Lester Farin Potter
1838 - 1919 (80 years)
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Name Lester Farin Potter Born 6 Aug 1838 Bangor, NY 
Gender Male Moved 1 Mar 1874 Nashua, IA Moved from Bangor, NY Died 1 Mar 1919 Nashua, IA Person ID I2080 Clark-Hart Last Modified 28 Dec 2017
Father Orson Potter, b. 24 Oct 1805, VT , d. 2 Oct 1880, Worth County, MN (Age 74 years) Mother Caroline Nutting, b. VT , d. MN Married Bef 1875 Family ID F1283 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Clarissa Costa Clark, b. 1 Oct 1840, Franklin Co., New York, USA , d. 21 Mar 1897, Nashua, IA (Age 56 years) Married 22 Sep 1859 Bangor, NY Children + 1. Lena Charlotte Potter, b. 1877, d. 1935 (Age 58 years) 2. Orson William Potter, b. 20 Aug 1866, IA , d. 13 Apr 1931, IA (Age 64 years)+ 3. Ova Hoyt Potter, b. 12 Oct 1861, Bangor, NY , d. 31 Dec 1923, Winfred, SD (Age 62 years)4. Caroline Carrie Potter, DY, b. 1860, Bangor, NY , d. 1860, Bangor, NY (Age 0 years)5. Linda B Potter, b. 3 Nov 1868, Nashua, IA , d. 15 May 1954, Nashua, IA (Age 85 years)6. Carly Potter, b. 25 Jul 17874, Bangor, NY , d. 16 Sep 1879, Nashua, IA 7. Locke Sargent Potter, b. 2 Oct 1882, Nashua, IA , d. 23 Dec 1952 (Age 70 years)8. Lindon Bertron Potter, b. 3 Nov 1868, Horton, IA , d. 1 Jan 1937, Winfred, Lake County, South Dakota (Age 68 years)Last Modified 28 Dec 2017 Family ID F1001 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 6 Aug 1838 - Bangor, NY 
Married - 22 Sep 1859 - Bangor, NY 
Moved - Moved from Bangor, NY - 1 Mar 1874 - Nashua, IA Died - 1 Mar 1919 - Nashua, IA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Lester Farin Potter - Nashua, IA
Husband of Clarissa C Clark
Potter Family - Iowa (date unknown)
Seated l-r Orson, Mary Conklin Potter, Lester, Ova Standing-Rose Schnurr Potter, Lindon, Suzie Ransom Potter
Potter-Clark Family Tree (from Ancestry)
Descendants of Orson Potter
Documents 
Family of Lester F Potter 1919 - Obituary- Lester F Potter (March 1)
From Find A Grave
Histories 
Gravesite - Lester Farin Poter
Oak Hill Cemetery Nashua Chickasaw County Iowa, USADescendants of Robert Potter
From Genealogy.com
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Notes - Lester was the fourth child of Orson and Caroline (Nutting) Potter. On September 12, 1859 he married Clarissa Clark in Bangor, New York. He enlisted in the 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry in 1862, was severely injured at Drewry's Bluff, VA and was discharged in 1865.
After the war, he moved his family to Iowa, where he and Clarissa raised six children - Ova, Orson, Lindon, Linda, Carly and Lena. (From notes on the Find-a Grave site) - Civil War service - Sgt - 142nd NY Infantry
Potter, Lester Dickinson,NY 1838 Dickinson Orson Potter Caroline Nutting 142nd NY Co. F Sgt. Aug., 1862 Farmer
severely wounded at the battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA May 16, 1864.
Discharged June, 1865.
PO address: Horton, Bremer Co. Iowa. d. 1919 at Nashua, IA.
from website:
http://franklin.nygenweb.net/military/CWfull_n.html
- Lester was the fourth child of Orson and Caroline (Nutting) Potter. On September 12, 1859 he married Clarissa Clark in Bangor, New York. He enlisted in the 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry in 1862, was severely injured at Drewry's Bluff, VA and was discharged in 1865.