William H. Potter was promoted to ordinance sergeant on September 10, 1864.


WILLIAM H. POTTER, second child of Jacob and Mary A. (Mickle) Potter, was
born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8, 1841, and died at Dayton, Ohio,
September 14, 1913. He married, at Perrysville, Ohio, July 18, 1866, Pearl Parr
He died at Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, September 14, 1913. 

He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States, Insgnia No. 12862, Indiana Commandery. He was also a memeber of George H. Thomas
Post No. 17, Grand Army of the Republic.

Following his discharge from the army William H. Potter studied law at
Mansfield, Ohio, three years, during which time he taught school to support his family.
He then entered into partnership as a photographer with his brother, Ezra, at
Mansfield.  In 1875 he removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he lived the remainder of
his life.  He was one of the eight men who were founders of the Photographers
Association of America (now an international organization), and in 1886 he was president of
the Association. He presided at the national convention of the Association which
met at St. Louis in June, 1886.