"COL. JAMES E. POTTER
Kingston, R. I., Nov. 15 - Col. James E. Potter, paymaster U. S. A., (retired) and a number of one of Rhode Island's most distinguished families, is dead at his home at Kingston Hill. He was 82 years of age."
He enlisted in the Union Army 1 Jun 1861 with the rank of Major, into the U.S. Volunteers Paymaster's Dept. His Muster Out date was 1 Aug 1864.
"COL. JAMES E. POTTER
Kingston, R. I., Nov. 15 - Col. James E. Potter, paymaster U. S. A., (retired) and a number of one of Rhode Island's most distinguished families, is dead at his home at Kingston Hill. He was 82 years of age."
He enlisted in the Union Army 1 Jun 1861 with the rank of Major, into the U.S. Volunteers Paymaster's Dept. His Muster Out date was 1 Aug 1864.
Gravesite Details
Husband of Eliza Palmer: m. 5 Sep 1849. Son of Elisha Reynolds Potter & Mary Mawney.
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