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PETER L. POTTER, lumber manufacturer, Mosiertown, was born July 19, 1830, in Allegany County, N.Y. His parents, Clark and Elizabeth Potter, located in this county in 1834, and settled in Cussewago Township the following year. Of their twelve children, our subject, Amos W., Daniel N. and Mrs. Catherine Sterrett now live in this county. Mrs. Potter died in June, 1865, Mr. Potter in 1881, aged eighty-one years. Eight of his sons served in the Rebellion, making an aggregate of twenty-one years of service, more, it is claimed, than any other family in the United States. Our subject enlisted in August, 1861, in the Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, serving until the close of the war. He served in the Army of the Potomac, in the Virginia campaigns, under Gen. Sheridan. He took part in many of the hard-fought battles and was severely wounded at Middleburg, Va., in June, 1863. He was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and suffered in Andersonville prison eight months. He has a record as a brave and faithful soldier. He now owns a saw-mill on Cussewago Creek which he is operating very successfully.
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