From the memoirs of Pearl's father, Dr. Elmore Potter:
In the month of September 1876, I opened an office in Holland, Lucas Co. Ohio, a small hamlet ten miles west of Toledo. A physician was needed at this place, and I at once, got into a fairly active practice.
On Feb. 23rd 1877 our next addition to the family came, a girl again, and we named her Pearl Edna. That year I bought a lot and barn, and erected a new house, and the following year (1878) put up a small store room, moving my medicines, and adding a line of groceries. I conducted a profitable business, although on a small scale.
After looking about for some time for a location I finally concluded to move to Sherwood, a small town on the Baltimore & Ohio Ry. about ten miles west of Defiance, in the northwest corner of the state. Arriving at this place in Sept. 1882, I bought the stock of Drugs and Medicines owned by Dr. J. K. Denman, and taking my half sister [Mary Peters Williams] in the business with me, as an equal partner, we moved in more commodious quarters, and added a line of groceries.
During the summer and fall of 1893, while the Worlds Columbian Exposition was in progress at Chicago Ill. I visited that city and the fair, (The White City) twice. About the middle of July (10th) I took my daughter Pearl with me. For four days we traveled and viewed the sights. Never do I expect my lot will be cast, that I may be permitted to enjoy seeing such grandeur again.
The new year of 1894 came in on time, and on February 23rd our daughter Pearl was married, and shortly a vacancy was made in our home. We miss her still, and feel the loss of her society and company almost as badly as when she first went to live in a home of her own.
1899 In the month of March our house hold goods, a span of fine horses, a lumber wagon, a surrey and five harnesses were loaded in cars, and we left Holgate for our new home on the farm near Newport Mich., my family having gone a few days earlier, making visits among old acquaintances. Then began our new work, starting with nothing, it required quite an outlay for farm stock and machinery. For five years we were farmers in every sense of the term. Shortly after our arrival our daughter Pearl, and her husband H. E. Johnson and their little girl came to assist in the venture. At the close of the first haying he went into Ohio to work at his trade of barbering, and the next year they moved to Carleton Mich. where he had bought a shop, which he conducted till his health failed. In the spring of 1904 we left the farm and moved to Carleton also, a new and comfortable house was built, which we occupied in July.
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Note from Darrell Brown
Pearl and her husband Henry had one child, Nola Eileen, who was born in Sherwood, Ohio, in 1897. Later the family moved to Chicago, and Henry died there in 1909. His body was taken back to Carleton, MI, for burial. In 1920 their daughter Nola was married in Chicago to William Cyrus Jung, also spelled "Young," a native of Illinois. In 1922 Pearl was married in Chicago to William Foster Young (no relation to Nola's husband), a native of Memphis, TN. They traveled to Cuba for a week in February, 1921, and again in February, 1925. In Chicago they lived at 5201 University Avenue. The 1930 census shows that Nola and her husband were living with Pearl and her husband. In April, 1931, Pearl and William traveled to London. In 1935 William died, and three years later Pearl passed away.
Pearl reportedly updated the genealogy of the Potter family that Seneca Solon Potter had produced in 1885, and later her daughter Nola updated it to 1959.
In the month of September 1876, I opened an office in Holland, Lucas Co. Ohio, a small hamlet ten miles west of Toledo. A physician was needed at this place, and I at once, got into a fairly active practice.
On Feb. 23rd 1877 our next addition to the family came, a girl again, and we named her Pearl Edna. That year I bought a lot and barn, and erected a new house, and the following year (1878) put up a small store room, moving my medicines, and adding a line of groceries. I conducted a profitable business, although on a small scale.
After looking about for some time for a location I finally concluded to move to Sherwood, a small town on the Baltimore & Ohio Ry. about ten miles west of Defiance, in the northwest corner of the state. Arriving at this place in Sept. 1882, I bought the stock of Drugs and Medicines owned by Dr. J. K. Denman, and taking my half sister [Mary Peters Williams] in the business with me, as an equal partner, we moved in more commodious quarters, and added a line of groceries.
During the summer and fall of 1893, while the Worlds Columbian Exposition was in progress at Chicago Ill. I visited that city and the fair, (The White City) twice. About the middle of July (10th) I took my daughter Pearl with me. For four days we traveled and viewed the sights. Never do I expect my lot will be cast, that I may be permitted to enjoy seeing such grandeur again.
The new year of 1894 came in on time, and on February 23rd our daughter Pearl was married, and shortly a vacancy was made in our home. We miss her still, and feel the loss of her society and company almost as badly as when she first went to live in a home of her own.
1899 In the month of March our house hold goods, a span of fine horses, a lumber wagon, a surrey and five harnesses were loaded in cars, and we left Holgate for our new home on the farm near Newport Mich., my family having gone a few days earlier, making visits among old acquaintances. Then began our new work, starting with nothing, it required quite an outlay for farm stock and machinery. For five years we were farmers in every sense of the term. Shortly after our arrival our daughter Pearl, and her husband H. E. Johnson and their little girl came to assist in the venture. At the close of the first haying he went into Ohio to work at his trade of barbering, and the next year they moved to Carleton Mich. where he had bought a shop, which he conducted till his health failed. In the spring of 1904 we left the farm and moved to Carleton also, a new and comfortable house was built, which we occupied in July.
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Note from Darrell Brown
Pearl and her husband Henry had one child, Nola Eileen, who was born in Sherwood, Ohio, in 1897. Later the family moved to Chicago, and Henry died there in 1909. His body was taken back to Carleton, MI, for burial. In 1920 their daughter Nola was married in Chicago to William Cyrus Jung, also spelled "Young," a native of Illinois. In 1922 Pearl was married in Chicago to William Foster Young (no relation to Nola's husband), a native of Memphis, TN. They traveled to Cuba for a week in February, 1921, and again in February, 1925. In Chicago they lived at 5201 University Avenue. The 1930 census shows that Nola and her husband were living with Pearl and her husband. In April, 1931, Pearl and William traveled to London. In 1935 William died, and three years later Pearl passed away.
Pearl reportedly updated the genealogy of the Potter family that Seneca Solon Potter had produced in 1885, and later her daughter Nola updated it to 1959.
From the memoirs of Pearl's father, Dr. Elmore Potter:
In the month of September 1876, I opened an office in Holland, Lucas Co. Ohio, a small hamlet ten miles west of Toledo. A physician was needed at this place, and I at once, got into a fairly active practice.
On Feb. 23rd 1877 our next addition to the family came, a girl again, and we named her Pearl Edna. That year I bought a lot and barn, and erected a new house, and the following year (1878) put up a small store room, moving my medicines, and adding a line of groceries. I conducted a profitable business, although on a small scale.
After looking about for some time for a location I finally concluded to move to Sherwood, a small town on the Baltimore & Ohio Ry. about ten miles west of Defiance, in the northwest corner of the state. Arriving at this place in Sept. 1882, I bought the stock of Drugs and Medicines owned by Dr. J. K. Denman, and taking my half sister [Mary Peters Williams] in the business with me, as an equal partner, we moved in more commodious quarters, and added a line of groceries.
During the summer and fall of 1893, while the Worlds Columbian Exposition was in progress at Chicago Ill. I visited that city and the fair, (The White City) twice. About the middle of July (10th) I took my daughter Pearl with me. For four days we traveled and viewed the sights. Never do I expect my lot will be cast, that I may be permitted to enjoy seeing such grandeur again.
The new year of 1894 came in on time, and on February 23rd our daughter Pearl was married, and shortly a vacancy was made in our home. We miss her still, and feel the loss of her society and company almost as badly as when she first went to live in a home of her own.
1899 In the month of March our house hold goods, a span of fine horses, a lumber wagon, a surrey and five harnesses were loaded in cars, and we left Holgate for our new home on the farm near Newport Mich., my family having gone a few days earlier, making visits among old acquaintances. Then began our new work, starting with nothing, it required quite an outlay for farm stock and machinery. For five years we were farmers in every sense of the term. Shortly after our arrival our daughter Pearl, and her husband H. E. Johnson and their little girl came to assist in the venture. At the close of the first haying he went into Ohio to work at his trade of barbering, and the next year they moved to Carleton Mich. where he had bought a shop, which he conducted till his health failed. In the spring of 1904 we left the farm and moved to Carleton also, a new and comfortable house was built, which we occupied in July.
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Note from Darrell Brown
Pearl and her husband Henry had one child, Nola Eileen, who was born in Sherwood, Ohio, in 1897. Later the family moved to Chicago, and Henry died there in 1909. His body was taken back to Carleton, MI, for burial. In 1920 their daughter Nola was married in Chicago to William Cyrus Jung, also spelled "Young," a native of Illinois. In 1922 Pearl was married in Chicago to William Foster Young (no relation to Nola's husband), a native of Memphis, TN. They traveled to Cuba for a week in February, 1921, and again in February, 1925. In Chicago they lived at 5201 University Avenue. The 1930 census shows that Nola and her husband were living with Pearl and her husband. In April, 1931, Pearl and William traveled to London. In 1935 William died, and three years later Pearl passed away.
Pearl reportedly updated the genealogy of the Potter family that Seneca Solon Potter had produced in 1885, and later her daughter Nola updated it to 1959.
In the month of September 1876, I opened an office in Holland, Lucas Co. Ohio, a small hamlet ten miles west of Toledo. A physician was needed at this place, and I at once, got into a fairly active practice.
On Feb. 23rd 1877 our next addition to the family came, a girl again, and we named her Pearl Edna. That year I bought a lot and barn, and erected a new house, and the following year (1878) put up a small store room, moving my medicines, and adding a line of groceries. I conducted a profitable business, although on a small scale.
After looking about for some time for a location I finally concluded to move to Sherwood, a small town on the Baltimore & Ohio Ry. about ten miles west of Defiance, in the northwest corner of the state. Arriving at this place in Sept. 1882, I bought the stock of Drugs and Medicines owned by Dr. J. K. Denman, and taking my half sister [Mary Peters Williams] in the business with me, as an equal partner, we moved in more commodious quarters, and added a line of groceries.
During the summer and fall of 1893, while the Worlds Columbian Exposition was in progress at Chicago Ill. I visited that city and the fair, (The White City) twice. About the middle of July (10th) I took my daughter Pearl with me. For four days we traveled and viewed the sights. Never do I expect my lot will be cast, that I may be permitted to enjoy seeing such grandeur again.
The new year of 1894 came in on time, and on February 23rd our daughter Pearl was married, and shortly a vacancy was made in our home. We miss her still, and feel the loss of her society and company almost as badly as when she first went to live in a home of her own.
1899 In the month of March our house hold goods, a span of fine horses, a lumber wagon, a surrey and five harnesses were loaded in cars, and we left Holgate for our new home on the farm near Newport Mich., my family having gone a few days earlier, making visits among old acquaintances. Then began our new work, starting with nothing, it required quite an outlay for farm stock and machinery. For five years we were farmers in every sense of the term. Shortly after our arrival our daughter Pearl, and her husband H. E. Johnson and their little girl came to assist in the venture. At the close of the first haying he went into Ohio to work at his trade of barbering, and the next year they moved to Carleton Mich. where he had bought a shop, which he conducted till his health failed. In the spring of 1904 we left the farm and moved to Carleton also, a new and comfortable house was built, which we occupied in July.
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Note from Darrell Brown
Pearl and her husband Henry had one child, Nola Eileen, who was born in Sherwood, Ohio, in 1897. Later the family moved to Chicago, and Henry died there in 1909. His body was taken back to Carleton, MI, for burial. In 1920 their daughter Nola was married in Chicago to William Cyrus Jung, also spelled "Young," a native of Illinois. In 1922 Pearl was married in Chicago to William Foster Young (no relation to Nola's husband), a native of Memphis, TN. They traveled to Cuba for a week in February, 1921, and again in February, 1925. In Chicago they lived at 5201 University Avenue. The 1930 census shows that Nola and her husband were living with Pearl and her husband. In April, 1931, Pearl and William traveled to London. In 1935 William died, and three years later Pearl passed away.
Pearl reportedly updated the genealogy of the Potter family that Seneca Solon Potter had produced in 1885, and later her daughter Nola updated it to 1959.
