POTTORFF, George Benjamin

1864 - 1965  (101 years)

• Name	POTTORFF, George Benjamin
  Birth	8 Aug 1864	Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	POTT.G001  [1]
  _FGRAVE	40143177
  Death	17 Aug 1965	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  	George Pottorff, Richland County's oldest citizen who celebrated his 101st birthday at Richland Memorial Hospital only ten days ago on August 8, died at the hospital this morning.
  Burial	Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Pottorff, Eva R. and George B.
  Person ID	I25127	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Pottorff, George,   b. 1808   d. 1888 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Hoke, Mozorah,   b. 1823   d. 1899 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F10914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KOONS, Everetta 'Eva',   b. 1870   d. 1932 (Age 62 years)
  Children	+ 1. POTTORFF, Luna,   b. 10 Jul 1893, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois d. 17 Mar 1990, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 96 years)   2. POTTORFF, Eunice Faye,   b. 9 Feb 1910   d. 28 Jan 2014 (Age 103 years)   3. POTTORFF, I. V.,   b. 5 Jul 1912, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois d. 5 May 2010, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F10911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  He was born on his father's farm in Smallwood Township, Jasper County, about a quarter of a mile from the Richland county line. He attended the Fairview School. He later farmed in Jasper county and when he moved to Richland county he owned and operated a saw mill and grist mill at Wakefield. Later on, Mr. Pottorff owned and operated a blacksmith shop, also at Wakefield, until it burned down. He then took up the carpenter trade, which he continued until his retirement at about the age of 90 years. When, on his 100th birthday he was asked if he had any particular philosophy that accounted for the fact he had reached the age of 100, he said, "I didn't aim to live to be a hundred years old. "

  
  

• Sources

  [S7019] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pottorff, Eva R. and George B., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40143177/george-benjamin-pottorff), none. (Reliability: 2).