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Aaron Mount Potts

Male 1786 - 1864  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Aaron Mount Potts 14 May 1786 Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; 26 Jan 1864Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Jan 1864Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Presbyterian Cemetery/

    Aaron Rebecca Aaronson 1826. Rebecca 01 Sep 1804; 16 Sep 1875Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Sep 1875Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Captain Charles Pitman Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 22 Jan 1836 Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Jan 1923Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 06 Jan 1923Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. Elizabeth Aaronson Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 29 Jan 1827 Mansfield Township, Burlington County, NJ.
    3. 4. Sarah Ann Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 06 Aug 1843; 09 Nov 1922Delaware, USA.
    4. 5. Captain William Wainwright Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 10 Jun 1831 Columbus, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; 21 Jan 1894Vine Terrace, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Jun 1894Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. 6. Rebecca Frances Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 09 Sep 1840 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 1868.

    Aaron Mary Harvey 21 Jan 1824. Mary about 1805; 21 Aug 1825Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Harvey Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 21 Aug 1825 Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; 28 Jan 1895Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Captain Charles Pitman PottsCaptain Charles Pitman Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 22 Jan 1836 Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Jan 1923Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 06 Jan 1923Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 87 Charles Baber Cemetery Pottsville Pennsylvania


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Aaronson Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 29 Jan 1827 Mansfield Township, Burlington County, NJ.

  3. 4.  Sarah Ann Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 06 Aug 1843; 09 Nov 1922Delaware, USA.

  4. 5.  Captain William Wainwright PottsCaptain William Wainwright Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 10 Jun 1831 Columbus, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; 21 Jan 1894Vine Terrace, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Jun 1894Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Siege of Petersburg (Wikipedia 2017)



    The 48th Pennsylvania served in the Siege of Petersburg from June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865, including the Second Battle of Petersburg on June 16–18 and the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road on June 22–23.[2] At the Second Battle of Petersburg, two soldiers of the regiment earned the Medal of Honor: Private Robert Reid of Company G for capturing a Confederate battle flag, and Corporal Patrick Monaghan of Company F for re-capturing a Union battle flag.[3]

    The 48th Pennsylvania then played an integral role in what would become known as the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864. In mid-1864, Grant wanted to defeat Lee's army at Petersburg without resorting to a lengthy siege—his experience in the Siege of Vicksburg told him that such affairs were expensive and difficult on the morale of his men. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, commanding the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry of Major General Ambrose Burnside's IX Corps, offered a novel proposal to solve Grant's problem. Pleasants, a mining engineer from Pennsylvania in civilian life, proposed digging a long mine shaft underneath the Confederate lines and planting explosive charges directly underneath a fort (Elliott's Salient) in the middle of the Confederate First Corps line. If successful, Union troops could drive through the resulting gap in the line into the Confederate rear area. Digging began in late June, creating a mine in a "T" shape with an approach shaft 511 feet (156 m) long. At its end, a perpendicular gallery of 75 feet (23 m) extended in both directions. The gallery was filled with 8,000 pounds of gunpowder, buried 20 feet (6.1 m) underneath the Confederate works.[4]

    At 4:44 a.m. on July 30, the charges exploded in a massive shower of earth, men, and guns. A crater (still visible today) was created, 170 feet (52 m) long, 60 to 80 feet (24 m) wide, and 30 feet (9.1 m) deep. The blast destroyed the Confederate fortifications in the immediate vicinity, and instantly killed between 250 and 350 Confederate soldiers.

    Biography from history of the 48th blog ( https://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-new-face-of-48th-william-wainwright.html?ref=digest )
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    William Wainwright Potts was born on June 10, 1831, in Columbus, Burlington County, New Jersey, the second child and first son born to Aaron and Rebecca Potts. Sometime when William, presumably, was still young, the family relocated to Schuylkill County, settling in Pottsville, where Aaron and Rebecca would continue to raise their family, which will grow to include three more children, two girls and another boy, Charles Potts, who, like his older brother William would serve in the Civil War.

    On May 5, 1853, William Wainwright Potts, not quite twenty-two years of age, married Mary Jane Welch who, over the next 18 years would deliver eight children, though, sadly, four of them would not survive infancy or childhood. Mary Jane passed away at the young age of 37 in the spring of 1871, perhaps from complications from childbirth. Her remains were laid to rest in Pottsville's Presbyterian Cemetery.

    Although his occupation is recorded as a 'moulder,' or mold maker, in the regimental records of the 48th, his obituary noted that he was a well-known hotel keeper in the city, and an 1857 article in the Mining Record and Pottsville Emporium recorded a rather interesting tid-bit or anecdote relating to William Potts. Potts, as the article stated, was the proprietor of the White Horse Restaurant. Apparently in June of that year quite a remarkable thing happened--worthy of headlines in the local paper. "On last Wednesday evening about 10 minutes after 10 o'clock," the article recorded, "Mr. William Potts, proprietor of the White Horse Restaurant, opened an immense Absecum salt Oyster, containing forty-seven pearls, varying in size from a pin's head to a very large pea--also a miniature goose of gold, on which was inscribed, 'Buy your clothing at the store of Mr. David A. Smith, on Centre Street, Pottsville, Pa."

    With the outbreak of civil war in 1861, thirty-year-old William W. Potts offered his services and that summer was mustered in as 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. He stood rather tall, at 5'11" in height, had a "light" complexion, and dark eyes. Upon Daniel Nagle's elevation from captain of Company D to regimental major in November 1861, Potts was promoted to captain and served in that capacity until his discharge in January 1863. Potts was discharged due to a disability and it would seem he was not with the company for the final few months of 1862, since Lt. Curtis Pollock of Company G, would temporarily command Company D at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Potts was likely in poor health.

    Charles Potts, William's younger brother, served as a lieutenant in the nine-month 151st Pennsylvania Infantry--the "school teacher's regiment." On July 1, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, during whitch the 151st suffered tremendously high casualties, Lt. Potts was captured. He spent the next fourteen months in captivity but survived the ordeal and returned home.

    After William's discharge from the 48th in January 1863, he returned to Pottsville. In 1873, two years after the death of Mary Jane, he remarried. His second wife, Eliza Noble, gave birth to six more children, three of whom would die in childhood. Thus, of William Potts's fourteen children, seven would not live to maturity. With this and with the death of Mary Jane, tragedy certainly seemed to have shadowed William Wainwright Potts.

    William remained active in the community and in veteran's affairs, taking a leading role with the Grand Army of the Republic. He would die rather young, due to complications from diabetes, passing away at age 62 in January 1894. His remains were interred in Pottsville's Charles Baber Cemetery.

    My thanks go out to Mr. Bill Clark for so generously sharing your family ancestry with me, and for giving me the opportunity to see yet another face of the 48th.



    Potts was the proprietor of the White Horse Restaurant.

    Captain Mary Jane Welch 05 May 1853Columbus, Burlington, New Jersey, USA. Mary 1834; 21 May 1871Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; May 1871Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Abby Frances Potts DY  Descendancy chart to this point 09 Nov 1859 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 20 Apr 1863Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Apr 1863Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 9. William Burnside Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 18 May 1862 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Aug 1911Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; Aug 1911Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA.
    3. 10. Elizabeth Anna Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 31 Jan 1854 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 29 Dec 1916Philadelphia, PA.
    4. 11. Aaron Harvey Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 01 Dec 1855 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 16 Nov 1908Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 21 Nov 1908Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. 12. Mary Ellen Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 03 Jan 1857 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 23 Dec 1858Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Dec 1858Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. 13. Emma Rebecca Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 14 May 1866 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 21 Jul 1921Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 25 Jul 1921Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. 14. Carrie Mae Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 10 Aug 1868 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 01 Feb 1952Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
    8. 15. Sarah Potts  Descendancy chart to this point Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Captain Eliza Noble 03 Dec 1873Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. Eliza 15 Aug 1850 Glamorganshire, Wales; 14 Aug 1910Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Aug 1910Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Mary Noble Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 06 May 1880 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 17. John Charles Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 20 Nov 1876 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 31 Mar 1952Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; Apr 1952Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
    3. 18. Lillian Wynn Noble Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 04 Sep 1874 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 12 Feb 1926Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 1926Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 19. Fred Wynn Noble Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 01 Aug 1892 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. 20. Sarah Wynn Noble Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 15 Jul 1884 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. 21. Samuel Nowlin Noble Potts  Descendancy chart to this point 27 Nov 1881 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; about 1945.

  5. 6.  Rebecca Frances Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 09 Sep 1840 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 1868.

    Notes:

    Died:
    2nd wife


  6. 7.  Mary Harvey PottsMary Harvey Potts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Aaron1) 21 Aug 1825 Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; 28 Jan 1895Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville,Schuykill Penna. listed as member Mar 25, 1894 Mrs Mary Potts



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Abby Frances Potts DY Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 09 Nov 1859 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 20 Apr 1863Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Apr 1863Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  2. 9.  William Burnside PottsWilliam Burnside Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 18 May 1862 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Aug 1911Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; Aug 1911Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakland Cemetery

    Died:
    Age at Death: 49

    William Flora Dell Tipton 7 Sep 1886. Flora 4 May 1865 Ohio; 13 Jun 1954Little Rock, Arkansas; Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  Elizabeth Anna Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 31 Jan 1854 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 29 Dec 1916Philadelphia, PA.

    Elizabeth Frederick C Herring 1876. Frederick 1865 Philadelphia; 3 Nov 1895District Of Columbia, USA; Glenwood Cemetery District Of Columbia, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Marion Elizabeth Herring  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 11.  Aaron Harvey PottsAaron Harvey Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 01 Dec 1855 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 16 Nov 1908Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 21 Nov 1908Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  5. 12.  Mary Ellen Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 03 Jan 1857 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 23 Dec 1858Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Dec 1858Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  6. 13.  Emma Rebecca PottsEmma Rebecca Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 14 May 1866 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 21 Jul 1921Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 25 Jul 1921Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Age: 55

    Died:
    Age: 55

    Emma Evan Thomas Jones 26 Jun 1884Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. Evan (son of David Evans Jones and Mary Owen) 28 Feb 1862 Rumney, Monmouthshire, Wales; 20 Sep 1933Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. William Potts Jones  Descendancy chart to this point 03 Apr 1887 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 29 May 1950Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 24. Marion E Jones  Descendancy chart to this point about 1891 Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 25. Harvey Potts Jones  Descendancy chart to this point 15 Apr 1894 Reading, PA; 25 Mar 1967Philadelphia, PA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 26. Thomas P Jones  Descendancy chart to this point about 1903 Pennsylvania, USA.

  7. 14.  Carrie Mae Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 10 Aug 1868 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 01 Feb 1952Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Carrie Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Sarah Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  9. 16.  Mary Noble Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 06 May 1880 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  10. 17.  John Charles Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 20 Nov 1876 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 31 Mar 1952Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; Apr 1952Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

  11. 18.  Lillian Wynn Noble Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 04 Sep 1874 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 12 Feb 1926Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 1926Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA.

  12. 19.  Fred Wynn Noble Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 01 Aug 1892 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  13. 20.  Sarah Wynn Noble Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 15 Jul 1884 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

  14. 21.  Samuel Nowlin Noble Potts Descendancy chart to this point (5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 27 Nov 1881 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; about 1945.


Generation: 4

  1. 22.  Marion Elizabeth Herring Descendancy chart to this point (10.Elizabeth3, 5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1)

  2. 23.  William Potts Jones Descendancy chart to this point (13.Emma3, 5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 03 Apr 1887 Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; 29 May 1950Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Listed as divorced on Elsie's death certificate. This is why they are buried in different locations.

    William Elsie Adora Yorks 14 Nov 1914Philadelphia, PA. Elsie 3 Apr 1887 Bloomsburg, PA; 11 Feb 1964Danville, PA; New Rosemont Cemetery Espy, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 24.  Marion E Jones Descendancy chart to this point (13.Emma3, 5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) about 1891 Pennsylvania, USA.

  4. 25.  Harvey Potts JonesHarvey Potts Jones Descendancy chart to this point (13.Emma3, 5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) 15 Apr 1894 Reading, PA; 25 Mar 1967Philadelphia, PA; Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Ruth Abigail Belles. Ruth (daughter of William E. Belles and Ruth Kyte) 19 Aug 1898; 29 Sep 1977; Charles Baber Cemetery Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. William Belles Jones  Descendancy chart to this point 17 Nov 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Mar 1983; 18 Mar 1983Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 28. Elsie Louise Jones  Descendancy chart to this point about 1923 Pennsylvania, USA; 1977Chestnut Hill, PA; Pottsvile, PA.

  5. 26.  Thomas P Jones Descendancy chart to this point (13.Emma3, 5.Captain2, 1.Aaron1) about 1903 Pennsylvania, USA.