SELBY PIONEER DEAD.
Mobridge, — B. B. Potter, a pioneer of this territory, died at his home in Selby last week, his death coming after several days’ illness. Mr. Potter came to this county early in the ‘80s and homesteaded on the land he retained the rest of his life. He was County Treasurer for two years and was in the mercantile business at Selby at the time of his death. He was the last surviving veteran of the Civil War in Walworth County.
Source: Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) Sunday, March 16, 1930
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Benjamin B. Potter
Born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania April 26, 1846
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Married to Miss Lulu Derby at Ipswich, SD in October 1885
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Died in Selby, SD - Walworth County March 6, 1930
Submitted by: Family descendant
