| Mill at Potterville - This photo taken circa 1907 is of the
flour, feed and grist mill owned by Eastburn W. and Charles W. Werkheiser.
Cook's pond to the north provided the water power for its operation.
The man in the buggy is my great grandfather, Avery C. Cook. The
horse is named Tip. |
Potterville School Bus - Early school transportation was provided
by Hattie Cook VanWinkle and her faithful horse Harry. The children
in the photo are (l to r) Cecil Van Winkle Caroline Sibley, Howard LeTourneau
and Harvey LeTourneau. The building on the right of the photo is
the Potterville Creamery Company, which later became the West Auburn Creamery
Company. The building was destroyed by fire. |
Tater Hill School - located north of Potterville. This
was the only school my grandmother, Flo Ella Cook, ever attended.
She was born in 1878. According to my father, Emmett Manchester (born
1905), the building was torn down by his uncle Edwin Manchester and the
lumber used to build a chicken coop.
A note about the Tater Hill School photo I sent.
Last week while going through some of Grandma's papers, I found the Tater
Hill School on a postcard. She had written on it saying the school
was called the North Woods School but everyone referred to it as Tater
Hill. |
Dennison Potter - Jerusha ?? Family - Grandchildren of
Jason Potter, the man for whom Potterville was named. In 1860, Dennison,
his wife Jerusha, and two young children were living in Orwell Township
with his parents, Jason and Clarissa Potter. In 1880, Dennison and
Jerusha were living in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
with six of their children. Clara, the youngest, was four years old.
Pictured in the photo: Seated l to r - Flora, Laura, Almon.
Standing l to r - Clara, Hattie, Mabel, Ella. All were born in Pennsylvania. |
