Pearl DeWitt Pottle worked as a pressman for H.E. M e a d & C o mpany in Dayton, Ohio.
Perry Pottle, grandson of Winfield Scott Pottle, wa s m a r r ied twice - Perry attended school for 8 years wit hou t m is s ing a day. He had to drop out of school in ord er t o h el p s upport his parents. In 1913, there was a di saste rou s f loo d in Dayton and Perry as a paperboy save d man y peop le b y br eaking windows and warning them. H e save d himsel f b y goin g to a large hill with his frien ds. H e later w a s a motio n picture projectionest and tr avele d all over t h e country . He lived for a while in P asaden a, Californi a . He return ed to Dayton, Ohio and s tarte d the Perry Pot tl e Printing Pl ant.
He printed wrestling programs, etc. He was an avid bi l l i a rds player (3 cushion type) and he went to the bi g to ur na me nt in Johnson City, Illinois that featured pl ayer s li k e Min nesota Fats. Fats knew Perry from the tou rname nt s . When P erry's daughter Jackie was born, he wa s 55 y ea r s old. He r etired from printing about 1961 . He die d a t a ge 72.
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Perry Herman Pottle and Alma Marie Wint
Husband Perry Herman Pottle 1
Born: 26 Jun 1898 - Dayton, Montgomery, OH
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Died: 21 Mar 1972 - Dayton, Montgomery, OH
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Father: Pearl Dewitt Pottle (1871-1937) 1
Mother: Emma Winnie Rieck (1875-1943) 1
Marriage: 1 Feb 1947 - OH
Other Spouse: Enola Francis Pfaff
Wife Alma Marie Wint 1
Born: 31 Aug 1910 - Chickasaw, OH
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Died: 7 Jun 2000 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Father: Lorenz J. Wint (1867-1923) 1
Mother: Rosina Dabbelt (1870-1932) 1
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1 F Jacalyn Kay Pottle 1
Born: 13 Jul 1953 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Died: - Greenville, OH
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Spouse: Donald Louis Magoteaux (1951- ) 1
Marr: 1 Dec 1973 - Dayton, OH
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Perry Pottle, grandson of Winfield Scott Pottle, wa s m a r r ied twice - Perry attended school for 8 years wit hou t m is s ing a day. He had to drop out of school in ord er t o h el p s upport his parents. In 1913, there was a di saste rou s f loo d in Dayton and Perry as a paperboy save d man y peop le b y br eaking windows and warning them. H e save d himsel f b y goin g to a large hill with his frien ds. H e later w a s a motio n picture projectionest and tr avele d all over t h e country . He lived for a while in P asaden a, Californi a . He return ed to Dayton, Ohio and s tarte d the Perry Pot tl e Printing Pl ant.
He printed wrestling programs, etc. He was an avid bi l l i a rds player (3 cushion type) and he went to the bi g to ur na me nt in Johnson City, Illinois that featured pl ayer s li k e Min nesota Fats. Fats knew Perry from the tou rname nt s . When P erry's daughter Jackie was born, he wa s 55 y ea r s old. He r etired from printing about 1961 . He die d a t a ge 72.
Samuel Sullivan and Priscilla Pottle
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Born: Abt 1849 - Clark County, OH
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Mother: Mary Charlotte Harman (Abt 1824-1850) 1
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Robert Harlan Pottle Lt.
Husband Robert Harlan Pottle Lt. 1
Born: 12 Sep 1921 - Dayton, OH
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Died: 28 Jul 1943 - Pueblo, CO
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Father: Perry Herman Pottle (1898-1972) 1
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Robert Harlan Pottle was the only son of Perry Pot t l e . H e was killed on 25 July 1943 with two other Lieu te na nt s i n a B-25 crash in the mountains near Pueblo, C olo rad o . Acc ording to a letter written by his father , he w as b ur ned bey ond recognition and his body was shi pped t o Dayt o n in a sea led casket and accompanied by a n Air Co rps bud d y of equal r ank.
Ham Radio Relay Message:
"Death of Lt. Robert Pottle - 11 a.m. Wed. 7/28
In a moutain side 50-miles west of Pueblo,Colorado. 3 - w e r e in the plane with Lt. Moore at the stick...pack m u l e tr ai n left base Thurs. at daylight to retrieve th e re ma in s - du e back at foothills tonite, Capt. Rosboro ugh r epo r t via lon g distance phone at noon today. Arran gement s in de finite unt il telegram arrives of their disp ositio n of t h e body. Milit ary escort will accompany bod y to Da yton . Da tes and arrang ement will be announced a s soon a s com plete . Information i s forthcoming from th e Command ing Of fice r at La Junta, Colo . Army Air Base".
another:
"E.G. The final word on calls -
Bob Pottle's remains left Pueblo, Colorado with Mili t a r y e scort at 7:15 Friday nite and will arrive in Day t o n a t 1:1 5 a.m. Sunday morning. Friends may call at t h e Wh itme r Bros . Funeral Home, Ludlow at Monument Ave . fr om 1 0 a.m . Sunda y morning 'til Monday at 2:30 - th e tim e of t he ser vices . It will be a Military Funera l with t he Patt erson F ield A djudant's office in charge . Buria l will b e in Memor ial Par k Cemetery. Lt. Wm. A . Potts , a buddy an d graduat e with Bo b is accompanyin g the body - he will imp art inform ation in k eeping wit h instructio n from his comm anding offi cer t La Ju nta, C olo. Rev. Emi l Baumann will b e in charg e at the Funer a l Home". 49 an d about tenyears l ater, proba bly i n 190 1 Gr andfather Ge rard died at the ag e of 59.
There is a large family lot in the Newport Cemeter y w h e r e they and someof the children ar e b uried, an d a he ad st on e with the name of Gerard onit. This cemet ery i s loc ate d n ear th e thor oughfare which leads to t heNewp ort Na va l Hosp ital, and is just off the road. Unc le J ac k ga v e a untEnd a the deed before he died in cas e she mig ht b e inter ested a s he had alot i n the Oa k G rove Cemet ary i n Fall R iver . I think Raymond's motheran d Aunt Laur a ar e buried i n Uncl e Jack's loat in Oak Gro ve Cemetary . Aunt Margaret, a nothe r sis t er, married Al bert Lockwoo d, an d lived in Oce an Gro ve, Swansea, Mass ; when she die d. She left two sons , Bil l y L ockwood, wh o is married an d live s in Morgan, Ne wJerse y, and has tw o sons and a dau ghte r , an d her younge r son , Bert, orA lbert who is stil l liv ing in Ocean Grove . Ber t did no t mar ry an dlives a lone . Freddie Burns i s still o pera ting the gas statio n on Se condStreet off S ta ffor d Ro a d, her husband Herbe rt, is s till withBuffington' s Gree nhous e. Rose and Hele n Bu rn s liv e at 63 Brow St., Fal l River , Mass. John Bu rns son."
Sean Richard Pottle
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Susan Pottle
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Susan Katherine Pottle
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Wife Susan Katherine Pottle 1
Born: 25 Aug 1850 - Enon, Clark County, OH
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Father: William Pottle (1819-1901) 1
Mother: Harriet Brandenburg (1812-1896) 1
Victor Pottle
Husband Victor Pottle (details suppressed for this person)
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Winfield Scott Pottle and Caroline Rupert
Husband Winfield Scott Pottle 1
Born: Nov 1844 - Near Eaton, OH
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Died: 18 Apr 1908 - Dayton, Montgomery, OH
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Father: George Wellington Pottle (1824-1906) 1
Mother: Mary Charlotte Harman (Abt 1824-1850) 1
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Other Spouse: Caroline Rupert (Abt 1848-1884) 1 - Abt 1867 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Other Spouse: Carrie Louise ( - ) 1 - 1887 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Wife Caroline Rupert 1
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GOD FORGIVE THEM, I CAN'T!
By: John D. Feagin, Sr.
One of the horrendous aspects of the Civil War was t h e d e p rivation of prisoners in both the e northern an d so uthe r n p risoners of war camps.Prisoners on both sid es su ffer e d inco nceivable misery. one of the worst camp s wa s Ander so nvill e Prison in Georgia. It was overcrowd ed wi th onl y on e sourc e of water, a dank stream runnin g throu gh th e cente r of th e compound. A wall composed o f logs c ut fro m the ne arby for est surrounded the priso n grounds . A dead line surr ounded th e interior of the pr ison. I f a prisone r crossed t he deadlin e the Rebel guar ds wer e under order s to shoot. P risoners di ed by the hu ndred s of disease, ma lnutrition, an d thirst. O n a hot A ugus t the 13th day in 1 864, a sudden s torm appeare d an d by s ome accounts, a ligh tning bolt cam e from the da r k cloud s and struck the earth . A spring of w ater cam e gushi ng f rom the ground. The thi rsty men rushe d to wh at became k n own as the "Providentia l Spring. "Som e me n were pushed ov e r the deadline and sho t.
After the war was over, some of the northern prisone r s w e r e sent home via steamship. One of these steamer s wa s t h e ag ing Sultana. The Sultana was extremely over crowd ed w it h ove r 2000 prisoners on board. Just above M emphi s Tenn ess ee, th e Sultana's boilers suddenly explod ed, cr eatin g an i nfern o of steam and fire. Many prisone rs die d insta ntly. S ome o f the prisoners were sent flyi ng int o the Mis sissipp i Rive r where they drowned. The l oss o f life was w ell ove r a thou sand and is thought t o have b een greater t han th e lives los t during the sink ing of th e Titanic.
A reporter who was sent to the National Military H o m e i n J anuary of 1906 interviewed one individual tha t ex pe rien ce d these tragedies and lived to tell about i t.
The young reporter from the Dayton Daily News sto o d i n t h e midst of the venerable old warriors at the So ld ier s ho m e and gazed around, looking for a likely indi vid ua l to in te rview. Some thing drew his attention t o th e ol d man sit tin g in the corner. The man with the l ong g ray h air flecke d wi th occasional strands of black . The o ld ma n appeared t o b e in a contemplative mood a s he ofte n did . He, like oth ers , remembering the past t hat haunte d the m on a daily bas i s . The reporter coul d not help bu t noti ce the ugly whit e s car that ran fro m the top of th e old m ans forehead al l th e way past hi s left eyebrow an d down t o his cheek. A n old w ar woun d the reporter surmi sed. Th e reporter had pi cked hi s ca ndidate.What follow s is the s tory of Private Wi nfiel d S cott Pottle, Compan y G, Ohio 54 th Volunteer Infant ry . It i s a story of an A merican trage dy, and it is a sto r y of on e American's tri umph over monu mental odds.
"All of us didn't go out at the same time," said Sco t t P o t tle. "My brother Wallace and I enlisted in 186 1 i n th e 54 t h Ohio Infantry, which was called Platt's Z ouav es. W alla c e was 20 years old and I 16. My mother di ed be fore t he wa r . My youngest brother, Ves, only a ki d 13 ye ars old ,was c ra zy to get to the war and my fathe r knew h e woul d run awa y , so he decided to enlist himse lf and ta ke Ve s with him . Th ey joined the 94th Ohio i n 1862. Ve s went a long as a d rumme r boy, but he carrie d a gun in S herman' s march to th e sea . He got along al l right too, a nd was t he only one o f us no t wounded. M y father was wou nded at t he Battle of S tone Riv er, an d invalided home."
"The company Wallace and I belonged to was made up al m o s t e ntirely on Xenia boys. We had a pretty warm ti m e o f i t at t he battle of Shiloh. You can read all abo u t tha t i n the his tories . Wallace was shot in the rig h t breas t an d left han d in that fight, and they sent h i m to the h ospit al and the n discharged him for disabili ty . Consumpti on se t in a few y ears later and he died 1 0 ye ars after th e war.
"Somehow or other my name was published in the rep o r t s o f the battle as being one of the dead. A committ e e w a s appo inted in Xenia to go south and look after t h e boy s o f our c ompany, which had been pretty well sho t u p. M y fath er was o ne of the committee, and he brough t al on g a coffi n to tak e my body home in. We were in ca mp a t Sh ewall, Ten n., whe n the committee came along . I can' t reco llect jus t what h e said when he saw how l ive I was , but i t's natura l to supp ose that he was some what surpr ised."
"When Sherman started out to reinforce Rosecrans , I w a s o n e of the detail men. A party of Forrest's Cav alry a tt ack e d us along the road, trying to take Sherman . We pu t o u t a l ine to protect the wagon train and giv e Sherma n a c ha nce t o get back. Forest charged and som e Johnny R eb soc ke d me o n the head and arm with a saber . See thi s scar o n m y arm, a nd this dent in my head? Th at's wher e they cam e fr om. The y took 206 of us prisoner s that tim e. The Reb s ha d me penne d up for 18 months. F irst I wa s put at Bell e Isl and wit h a big batch of corr alled Yank ees. Then al l but 10 0 men w e resent away. Gen eral Ben Bu tler had thre atened t o kill 10 0 Rebels an d I was one o f the 100 Yankee s kept ba ck to be s laughte red if Butle r carried out his p lan. Tickl ish busines s t hat! Luckil y for us Butler chang ed his min d and we we r e sent on t o Libby. Then we didn' t know whethe r we wer e luc ky or no t. That was a fierce no te. It was s o crowd ed a ma n could n't straighten out. The y kept me in L ibb y only thre e wee ks, and Andersonville wa s our next hot e l. The only imp ro vement was that it was no t so crowde d . O ur food was ran k , the water warm and horr ible. On e day aft er a thunders torm , a spring of clear wat er bro ke out betwe en the stoc kade an d the dead line. Ther e wa s a great rus h for the w ater, an d I was among the bun c h pushed over th e line. Th e Rebel gua rds opened fire a n d I got a bullet i n my sid e . And there w e lay, our co mra des couldn't help u s, the y dared not cros s the dea d line . We lay about an hou r wh en the Captain of t he Gu ard orde red us removed. Fo r a wh ile there was more o f o ur blood i n that spring tha n wate r."
"Finally the time came for us to go north. Twenty-tw o h u n d red of us Yanks were put on the steamer Sultana . I sl e p t un der the same blanket with George White, i n the ba c k pa rt o f the boat . Just above Memphis abou t 3 o'cloc k i n th e morn ing, there was a terrific explos ion. I wa s in t he wa ter bef ore I knew what was going on . I grabbe d ont o a plan k and b y queer coincidence , Geo rge White , my bla nket mate , got ho ld of the same plank . We got ou t of th e crowd of s trugglin g men and hollere d for help . A fisher man came alon g and too k us ashore . Fifteen hun dred poor d evils lost the ir lives i n tha t disaster."
"While I was in the hospital In Memphis, I saw m y n a m e i n the newspaper as one of the drowned. I gues s I' m t h e onl y survivor of that affair in this county n ow. " Thu s e nded t he interview .
In his application for a pension, Winfield Scott Pot t l e g i ves an even more graphic description of his exper ie nc e s i n prison and undoubtedly that of thousands of o the r p ri sone rs when he writes:
... "In my dreams I go through all of the horrors of s t a r v ing to death and awaiting to be shot and awake wit h p ar ch e d tongue, that awful pain in my head - bloodsho t ey e s an d m y heart nearly Jumping out of me - that I d on' t be liev e I n Doctors and therefore don't go to the m oft e n . I hop e an d pray that you will take Into consi derati o n that I ha ve we nt through all the horrors of th e Rebe l P risons fro m Octobe r 11th 1863 until March 1865 , als o th e horrors o f being dro wned being a survivor o f tha t terri ble disaste r the blowin g up of that ill fat ed ste amer Sul tana. Hopin g and prayin g that you will co nside r all of th is will be w ith what grea t lots of evid enc e I now have i n will be suff icient to giv e me a prop er r e rating or a p roper allowanc e of my pension . Ofte n time s I see with m y eyes open and s ee myself so we a k from hu nger, crawlin g around crying fo r water and so methi ng t o eat - God forg ive them, I can't."
Winfield Scott Pottle received his pension of $1 7 . 0 0 p e r month for thelast time on March 4 , 1908. H e fo ugh t hi s l ast battle and departed this life for a b ette r on e on A pri l 18, 1908.
In June of 1999, our family visited the cemetery a t 3 r d a n d Gettysburg Streets on the Westside of Dayton , Ohi o . Wi nf ield Scott Pottle has a plain white headst one lo ca ted i n Se ction P, Number 30. It is behind and t o the r igh t of h is fa ther's stone when facing the larg e monumen t . I woul d estima te it to be about 100 feet di stant. Th e s tone is s imply mar ked "W.S. Pottle" with hi s unit o n it . We place d some coin s under the headston e (inscrip tio n side) to mar k our visit.
The 1888-92 Dayton City Directory shows W. S. Pottle wo r k i n g as a veterinary surgeon and living at 103 S. Eucl i d A ve nu e, W.S. Dayton, Ohio. He is previously liste d a s wor kin g a s a horse shoer and living at 925 W. 3r d St. , S.W . Dayt on , OH. This address is only 3 block s fro m wher e the Wri gh t Brothers lived at 1210 W. 3rd , S. W . Dayton , OH. Th e Wri ght Brothers (Oroville an d Wilbur ) were fri ends of th e Pott les and they knew eac h other w ell.
(Medical):He died from the effects of imprisonment in A n d e r sonville and the stresses of fighting in the Civi l Wa r.
Winfield Scott Pottle and Caroline Rupert
Husband Winfield Scott Pottle 1
Born: Nov 1844 - Near Eaton, OH
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Died: 18 Apr 1908 - Dayton, Montgomery, OH
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Father: George Wellington Pottle (1824-1906) 1
Mother: Mary Charlotte Harman (Abt 1824-1850) 1
Marriage: Abt 1867 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Other Spouse: Caroline Rupert ( -1906) 1
Other Spouse: Carrie Louise ( - ) 1 - 1887 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Wife Caroline Rupert 1
Born: Abt 1848 - Near Chambersburg, OH
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Died: May 1884 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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1 M Pearl Dewitt Pottle 1
Born: 25 Jan 1871 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Died: 7 Mar 1937 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Spouse: Emma Winnie Rieck (1875-1943) 1
Marr: 24 Sep 1895 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
2 M Rupert Scott Pottle 1
Born: 4 Jul 1873 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Died: - Indianapolis, IN
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Spouse: Callie (living)
3 M George Edward Pottle 1
Born: 24 Aug 1874 - Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Died: Abt 1901 - Spanish American War - Philippine Islands
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4 F Elsie Berniece Pottle 1
Born: 24 Sep 1882 - 915 W Third St, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
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Died: 24 Mar 1956 - Evans, Erie County, NY
Buried: Mar 1956 - First Church Of Evans (Jerusalem Corners), North Evans, NY
Spouse: Hildebrand (living)
Spouse: William Henry Ibach (1880-1942) 1
Marr: 1899 - Milwalkee, WI
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GOD FORGIVE THEM, I CAN'T!
By: John D. Feagin, Sr.
One of the horrendous aspects of the Civil War was t h e d e p rivation of prisoners in both the e northern an d so uthe r n p risoners of war camps.Prisoners on both sid es su ffer e d inco nceivable misery. one of the worst camp s wa s Ander so nvill e Prison in Georgia. It was overcrowd ed wi th onl y on e sourc e of water, a dank stream runnin g throu gh th e cente r of th e compound. A wall composed o f logs c ut fro m the ne arby for est surrounded the priso n grounds . A dead line surr ounded th e interior of the pr ison. I f a prisone r crossed t he deadlin e the Rebel guar ds wer e under order s to shoot. P risoners di ed by the hu ndred s of disease, ma lnutrition, an d thirst. O n a hot A ugus t the 13th day in 1 864, a sudden s torm appeare d an d by s ome accounts, a ligh tning bolt cam e from the da r k cloud s and struck the earth . A spring of w ater cam e gushi ng f rom the ground. The thi rsty men rushe d to wh at became k n own as the "Providentia l Spring. "Som e me n were pushed ov e r the deadline and sho t.
After the war was over, some of the northern prisone r s w e r e sent home via steamship. One of these steamer s wa s t h e ag ing Sultana. The Sultana was extremely over crowd ed w it h ove r 2000 prisoners on board. Just above M emphi s Tenn ess ee, th e Sultana's boilers suddenly explod ed, cr eatin g an i nfern o of steam and fire. Many prisone rs die d insta ntly. S ome o f the prisoners were sent flyi ng int o the Mis sissipp i Rive r where they drowned. The l oss o f life was w ell ove r a thou sand and is thought t o have b een greater t han th e lives los t during the sink ing of th e Titanic.
A reporter who was sent to the National Military H o m e i n J anuary of 1906 interviewed one individual tha t ex pe rien ce d these tragedies and lived to tell about i t.
The young reporter from the Dayton Daily News sto o d i n t h e midst of the venerable old warriors at the So ld ier s ho m e and gazed around, looking for a likely indi vid ua l to in te rview. Some thing drew his attention t o th e ol d man sit tin g in the corner. The man with the l ong g ray h air flecke d wi th occasional strands of black . The o ld ma n appeared t o b e in a contemplative mood a s he ofte n did . He, like oth ers , remembering the past t hat haunte d the m on a daily bas i s . The reporter coul d not help bu t noti ce the ugly whit e s car that ran fro m the top of th e old m ans forehead al l th e way past hi s left eyebrow an d down t o his cheek. A n old w ar woun d the reporter surmi sed. Th e reporter had pi cked hi s ca ndidate.What follow s is the s tory of Private Wi nfiel d S cott Pottle, Compan y G, Ohio 54 th Volunteer Infant ry . It i s a story of an A merican trage dy, and it is a sto r y of on e American's tri umph over monu mental odds.
"All of us didn't go out at the same time," said Sco t t P o t tle. "My brother Wallace and I enlisted in 186 1 i n th e 54 t h Ohio Infantry, which was called Platt's Z ouav es. W alla c e was 20 years old and I 16. My mother di ed be fore t he wa r . My youngest brother, Ves, only a ki d 13 ye ars old ,was c ra zy to get to the war and my fathe r knew h e woul d run awa y , so he decided to enlist himse lf and ta ke Ve s with him . Th ey joined the 94th Ohio i n 1862. Ve s went a long as a d rumme r boy, but he carrie d a gun in S herman' s march to th e sea . He got along al l right too, a nd was t he only one o f us no t wounded. M y father was wou nded at t he Battle of S tone Riv er, an d invalided home."
"The company Wallace and I belonged to was made up al m o s t e ntirely on Xenia boys. We had a pretty warm ti m e o f i t at t he battle of Shiloh. You can read all abo u t tha t i n the his tories . Wallace was shot in the rig h t breas t an d left han d in that fight, and they sent h i m to the h ospit al and the n discharged him for disabili ty . Consumpti on se t in a few y ears later and he died 1 0 ye ars after th e war.
"Somehow or other my name was published in the rep o r t s o f the battle as being one of the dead. A committ e e w a s appo inted in Xenia to go south and look after t h e boy s o f our c ompany, which had been pretty well sho t u p. M y fath er was o ne of the committee, and he brough t al on g a coffi n to tak e my body home in. We were in ca mp a t Sh ewall, Ten n., whe n the committee came along . I can' t reco llect jus t what h e said when he saw how l ive I was , but i t's natura l to supp ose that he was some what surpr ised."
"When Sherman started out to reinforce Rosecrans , I w a s o n e of the detail men. A party of Forrest's Cav alry a tt ack e d us along the road, trying to take Sherman . We pu t o u t a l ine to protect the wagon train and giv e Sherma n a c ha nce t o get back. Forest charged and som e Johnny R eb soc ke d me o n the head and arm with a saber . See thi s scar o n m y arm, a nd this dent in my head? Th at's wher e they cam e fr om. The y took 206 of us prisoner s that tim e. The Reb s ha d me penne d up for 18 months. F irst I wa s put at Bell e Isl and wit h a big batch of corr alled Yank ees. Then al l but 10 0 men w e resent away. Gen eral Ben Bu tler had thre atened t o kill 10 0 Rebels an d I was one o f the 100 Yankee s kept ba ck to be s laughte red if Butle r carried out his p lan. Tickl ish busines s t hat! Luckil y for us Butler chang ed his min d and we we r e sent on t o Libby. Then we didn' t know whethe r we wer e luc ky or no t. That was a fierce no te. It was s o crowd ed a ma n could n't straighten out. The y kept me in L ibb y only thre e wee ks, and Andersonville wa s our next hot e l. The only imp ro vement was that it was no t so crowde d . O ur food was ran k , the water warm and horr ible. On e day aft er a thunders torm , a spring of clear wat er bro ke out betwe en the stoc kade an d the dead line. Ther e wa s a great rus h for the w ater, an d I was among the bun c h pushed over th e line. Th e Rebel gua rds opened fire a n d I got a bullet i n my sid e . And there w e lay, our co mra des couldn't help u s, the y dared not cros s the dea d line . We lay about an hou r wh en the Captain of t he Gu ard orde red us removed. Fo r a wh ile there was more o f o ur blood i n that spring tha n wate r."
"Finally the time came for us to go north. Twenty-tw o h u n d red of us Yanks were put on the steamer Sultana . I sl e p t un der the same blanket with George White, i n the ba c k pa rt o f the boat . Just above Memphis abou t 3 o'cloc k i n th e morn ing, there was a terrific explos ion. I wa s in t he wa ter bef ore I knew what was going on . I grabbe d ont o a plan k and b y queer coincidence , Geo rge White , my bla nket mate , got ho ld of the same plank . We got ou t of th e crowd of s trugglin g men and hollere d for help . A fisher man came alon g and too k us ashore . Fifteen hun dred poor d evils lost the ir lives i n tha t disaster."
"While I was in the hospital In Memphis, I saw m y n a m e i n the newspaper as one of the drowned. I gues s I' m t h e onl y survivor of that affair in this county n ow. " Thu s e nded t he interview .
In his application for a pension, Winfield Scott Pot t l e g i ves an even more graphic description of his exper ie nc e s i n prison and undoubtedly that of thousands of o the r p ri sone rs when he writes:
... "In my dreams I go through all of the horrors of s t a r v ing to death and awaiting to be shot and awake wit h p ar ch e d tongue, that awful pain in my head - bloodsho t ey e s an d m y heart nearly Jumping out of me - that I d on' t be liev e I n Doctors and therefore don't go to the m oft e n . I hop e an d pray that you will take Into consi derati o n that I ha ve we nt through all the horrors of th e Rebe l P risons fro m Octobe r 11th 1863 until March 1865 , als o th e horrors o f being dro wned being a survivor o f tha t terri ble disaste r the blowin g up of that ill fat ed ste amer Sul tana. Hopin g and prayin g that you will co nside r all of th is will be w ith what grea t lots of evid enc e I now have i n will be suff icient to giv e me a prop er r e rating or a p roper allowanc e of my pension . Ofte n time s I see with m y eyes open and s ee myself so we a k from hu nger, crawlin g around crying fo r water and so methi ng t o eat - God forg ive them, I can't."
Winfield Scott Pottle received his pension of $1 7 . 0 0 p e r month for thelast time on March 4 , 1908. H e fo ugh t hi s l ast battle and departed this life for a b ette r on e on A pri l 18, 1908.
In June of 1999, our family visited the cemetery a t 3 r d a n d Gettysburg Streets on the Westside of Dayton , Ohi o . Wi nf ield Scott Pottle has a plain white headst one lo ca ted i n Se ction P, Number 30. It is behind and t o the r igh t of h is fa ther's stone when facing the larg e monumen t . I woul d estima te it to be about 100 feet di stant. Th e s tone is s imply mar ked "W.S. Pottle" with hi s unit o n it . We place d some coin s under the headston e (inscrip tio n side) to mar k our visit.
The 1888-92 Dayton City Directory shows W. S. Pottle wo r k i n g as a veterinary surgeon and living at 103 S. Eucl i d A ve nu e, W.S. Dayton, Ohio. He is previously liste d a s wor kin g a s a horse shoer and living at 925 W. 3r d St. , S.W . Dayt on , OH. This address is only 3 block s fro m wher e the Wri gh t Brothers lived at 1210 W. 3rd , S. W . Dayton , OH. Th e Wri ght Brothers (Oroville an d Wilbur ) were fri ends of th e Pott les and they knew eac h other w ell.
(Medical):He died from the effects of imprisonment in A n d e r sonville and the stresses of fighting in the Civi l Wa r.
General Notes for Child Pearl Dewitt Pottle
Pearl DeWitt Pottle worked as a pressman for H.E. M e a d & C o mpany in Dayton, Ohio.
General Notes for Child Rupert Scott Pottle
Shown in Dayton, Ohio City Directory as residin g a t 9 2 7 W . 3rd, W. S. Dayton where he boarded. He wor ke d a s a h ors e shoer.
General Notes for Child George Edward Pottle
Served in the 7th U.S. Calvery, C Troup, at Fort Gr a n t , A rizona. He was killed when he was thrown from h i s ho rs e du ring maneuvers in the Philippine Islands dur in g th e Sp anis h American War. He left no family. He als o s erve d wit h Tedd y Roosevelt in Cuba.
On December 19, 1872, Fort Grant was established a t t h e f o ot of Mount Graham by direction of General Croo k . I n Jan ua ry of 1873, eleven companies of cavalry an d i nfant ry wer e t ransferred to Fort Grant, under the co mman d of M ajor Br own . They immediately started work o n th e constru ction o f a c ommissary building, officer' s quart ers an d a wagon ro ad u p the side of Mount Graham.
Troops patroled southeast Arizona and western New Me x i c o c hasing small marauding bands of Apache Indians a n d ke ep in g the peace. Troops from Fort Grant participat e d in t h e mi litary campaign against Geronimo which end e d with Ge ro nimo' s surrender in August of 1886. In 188 8 , the Buffa l o Soldie rs of the 10th Cavalry were use d i n civil dutie s a nd chasin g train robbers. Starting i n 19 00, Fort Gran t wa s a collect ion point for troops go ing t o the Philippi nes d uring the Sp anish American War . On O ctober 4, 1905 , Capta in Jenkins ma rched Troo p D across t he parade groun ds for t he final time . Th e troops were t ransferred to Fo rt Huachu ca and Fort Gr a nt was left t o a caretaker. In 1 912, as pa rt of conferr in g statehoo d on the Arizona Terri tory, the f ederal gov ernmen t turne d over Fort Grant to th e New Stat e to be u sed as th e Sta te Industrial School fo r Wayward Bo ys an d Girls. In 1 96 8, the Arizona State Leg islature pass e d a bill making t h e Fort Grant State Indust rial Scho o l a part of the Stat e De partment of Corrections . In 1 973 , Fort Grant becam e an adu lt male prison. I n Decem ber o f 1997, the Arizo na State Pr ison at Fort Gran t bec ame th e Fort Grant Uni t of the Arizon a State Priso n Com plex Saff ord.
General Notes for Child Elsie Berniece Pottle
Grandma Ibach was a fiesty person. She was extremel y s t r o ng willed. Atleast 25 years after she left Mario n Jun ct io n , Alabama where she livedwith her husband fo r awhil e , th e y still remembered her for being verystric t and f o r bein g a n excellent cook.
She was forced to leave her father who was pretty m u c h a n d invalid formany years. She claimed that her fa th e r wa s a lways after the "three double "w's", Wild, Wo me n , Wine " . Elsie resented her father because she fel t u nw anted ( " I wasa child very much unwanted") and wa s adop te d by he r mo ther's sister after she was three ye ars old . H er fath er di dn't get along with the aunt tha t adopte d her . She wa s late r to burn all of the keepsak es from h im, in cluding c ivil wa r items and letters. Sh e blamed hi m and t he Civil W ar for h er problems which c aused resent ment an d anger. Sh e loved b irds and would w histle to th em and t hey would cal l back. Sh ewas a Jehov ah's Witnes s and did n ot really beli eve in doct ors. Sh e would go t o one if sh e had to. She kn ew a lot abo u t herbal remedi es and my mo ther told me tha t she woul d g o out into th e woods to pic k plants that woul d cur e variou s ailments.
In her later years, she lived with her daughter wh i c h s h e resented. She did not like being dependent on a ny on e . Sh e had bouts with cancer which finally kille d h e r . I have s everal letters that she wrote which men ti o n m e by name. Th e night she died, we received a tel egr a m an d I remember ver y well a mockingbird landing o n th e t elevi sion antenna an d singing at night while w e wer e in S an Fra ncisco. Grandm a loved to whistle to t he Moc kingbir ds.
Buried in North Evans Cemetery in North Evans, Erie Co u n t y , New York.Cause of death: cancer of ovaries and b re as t.
Here is a letter she wrote (spelling errors includ e d ) t o M rs. FredrickA. Pottle who was inquiring about h e r P ottl e fa mily:
"3-11-'41 Mrs. Fredric. A. Pottle
Dear Madam-
Please excuse pencil because I am so smeary with i n k , I h a ve been parylized, and can write only a short t i m e the re st . Now to buisness I know very little abou t m y f athers fa mil y, as my mother died when I was 4o r 5 mo . ol d father tr ie d to keep us children to gethe r but aft e r 3 yearsof this ; h e let the 3 duble u-s ge t the bes t o f him "(Wild, Wime n an d Wine") Ha, Ha. My a unt on mot her s side adopted me th en, a nd her and dadydi dent get al on g so good, and I was ke pt i n ignorance o f what was goi n g on around me, now my cou zin s Ves Pottl es sons and dau gh ter can tell you more tha n I ca n the y all reside in Da yto n Ohio (I was a child ver y much u n wanted) if there i s an y thing Else you want to kn ow abo u t the Pottlefamily , don t hesitate to ask me. I jus t c ant t hink of any thi ng tha t you can use in the kronolo g y of th e family. I w il ans . the questions as near a s I kn ow.
With Christian Respect I am
Mrs. Elsie Pottle B. Ibach Marion Jct Dallas Co Alabama
P.S. you write Mrs. Glenna Newman 500 Markey Road Da y t o n , O and she willtell Clearance and Charley Pottl e t o wr i t e you
It is possibal that I will think of some thing that w i l l i n terest you if I do I will let you know
I had an aunt on my Fathers side who lived in Xen i a O h i o I think hername was Costello by marage she mari e d a d en ti st by the name and I had 2more Aunts in Cinci nn ata O . b y 2n d marage of Grand pa
there is a Fredric Pottle living at Buffalo N.Y . s o r t o f a High Hat lawyer (Atterney) mabe so what I h av e be e n i n Buffalo many a time but Ihave never bothere d h i m . I live d at North Evans N.Y. about 18 mi. from B uffa lo
I am the only one left on top of ground of my father s i m e d iat family"
(Medical):She had both breasts removed in the 1950 ' s . S h e later had a recurrence of the cancer which spr e a d throu gh out her body.
Terry Ergene Smith and Melanie Pottraty
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Addie Lee Potts
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Ann Potts
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William Villiers and Anne Potts
Husband William Villiers 3
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Title: Sir; 3rd (and last) Baron of Brooksby, Leicester Co.
Service: M.P for Leicester 1698 & 1700
Will: dated 26 Feb 1711/2; proved 6 Mar 1711/2
Thomas H. Potts and Anne J. Potts
Husband Thomas H. Potts 1
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Wife Anne J. Potts 1
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Bessie Potts
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Max Lee Roper and Bessie Kathleen Potts
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Billy Ray Potts
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Carmen Potts
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Charlie Potts and Cora Walker
Husband Charlie Potts 2
Born: 19 Aug 1867 - KY
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Father: Jesse Chapman Potts (1823-1907) 2
Mother: Olevia Josephine Gaines (1840-1904) 2
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1 F Mabel Potts 2
Born: 1895 - Allen Co., KY
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Claude Caesar Potts and Genevieve Susan Sadler
Husband Claude Caesar Potts 2
Born: 30 Mar 1866 - KY
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Buried: - Lajara Cemetery, Lajara Co., CO
Father: Jesse Chapman Potts (1823-1907) 2
Mother: Olevia Josephine Gaines (1840-1904) 2
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1 M Jesse C. Potts 2
Born: 1894 - KY
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2 F Bessie Potts 2
Born: 1896 - KY
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3 F Pauline Potts 2
Born: 1898 - KY
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4 F Addie Lee Potts 2
Born: 1900 - KY
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5 M Fred James Potts (details suppressed for this person)
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6 M Clifford Potts 2
Born: 1906 - KY
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7 M Carmen Potts (details suppressed for this person)
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David Potts and Mattie Witham
Husband David Potts 2
Born: 4 Nov 1869 - KY
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David Potts and Ann Roberts
Husband David Potts
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David Lee Potts
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Born: 26 Feb 1951 5
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David Philip Potts
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Doris Lynn Potts
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Edgar Potts
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Alexander Swinton and Elizabeth Potts
Husband Alexander Swinton 1
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Mother: Hannah White (1715-1742) 1
Marriage: Abt 1753 - South Carolina
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1 M Hugh Swinton 1
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2 F Elizabeth Swinton 1
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3 M William Swinton 1
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4 M Alexander Swinton 1
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