MRS. PHILIP POTTER
Surnames: Potter, Clark, Andrew, Williams, Polk, Mather, Franklin,
Pierce
Fannie May Clark Potter of Omaha was born in La Porte, Ind., April 11, 1855, the daughter of Elias Hicks Clark and Phebe Ann Andrew
Clark. The family came to Nebraska from Indiana in April, 1856. Mrs. Potter's father was a lawyer, and having some knowledge of civil
engineering, surveyed and plotted the town, Ft. Calhoun, and induced many relatives and other families to settle there. Among the latter
were such names as Polk, Mather, Franklin and Pierce. Mrs. Potter is descended through her father from Philadelphia Quakers and through
her mother from Dr. John Andrew, who served as surgeon through the full seven years of the Revolutionary War. She has a just pride in
her grandfather, Dr. J. P. Andrew, a man of spotless character, whose life and labors in Washington County, Nebraska, in pioneers days,
stand pre-eminent among his contemporaries. Mrs. Potter was graduated from Brownell Hall in 1873, at that time the only institution of learning in Nebraska giving diplomas. She received in that school the gold medal for scholarship. On Sept. 29, 1874, at Ft. Calhoun, she was married to Philip Potter, a descendant of Roger Williams. Five children were born to them, Meta Temple (deceased), Aubrey, Faith,Cedrick, and Arthur Cuthbert. Mrs. Potter is an Episcopalian and one
of the most prominent church women in the state.. She is president ofthe Woman's Auxiliary of the dioces of Nebraska and is president of
the Omaha Sociel Settlement. She has been one of the most active supporters of the settlement since its organization. She is theauthor of a "History of Brownell Hall," which covers the history of the first fifty years of the institution.
MRS. PHILIP POTTER
Surnames: Potter, Clark, Andrew, Williams, Polk, Mather, Franklin,
Pierce
Fannie May Clark Potter of Omaha was born in La Porte, Ind., April 11, 1855, the daughter of Elias Hicks Clark and Phebe Ann Andrew
Clark. The family came to Nebraska from Indiana in April, 1856. Mrs. Potter's father was a lawyer, and having some knowledge of civil
engineering, surveyed and plotted the town, Ft. Calhoun, and induced many relatives and other families to settle there. Among the latter
were such names as Polk, Mather, Franklin and Pierce. Mrs. Potter is descended through her father from Philadelphia Quakers and through
her mother from Dr. John Andrew, who served as surgeon through the full seven years of the Revolutionary War. She has a just pride in
her grandfather, Dr. J. P. Andrew, a man of spotless character, whose life and labors in Washington County, Nebraska, in pioneers days,
stand pre-eminent among his contemporaries. Mrs. Potter was graduated from Brownell Hall in 1873, at that time the only institution of learning in Nebraska giving diplomas. She received in that school the gold medal for scholarship. On Sept. 29, 1874, at Ft. Calhoun, she was married to Philip Potter, a descendant of Roger Williams. Five children were born to them, Meta Temple (deceased), Aubrey, Faith,Cedrick, and Arthur Cuthbert. Mrs. Potter is an Episcopalian and one
of the most prominent church women in the state.. She is president ofthe Woman's Auxiliary of the dioces of Nebraska and is president of
the Omaha Sociel Settlement. She has been one of the most active supporters of the settlement since its organization. She is theauthor of a "History of Brownell Hall," which covers the history of the first fifty years of the institution.
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Date of Interment 2 8 1941
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