Pottorff, George Benjamin

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• Reference Number: POTT.G001
• _FGRAVE: 40143177

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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. "

Died:
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.

Family/Spouse: Koons, Everetta 'Eva'. Everetta was born in 1870; died in 1932; was buried in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pottorff, Luna was born on 10 Jul 1893 in Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois; died on 17 Mar 1990 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 20 Mar 1990 in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois.
2. Pottorff, Eunice Faye was born on 9 Feb 1910; died on 28 Jan 2014; was buried in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois.
3. Pottorff, I. V. was born on 5 Jul 1912 in Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois; died on 5 May 2010 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois.

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George married Hoke, Mozorah. Mozorah was born in 1823; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HOKE.M001