Howard Spencer (Charles) Potter, Ph.D.

1915 - 1989  (73 years)

• Name	Howard Spencer (Charles) Potter
  Suffix	Ph.D.
  Nickname	Spence
  Birth	27 Apr 1915	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
  	DOB from tombstone. 22 Apr 1915 according to Social Security death index. Ship manifests gives 21/22 Apr 1917 and 22 Apr 1915.
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Mar 1989	Holmes Beach, Florida USA
  	His obituary, by William H. Hooker, appeared in Phytopathology, 1989, p 1008. Obituary says 19 Mar 1989. Cancer
  Burial	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Residence: at DOD, Holmes Beach, Florida. Education: St. Paul's School, Concord, NH (1936); B.S., Cornell University, Biological Sciences (1941); Ph.D. University of Maryland (1957). LCDR Howard Spencer Potter Jr. USCG is listed among the Pennsylvania Commandery Regular Members, MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES, Roster 31 Dec 2001. Howard Spencer Potter was appointed Associate Professor (Associate Plant pathologist), Gulf Coast Station, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1 Jan 1970. Margaret Potter, 32, married, b. 27 May 1892, Philadelphia, PA, 151 W. Springfield Av., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA. and Howard Spencer Potter, 9, b. 21 Apr 1917 or 22 Apr 1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arrived New York, New York, 11 Oct 1926 from Southampton, England aboard Orca, address: He appears twice on the manifest, with different birth dates. Howard S Potter, 18, b. 22 Apr 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, res. 1510 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, arrived New York, New York, 20 Jun 1933, from Villefranche, France aboard Rex. 1920 US Federal Census for the dwelling at 23 Benezet Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania headed by Robert Hunter, 27, bond salesman; Wife Christine S Hunter, 23; Daughter Margret S Hunter, 1; Lodgers Charles A Potter, 28, manufacturer; Margret H S Potter, 27, son Howard Spencer Potter, 4, all b. Pennsylvania. [1]
  Person ID	I4139	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles Adams (Charles) Potter, Jr.,   b. 10 Dec 1890, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA d. 4 Aug 1958, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Margaret Howard (Graham) Spencer,   b. 27 May 1892, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA d. 5 Jun 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret (Henry) Allen,   b. 18 Jan 1925, Pennsylvania USA d. 3 Jul 2018, Holmes Beach, Florida USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1950	Church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
  	Wedding covered in New York Times, 16 Apr 1950.
  Notes	Howard Spencer (Howard) Potter, Jr., Sodus Point, N.Y., is a step-sibling, b. 27 Jul 1943, Salem, Massachusetts. His mother is Virginia Shrigley Almy (1920 - 1996). Margaret Allen Potter's obituary lists descendants as: Joel Rasho, Kelly Frantz, Jeremy Evans, Stephen Faillace, Eliza Faillace, Margot Horton, Michael and Matthew; great-granddaughter Isabelle; and many nieces and nephews.
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Charles Adams (Howard) Potter, III,   b. Abt 1962, Lansing, Michigan USA d. 26 Sep 2011, Holmes Beach, Florida USA (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F1728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Apr 1915 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Marriage - 15 Apr 1950 - Church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Death - 09 Mar 1989 - Holmes Beach, Florida USA Burial - - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Howard Spencer Potter Photo courtesy, Obituary in Phytopathology.

  
  

  Headstones

  Howard Spencer Potter memorial photo courtesy Find A Grave Plot: Section: J Plot: 102 W Part & 104 N Part

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] 1920 US Federal Census.