time and elements.
Edith Carlson visited this cemetery in summer of 1988 with Ellen Danner who gave her the following information: In the first group lies buried six persons including Ransom R. Potter, born 1807 at Waterbury, Connecticut and died Nov. 15, 1883. His wife was Rhoda E. Farrell Potter. He was known as "Stiff-Neck Potter" and was a freighter between Kelton, Utah and Boise, Idaho on the old stage-freight route.
A passerby would not realize that anyone lay buried here in this small almost forgotten cemetery, without the knowledge of an early pioneer like Ellen Danner. All that remains are a few rocks used as markers and a rotting piece or two of lumber, that may at one time have been part of a fence.
Today a nondescript, flat stone marks the spot; engraved with the names of three individuals buried beneath. The information for the middle individual one reads:
RANSOM R. "STIFF NECK" POTTER
MAR. 4, 1807 NOV. 15, 1884
Rhoda Emmaline Ferrell died after the 1880 census. Her exact burial place is unknown.
She is not buried in any of the cemetery's with her children. It is my belief that she might be one of the unmarked graves in the Pioneer Cemetery with her husband Ransom Robert.
Bruce Potter has listed her death as 7 January 1892 in Custer, Idaho and that she is buried somewhere in that county. This information came from the family records of her grandson Isaac Smith (Moroni) Potter (Jr). She lived with this family following her husband Ransom's death.
It is my hope that until further information comes to light that this will be an acceptable memorial of her life.
Rhoda married Ransom Robert Potter on 2 September 1825 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut. Their first child was born and died in 1826 followed by Rhoda Emeline, Ransom Robert, Isaac Smith, Lemuel & Benjamin Franklin Potter.
While living in Ohio they joined the LDS (Mormon) Church and followed the saints to Utah and finally to Albion, Idaho. The 1880 US Census shows them living in Albion, Cassia, Idaho. The census shows Rhoda as being 73 years old and living with her husband Ransom age 72 and his son James M. Potter who was 12 years old.
According to Lee H. Potter in the Ransom Robert Potter History "On March 10, 1881 Ransom sold his land to James W. Snodgrass. He died November 15, 1884 in Albion. He is buried in Albion, in a field called:
Pioneer Cemetery –
This plot of ground is high sagebrush on land presently owned by Larry Mahoney and located approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Albion, and around one mile west of the old Stage-Freight station is referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery. It is unfenced with two groups of unmarked graves, barely visible now due to the ravages of time and elements.
Edith Carlson visited this cemetery in summer of 1988 with Ellen Danner who gave her the following information: In the first group lies buried six persons including Ransom R. Potter, born 1807 at Waterbury, Connecticut and died Nov. 15, 1883. His wife was Rhoda E. Farrell Potter. He was known as "Stiff-Neck Potter" and was a freighter between Kelton, Utah and Boise, Idaho on the old stage-freight route.
A passerby would not realize that anyone lay buried here in this small almost forgotten cemetery, without the knowledge of an early pioneer like Ellen Danner. All that remains are a few rocks used as markers and a rotting piece or two of lumber, that may at one time have been part of a fence.
Today a nondescript, flat stone marks the spot; engraved with the names of three individuals buried beneath. The information for the middle individual one reads:
RANSOM R. "STIFF NECK" POTTER
MAR. 4, 1807 NOV. 15, 1884
Rhoda Emmaline Ferrell died after the 1880 census. Her exact burial place is unknown.
She is not buried in any of the cemetery's with her children. It is my belief that she might be one of the unmarked graves in the Pioneer Cemetery with her husband Ransom Robert.
Bruce Potter has listed her death as 7 January 1892 in Custer, Idaho and that she is buried somewhere in that county. This information came from the family records of her grandson Isaac Smith (Moroni) Potter (Jr). She lived with this family following her husband Ransom's death.
It is my hope that until further information comes to light that this will be an acceptable memorial of her life.
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