Name: Silas P Pottorff ,
Residence: Davis County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 08 February 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 175 175
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 February 1864 at the age of 27
Enlisted in Company D, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 26 February 1864.
Mustered out Company D, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 16 May 1865 in Davenport, IA
THREE DEATHS, FLORIS
ANOTHER MEMBER 3RD IOWA CAVALRY CO. D, GONE
At 12:30 the services in memory of Brother Silas Pottorff, were conducted by C.L. Walker, in the Christian church.
Brother Pottorff was a man well and favorably known being an old resident of the county. He was a veteran of the Civil war, a member of the 3rd, Iowa Calvary, Company D. He was also a worthy member of the Christian church at Floris.
He was in his 72nd year. He was united in marriage to Lucinda Jay, June 12, 1859. Ten children were born to them seven of whom with the widow still survive him. He was a good citizen, a modest, unassuming man of whom no harm could be spoken.
Name: Silas P Pottorff ,
Residence: Davis County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 08 February 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 175 175
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 February 1864 at the age of 27
Enlisted in Company D, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 26 February 1864.
Mustered out Company D, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 16 May 1865 in Davenport, IA
THREE DEATHS, FLORIS
ANOTHER MEMBER 3RD IOWA CAVALRY CO. D, GONE
At 12:30 the services in memory of Brother Silas Pottorff, were conducted by C.L. Walker, in the Christian church.
Brother Pottorff was a man well and favorably known being an old resident of the county. He was a veteran of the Civil war, a member of the 3rd, Iowa Calvary, Company D. He was also a worthy member of the Christian church at Floris.
He was in his 72nd year. He was united in marriage to Lucinda Jay, June 12, 1859. Ten children were born to them seven of whom with the widow still survive him. He was a good citizen, a modest, unassuming man of whom no harm could be spoken.
Gravesite Details
Husband of Lucinda Jane Jay
Family Members
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Melvina "Vinia" Pottorff Downey
1861–1918
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Mary L Pottorff Ellis
1863–1902
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Richard Ellsworth Pottorff
1866–1944
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Julia Belle Pottorff Gant
1868 – unknown
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Rebecca Jay Pottorff
1870–1874
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Louisa M Pottorff Thompson
1872–1958
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Daniel Sylvester Pottorff
1874–1933
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Lillie Arvilla Pottorff Fisk
1876–1950
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Maude E Pottorff Downing
1880–1954
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Minnie Alice Pottorff Hastings
1882–1951
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