Potter, Chandler E. (1807-1868)

Name:

Potter, Chandler E. (1807-1868)

Title:

Principal, Portsmouth High School, 1832-1834, 1835-1838
Member, New Hampshire State House of Representatives 1835
Editor, Manchester Democrat, 1844-1848
Judge, Police Court, City of Manchester, 1848-1855
Commander, Amoskeag Veterans 1854
Co-Editor, Weekly Mirror
Co-Editor, Weekly Mirror and Farmer 1864-1865
President, New Hampshire Historical Society

Other Names:

Col. Potter / Potter, Chandler Eastman

Born:

03/07/1807

Birthplace:

East Concord, NH

Died:

08/02/1868

Death Location:

Flint, MI

Residence:

Concord, NH 1807-1832, 1841-1843
Portsmouth, NH 1832-1834, 1835-1838
East Concord, NH 1843
Manchester, NH 1844-1856
Hillsborough, NH 1856-1868

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

High school teacher
Lawyer
Newspaper editor and proprietor
Police Court Judge
Author

Father:

Potter, Joseph (1772-1853)

Mother:

Drake, Anna (Nancy) (1774-1844)

Relations:

Siblings:
Potter, Richard (1793-1869; b. Concord, NH)
Potter, Thomas Drake (1796-1873; b. Concord, NH; m. Eunice Marden)
Potter, Jacob Aaverill (1798-1865; b. Concord, NH; m. Sopronia Moore)
Grandparents:
Lydia Averill and Richard Potter; Lydia Norris and Thomas Drake

Spouse:

(1) Clara Underwood (1803-1854), 1832
(2) Frances McNeil, 1856

Children:

Children of Clara Underwood:
Potter, Joseph (b. 06/22/1833)
Potter, Treat Wentworth (b. 01/01/1836)
Potter, Drown (b.02/08/1838, died in action in Civil War 06/13/1862)

Notes:

George T. Chapman, Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, From the First Graduation in 1771 to the Present Time, With a Brief History of the Institution. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press,1867), 259.