Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Nott Potter, I >^{[1, 2, 3]}

1836 - 1901  (64 years)

• Name	Eliphalet Nott Potter
  Prefix	Rev. Dr.
  Suffix	I >
  Born	23 Sep 1836	Schenectady, Schenectady, NY   [1, 4, 5]
  	In his May 1867 Passport Application, he recorded his birth date as 23 September 1836. Other sources record 20 September 1836.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Aft 1862  [4]
  	Protestent Episcopal Church minister
  	He was for a time a professor at Lehigh University and president of Union College. He founded Union University and was at one time its chancellor. He was a president of Hobart College, and founded the Cosmopolitan University (now defunct, and likely not a predecessor to the current institution by that name).
  Occupation	Abt 1869	Troy, Rennselaer, NY
  	rector, St. Paul's Protest Episcopal Church
  Census	1880	Schenectady, Schenectady, NY   [6]
  	In his household were his wife, Helen, children Mary J., Helen F., Mariah M., and Eliphalet N.; and two servants.
  Education	Schenectady, NY
  	at Union College (D.D.)
  	He also was educated at Williams & Trinity Colleges (L.L.D.), University of the South (D.C.L.), and St. Stephen College (L.H.D).
  Occupation	1880  [6]
  	president, Union College.
  Died	6 Feb 1901	Mexico City, Mexico   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I10191	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, >,   b. 10 Jul 1800, Beekman (now La Grange), Dutchess, NY ,   d. 4 Jul 1865, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Maria Nott (Knott),   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [7]
  Family ID	F3725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Fuller, >,   b. Abt 1851, Troy, Rennselaer, NY ,   d. 11 Mar 1937, New York, New York, NY  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	Abt 1869  [1, 8]
  Children	1. Mary J. Potter,   b. Abt 1872, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Helen F. Potter,   b. Abt 1873, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mariah M. Potter,   b. Abt 1874, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Eliphalet Nott Potter, II >,   b. 9 Aug 1878, Schenectady, NY ,   d. 1930, New York, New York, NY  (Age 51 years)   5. Joseph W. Fuller Potter,   b. Abt 1882,   d. 15 Jul 1945, New York, New York, NY  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F3723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S584] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, http://books.google.com/books?id=i-cDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=eliphalet+nott+potter+banker&source=web&ots=jDY8SxeR9F&sig=zDgOnPCy-Ew130Y4ot7svkuwft4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA103,M1. [S381] Ancestry Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=3702786&pid=-1697794649. [S587] Alonzo Potter Family Website, http://alonzopotter.com/EliphaletNottPotter.aspx. [S585] Biographical Directory of the State of New York, 1900, http://books.google.com/books?id=LeoaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA378&lpg=PA378&dq=eliphalet+nott+potter+banker&source=web&ots=iEpchQqQxF&sig=QqAIAjMl0kHLYYKmXzwZu1xkQiQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result. [S546] Passport Applications, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1174&path=Passport+Applications,+1795-1905+(M1372).1861+-+1867.Roll+148+-+01+May+1867-20+May+1867.1280&fn=Eliphalet%20N&ln=Potter&st=r&pid=1433813&rc=&zp=75. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; Roll: T9_929; Family History Film: 1254929; Page: 176.1000; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 0744. [S586] Genealogy & Family History of Southern NY, p. 321. Found at http://alonzopotter.com/PotterFamilyHistory.aspx. [S542] New York Times, 12 Mar 1937, p. 23.