Individual Details

Henry Sayre POTTER

(14 Feb 1798 - 9 Jan 1884)

Events

Birth14 Feb 1798Galway, Saratoga County, New York
Residence1801with his parents - Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York
Residence1808with his parents - Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
ResidenceJun 1810with his mother - Junius, Seneca County, New York
OccupationAbt 1811merchant's clerk - Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
Occupation1814clerk & later bus. manager for Sam'l Hildreth, owner of a stagecoach line from Auburn to Rochester - Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
OccupationBet 1815 and 1849owner of a general store - Pittsford, Monroe County, New York
Marriage13 Sep 1824Harriet BENEDICT
Miscellaneous28 Dec 1842leased to his mother Mary Pomeroy until she died, for 6 cents a year. land called the Riggs Farm - Lyons, Wayne County, New York
Residence28 Dec 1842Pittsfield, Monroe County, New York
Miscellaneous27 Mar 1847Lyons, Wayne County, New York
Miscellaneous27 Mar 1847Lyons, Wayne County, New York
Occupation1850financier - Rochester, Monroe County, New York
OccupationAft 1850the first president of the Western Union Telegraph Company - Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Miscellaneous20 Oct 1859was the mortgagee for $1000 to his sister Susan & her husband Ephraim Price for a home - Lyons, Wayne County, New York
Occupation20 Jun 1860banker - Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Residence16 Dec 1866Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Death9 Jan 1884Monroe County, New York

Families

SpouseHarriet BENEDICT (1805 - 1881)
ChildCharles Barton POTTER (1828 - )
ChildMary Elizabeth POTTER (1831 - 1891)
ChildAlfred Benedict POTTER (1833 - )
ChildSusan Julia POTTER (1835 - )
ChildHenryette POTTER (1840 - )
FatherNathaniel Job POTTER (1776 - 1810)
MotherMary SAYRE (1778 - 1866)
SiblingSusan Mary POTTER (1804 - 1880)
SiblingElizabeth Ann POTTER (1806 - 1895)
SiblingCharles McCabe POTTER (1810 - 1826)