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- The Alfred Sun, August 22, 1900
Reunion
A family reunion and picnic was held Aug. 15th, in the orchard of P.A> Shaw of Alfred Station, by the descendants of Elisha Potter, one of the pioneers of Steuben Co., who lived on Crosby Creek. Nearly sixty relatives were present, the youngest, an infant of two months; the oldest, Mrs. Daniel Stillman of Almond, aged 85 years, the oldest child of ?Uncle Elisha? Potter. The occasion was also the celebration of the eighty-second birthday of Mrs. Joseph Stillman of Almond, the second daughter, These two daughters with their brother, A.C. Potter of West Edmidston, are the only ones left of the family. There were present, two children, eleven grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren coming from Alfred, Almond, Andover, Hartsville, Hornellsville and South New Berlin, N.Y. After a bountiful dinner, the children gave recitations, letters were read from A.C. Potter and Mrs. Martin Sindall, music by Leloh and Lola Burdick and Mrs. Maud Prest and an address by Rev. C.E. Drake of South New Berlin. After signing ?God be with you,? the benediction was given by Rev. Mr. Drake, and the party adjourned to meet at Elisha Stillman?s, Aug. 15th, 1901.
Alfred NY Sun, August 28, 1901
At the home of Elisha P. Stillman, Monday, August 26, occurred the second annual reunion of the Potter family. This particular branch of this numerous family consisted of the descendants of the three brothers, Elisha, Edward and Perry, who at an early period settled in the town of Hartsville. The company was favored with an ideal day. Before the noon hour the lawn was filled with old and young to the number of nearly one hundred. The recounting of days of long ago by the seniors, story telling and general sociability by those of middle age interspersed by the laughter and prattle of the children was the order of the hour until the command to ?be seated? came, when all did justice to a dinner fit for a king. Brief literary exercises were then indulged in consisting of a short history of the family by the president of the day, E.P. Stillman, and recitations by some of the younger members of the company. Alanson C. Potter of West Edmeston addressed the family making many appropriate and touching remarks. His only sister, Mrs. D.P. Stillman, was the oldest one present, being in her 87th year. It was voted to hold the next reunion at the home of Asher Stillman, Aug. 26, 1902. After the merry gathering had been ?taken? several times by the camera ?fiends? they took their leave hoping that they might meet at the next reunion an unbroken number.
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