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Mary Pottorff

Mary Pottorff
b. January 1851, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Ninevah and Nancy (Allhands) Pottorff
d. January 1922, Marlin, Grant County, Washington

m. 7 September 1871, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Isaac Johnson, Jr.
b. 2 July 1840, Shelby County, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. 14 February 1902, Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Children with Isaac Johnson, Jr.:

  • Andrew (1872-1961) married Victoria Fulton
  • William Riley (1873-1962)
  • John Wesley (1878-1937) married Helen Bramer
  • Thomas Leslie (1878-1939) married Della Bramer
  • Ollie (1881-1928) married Martin Christensen

Isaac was married previously on 20 July 1864 to Arnetta Talkington, who died 10 November 1866.

According to family tradition, Mary and Isaac’s family included 12 children and three sets of twins.

After the death of Isaac Johnson in 1902, Mary and her children, (with the exception of Andrew, who had settled in Washington earlier,) all took out homesteads in Grant County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

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