"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 33, No 25, p 3, June 21, 1877.
At Adams Centre, N. Y., June 3d, 1877, Mrs. Eliza Potter, wife of Charles Potter, Sen., aged 70 years, 8 months, and 11 days. She had done her washing and made an afternoon call that day. After tea, when all the day's work was done, she retired early, not feeling well, and in two hours was gone, her life work done. She was the daughter of Dea. Samuel P. Burdick, and was born in Brookfield. She made a public profession of religion, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist church in her youth. In 1837, Bro. Potter moved his family to Adams, where he and sister Potter united with the Adams Church. Thus, for more than forty years she was a faithful member of this church. But with her, church membership was more than a name. She loved the church and the institutions of God's house. She improved and enjoyed the social meetings of the church. Her religion was also shown by her deeds as well as by her words. She was always ready to assist and sympathize with the needy and the suffering. Many of us, besides her family, who are so deeply afflicted, feel her death as a personal bereavement. In social life she always exhibited a cheerful, happy spirit. Her children have risen up to call her blessed, and while they mourn, they rejoice in hope of the glorious hereafter. But the personal presence of the blessed Savior himself can only support and comfort our aged brother, who is so suddenly bereaved of the companion with whom he has walked for fifty-four years. A. B. P.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 22, p 5, June 1, 1882.
Charles Potter, Sen., at his home near Adams Centre, N. Y., May 20, 1882. He was born at Potter Hill, R. I., Sept. 7, 1799. At the age of nineteen he sought a home in Brookfield, N. Y. where he married Eliza Burdick May 22, 1823. She died June 3, 1877. From 1825 to 1837 he resided in the village of West Edmeston, where he carried on the manufacturing of carriages and sleighs. In March of the latter year, he moved into the town of Adams where he spent the remainder of his life. The children who survive him are Chas. Potter of Plainfield, N. J., Dr. C. D. Potter and Delia, wife of Dea. G. W. Gardner, of Adams Centre. He experienced religion in youth, and became a member of the 1st Hopkinton Church. He was also a member of the 3d Brookfield Church while living there, and for forty-five years a member of the Adams Church. He was a successful business man and a liberal supporter of the Church and all denominational enterprises. He was a devout and practical Christian,whose tender words of love for Jesus were often heard in the conference meeting. He anticipated the joys of heaven with much pleasure, and bade adieu to earth with the words, "Almost home." A. B. P.