Parents:
Royal Potter (1772-1830)
Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778 - 1818)
Spouses:
George W Green (1806 - 1846)
Married January 02,1824
Divorced: 1826, Sangamon County, Illinois
Pleasant Armstrong (1798 - 1854)
James S. Short (1806 - 1874)
Married August 18,1859
The 1860 census showed Delilah alone as a farmer with two sons still with her:
Pleasant O. Armstrong age 18
Horace Armstrong age 15
Delilah's last husband James Short was a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. He once purchased Mr. Lincoln's surveyor tools that were sold at public action to pay a debt. He gave the tools back to Mr. Lincoln, and they are currently on display in the Lincoln Library.
Delilah's grandniece Mary Elizabeth Potter (1865-1947) married
John Rice Short (1862-1948).
Children:
John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)
She is the namesake for her niece Delilah Green Blatchly(1832-1895)
Delilah died in Mendocino County California after her husband, James Short, was appointed Indian agent for the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California by President Lincoln. Her burial location is unknown.
Royal Potter (1772-1830)
Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778 - 1818)
Spouses:
George W Green (1806 - 1846)
Married January 02,1824
Divorced: 1826, Sangamon County, Illinois
Pleasant Armstrong (1798 - 1854)
James S. Short (1806 - 1874)
Married August 18,1859
The 1860 census showed Delilah alone as a farmer with two sons still with her:
Pleasant O. Armstrong age 18
Horace Armstrong age 15
Delilah's last husband James Short was a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. He once purchased Mr. Lincoln's surveyor tools that were sold at public action to pay a debt. He gave the tools back to Mr. Lincoln, and they are currently on display in the Lincoln Library.
Delilah's grandniece Mary Elizabeth Potter (1865-1947) married
John Rice Short (1862-1948).
Children:
John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)
She is the namesake for her niece Delilah Green Blatchly(1832-1895)
Delilah died in Mendocino County California after her husband, James Short, was appointed Indian agent for the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California by President Lincoln. Her burial location is unknown.
Parents:
Royal Potter (1772-1830)
Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778 - 1818)
Spouses:
George W Green (1806 - 1846)
Married January 02,1824
Divorced: 1826, Sangamon County, Illinois
Pleasant Armstrong (1798 - 1854)
James S. Short (1806 - 1874)
Married August 18,1859
The 1860 census showed Delilah alone as a farmer with two sons still with her:
Pleasant O. Armstrong age 18
Horace Armstrong age 15
Delilah's last husband James Short was a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. He once purchased Mr. Lincoln's surveyor tools that were sold at public action to pay a debt. He gave the tools back to Mr. Lincoln, and they are currently on display in the Lincoln Library.
Delilah's grandniece Mary Elizabeth Potter (1865-1947) married
John Rice Short (1862-1948).
Children:
John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)
She is the namesake for her niece Delilah Green Blatchly(1832-1895)
Delilah died in Mendocino County California after her husband, James Short, was appointed Indian agent for the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California by President Lincoln. Her burial location is unknown.
Royal Potter (1772-1830)
Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778 - 1818)
Spouses:
George W Green (1806 - 1846)
Married January 02,1824
Divorced: 1826, Sangamon County, Illinois
Pleasant Armstrong (1798 - 1854)
James S. Short (1806 - 1874)
Married August 18,1859
The 1860 census showed Delilah alone as a farmer with two sons still with her:
Pleasant O. Armstrong age 18
Horace Armstrong age 15
Delilah's last husband James Short was a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. He once purchased Mr. Lincoln's surveyor tools that were sold at public action to pay a debt. He gave the tools back to Mr. Lincoln, and they are currently on display in the Lincoln Library.
Delilah's grandniece Mary Elizabeth Potter (1865-1947) married
John Rice Short (1862-1948).
Children:
John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)
She is the namesake for her niece Delilah Green Blatchly(1832-1895)
Delilah died in Mendocino County California after her husband, James Short, was appointed Indian agent for the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California by President Lincoln. Her burial location is unknown.
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