From the Records of Presbyterian Church, Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, from May 15th, 1869 to April 30, 1885, page 21:
1882, May 15. Died in the faith of the Gospel, Jonah Potterfield, the senior Elder and for many years the only ruling Elder in the Lovettsville Church. A shock of wheat fully ripe. He was buried in the church yard in Lovettsville Wednesday the 17 May. His late pastor, Revd. Henry Branch preached the sermon from the text. For me to live in Christ and to die is Grace! A large concourse of friends followed his remains from his home near Buelice (?) to the burial place, and a crowded church testefied {sic} their sympathy with his family as well as their attachment to his person.
From the Records of Presbyterian Church, Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, from May 15th, 1869 to April 30, 1885, page 21:
1882, May 15. Died in the faith of the Gospel, Jonah Potterfield, the senior Elder and for many years the only ruling Elder in the Lovettsville Church. A shock of wheat fully ripe. He was buried in the church yard in Lovettsville Wednesday the 17 May. His late pastor, Revd. Henry Branch preached the sermon from the text. For me to live in Christ and to die is Grace! A large concourse of friends followed his remains from his home near Buelice (?) to the burial place, and a crowded church testefied {sic} their sympathy with his family as well as their attachment to his person.
Gravesite Details
age 78 years 6 months
Family Members
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Sarah Augusta Potterfield Frazier
1835–1918
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Ann Elizabeth Potterfield Hough
1837–1881
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Sgt William Henry Tyler Potterfield
1839–1862
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Thomas Lamar Potterfield
1842–1913
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Margaret Henrietta Potterfield Coblentz
1845–1923
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Luther Truman Potterfield
1848–1916
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Elias D. Potterfield
1851–1924
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Grace Potterfield
1854–1932
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Ida Jane "Jennie" Potterfield
1857–1929
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