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POTTER, JOHN, woodenware manufactory, Front street between Washington and Jefferson; residence 316 Kentucky street; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., in 1813; located in this city in 1840. He started a measure factory and, soon after, a bucket factory, the only one in the West, in 1844, which was burnt out in 1847. He then established a wooden-measure factory, and made washboards and anything he could sell, including pork plugs. He is now manufacturing tobacco drums, of which he is the patentee, having obtained a patent Aug. 16, 1870; also fine-cut tobacco pails. He married Mary E. Felton in 1837. She was born in Boston, Mass., in 1815. Two children: John F. and Mary Elicia. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Quincy Lodge, and a Republican.
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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois
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