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Persons My great grandparents Frank and Sarah Potts
Research Note Franklin Joseph Potts, born May 3, 1869 in Clinton County, Illinois, died near Eureka, CA, Apr. 27, 1951.

Sarah Jane Mootry born Jan. 26, 1869 in Missouri or Arkansas, died Oct. 31, 1950, Steveston, British Columbia.

My grandmother Nancy - Nancy Malinda born June 4, 1895 near Seligman, MO, died May 8, 1985 in Hanna, Alberta.

My grandmother's sister, Cassie Jane, born May 13, 1897 near Seligman, died Mar. 28, 1980 in Drumheller, Alberta.

Here are some more notes that Nancy shared -

Frank Potts was related to the Potts family in Barry County. He was a grandson of Robert Potts & his wfe Mary "Polly" (Wardlaw) Fosnot. Robert brought his wife Mary, son John, daughter Lucy (who married T. N. Galyen) & grand daughter Elizabeth Doty from Illinois to AR about 1851. His nephew, William Potts, & wife, Rebecca, & some of their children came with him and they all settled right along the Missouri-Arkansas border.

William's land is in AR where the Potts Hill Civil War marker is & Robert's was about a mile or so south of William. Some of William & Rebecca's children owned land just to the north of them in Barry County where the Potts-Morgan cemetery is located.

Robert's wife Mary was related to the Wardlaw family that lived close by - some in Barry County & some in Benton County, Ark. There were also some other families that came from Illinois with Robert & William who were inter related somehow that were neighbors of the Potts & Wardlaw families.
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