Frederick William Pott
1839 - 1910 (71 years)-
Name Frederick William Pott Birth 7 Jan 1839 Lämmershagen,,Regierungsbezirk Detmold,,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Germany 
Gender Male Death 29 Dec 1910 Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA Record Created 08 May 2024 familyserch.org ID G8MJ-QMW Burial New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau,Missouri,USA - findagrave memorial #8000550
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Notes - Fred W Pott Biography - Goodspeed's 1888 History of Southeast Missouri pg 791 :
Fred W Pott, proprietor of the Planter's Mill at Cape Girardeau Mo., was born in Prussia in 1839. He is the eldest of seven children born to Frederick [middle name Adolph] and Joanna Pott. They came to America in 1854 locating at Cape the same year.
The father served three years in the Federal army, and near close of the war died from disease contracted while in the service. The mother has since resided with her children of whom there are four living.
Fred W. received a liberal education in the "fatherland" and soon after locating at Girardeau secured employment in a mill and followed the various departments of milling till the Civil War.
He then enlisted in the Federal army joining Second Illinois Light Artillery and on April 6 1862 was taken prisoner at Shiloh. After seven months imprisonment he was exchanged and rejoined regiment at Memphis, Tenn., and remained in the service until October when he returned to Cape Girardeau and resumed milling, which has since his occupation.
About 1869 he rented a mill at Clear Creek,Ill., almost opposite Cape Girardeau, which he operated for seven years and in 1877 built his present mill at a cost of about $14,000. His success with this mill has been phenomenal, which is due to his untiring energy, industry and superior knowledge of the business.
With only a capacity of eighty barrels at first he realized from his profits sufficient to pay for the mill in four years. The present capacity 200 barrels daily, and gives employment to ten men.
In 1866 Mr Pott united in marriage with Mary Karau, a native of Germany. They have eleven children - eight sons and three daughters - of whom three sons are dead. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
Person ID 72005416 robsgenealogy Last Modified 11 May 2024
Father Friedrich Adolph Pott, b. 20 Oct 1815, Lämmershagen,,Regierungsbezirk Detmold,,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Germany d. 12 Jun 1864, Huntsville,,Madison County,Alabama,United States (Age 48 years) Mother Johanna Friedrike Louise Raeker, b. 20 Aug 1813, Lämmershagen,,Regierungsbezirk Detmold,,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Germany d. 20 May 1895, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 81 years) Marriage 30 Sep 1838 Oerlinghausen,,Regierungsbezirk Detmold,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany Age at Marriage He : 22 years and 11 months - She : 25 years and 1 month. Record Created 07 Jul 2018 Family ID F71441688 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Auguste Maria Elisabeth Karau, b. 26 Feb 1846 d. 18 Nov 1933, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 87 years) Record Created 08 May 2024 Children 1. Helena Maria Paulina Pott, b. 31 Aug 1866, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 4 Mar 1948, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 81 years)2. Emil Leopold Pott, b. 11 Sep 1870, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 12 Jun 1932, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 61 years)3. Gustave Christian Pott, b. 23 Dec 1880, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 7 Oct 1970, Biloxi,,Harrison County,Mississippi,United States (Age 89 years)4. Walther Ludolp Pott, b. 18 Oct 1891, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 29 Apr 1892, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 0 years)Family ID F58044710 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 May 2024
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Birth - 7 Jan 1839 - Lämmershagen,,Regierungsbezirk Detmold,,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Germany 
Death - 29 Dec 1910 - Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA 
Burial - - New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau,Missouri,USA = Link to Google Earth
