Potter, A. P. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 893, Union Township
A. P. Potter, farmer; P. O., Avon; son of Nathan B. and Lucy (Northrop) Potter; was born in Sussex county, N. J., Jan. 21, ’27, and came to this county in 1858. He enlisted, Aug. 22, ’62, in the late war, and was discharged June 29, ’65; was taken prisoner near Scottsborough, and afterward exchanged. He has held local offices, Mr. P. was married Jan. 26, ’48, to Elizabeth B. Crate, of New Jersey, by whom he had 10 children; 7 of them are living. E. V. C. and Lucy D. are married. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. P. has cleared over 100 acres of land in the timber.