Newton Co., IN Biography Newton County, Beaver Township. From A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties, 1915, Vol. II, p. 768. JAMES POTTS is one of the surviving pioneer citizens of Newton County. His home has been here since early youth and for a period of more than sixty years. These years have rewarded him with a substantial prosperity. At the same time he has enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and had a wide acquaintance over the county and is a man deserving of the best things in life. He was born in Tippecanoe County, January 29, 1839, a son of Ephraim and Elizabeth Potts. His father was born in Pennsylvania. Ephraim Potts when fourteen years of age went to Ohio with an uncle, and not long afterwards moved to Carroll County, Indiana. From Carroll County he removed in early days to Newton County, and established one of the first homes in a district then sparsely populated. The father bought a farm of forty acres in section 17 of Beaver Township, and lived out his useful and honorable career at that place. He was a member of the Christian Church, and had graduated from the old Whig party into the republican ranks, and adhered to that political doctrine until his death. In the various localities where he lived as a boy James Potts acquired an education in such schools as were then maintained for the benefit of boys and girls. He also acquired industrious habits and was well disciplined for the heavy work of clearing and farming as practiced fifty or sixty years ago. At the age of seventeen he left home and spent five years in working on the farms of his neighbors. On November 29, 1860, Mr. Potts married Elizabeth M. Baker. Mrs. Potts passed away in 1904, after forty-four years of married life. Mr. Potts has lived on his farm of eighty acres in Beaver Township since 1867, a period of half a century, and in many ways this farm reflects his enterprise and good business judgment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com