Thomas Franklin Poteet registered for the WWI draft on 18 Sept. 1918 in Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado. He was living in Nepesta, Pueblo Co., CO. He was m. to Bessie Rice Poteet. He is a farmer. He's described as tall, slender, with blue eyes and light hair. He confirmed that he was b. 2 Dec. 1881.
1920 U.S. Census for Pueblo Co., Colorado:
Thomas F. Poteet, 37 yrs, b. 1883 Colorado
wife Bessie Poteet, 34 yrs, b. 1886 KY
Son Franklin Poteet, 6 yrs, b. 1914 Colorado
Father William [Madison] Poteet, 75 yrs, b. 1845 MO
Mother Eliza Moore Poteet, 71 yrs, 1849 MO
Sister Fanny Poteet, 32 yrs, b. 1888 Colorado
1930 U.S. Census for Pueblo Co., CO:
Thomas F Poteet M 48 Colorado
Wife Bessie M Poteet F 44 Kentucky
Son Franklin R Poteet M 16 Colorado
Son Willis M Poteet M 6 Colorado
1940 U.S. Census for Pueblo City, Pueblo Co., CO:
Franklin Rice Poteet, 26 yrs (b. 1914 CO) and single, and is a lodger; working as an attendant at the Colorado State Hospital Annex.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. When his brother, Lt. Willis Poteet, died in a U.S. Army Air Corps plane crash in Texas, Franklin was assigned to the U.S. Naval radio station at Annapolis, Md.
Frank and Mina had the following children:
1. Kathryn Ann Poteet, b. 25 June 1941, Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado;
2. Phyllis Louise Poteet, 16 Feb. 1946, Annapolis, Anne Arundel county, MD; and
3. Virginia (Ginger) Ruth Poteet, b. 25 Mar. 1948, Laredo, Webb Co., Texas.
At the time of his death, Franklin resided in Fayette Co., Georgia. It appears that at one time he was employed by a railroad system. His brother Willis at one time was employed with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; perhaps Franklin was, too.
Thomas Franklin Poteet registered for the WWI draft on 18 Sept. 1918 in Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado. He was living in Nepesta, Pueblo Co., CO. He was m. to Bessie Rice Poteet. He is a farmer. He's described as tall, slender, with blue eyes and light hair. He confirmed that he was b. 2 Dec. 1881.
1920 U.S. Census for Pueblo Co., Colorado:
Thomas F. Poteet, 37 yrs, b. 1883 Colorado
wife Bessie Poteet, 34 yrs, b. 1886 KY
Son Franklin Poteet, 6 yrs, b. 1914 Colorado
Father William [Madison] Poteet, 75 yrs, b. 1845 MO
Mother Eliza Moore Poteet, 71 yrs, 1849 MO
Sister Fanny Poteet, 32 yrs, b. 1888 Colorado
1930 U.S. Census for Pueblo Co., CO:
Thomas F Poteet M 48 Colorado
Wife Bessie M Poteet F 44 Kentucky
Son Franklin R Poteet M 16 Colorado
Son Willis M Poteet M 6 Colorado
1940 U.S. Census for Pueblo City, Pueblo Co., CO:
Franklin Rice Poteet, 26 yrs (b. 1914 CO) and single, and is a lodger; working as an attendant at the Colorado State Hospital Annex.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. When his brother, Lt. Willis Poteet, died in a U.S. Army Air Corps plane crash in Texas, Franklin was assigned to the U.S. Naval radio station at Annapolis, Md.
Frank and Mina had the following children:
1. Kathryn Ann Poteet, b. 25 June 1941, Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado;
2. Phyllis Louise Poteet, 16 Feb. 1946, Annapolis, Anne Arundel county, MD; and
3. Virginia (Ginger) Ruth Poteet, b. 25 Mar. 1948, Laredo, Webb Co., Texas.
At the time of his death, Franklin resided in Fayette Co., Georgia. It appears that at one time he was employed by a railroad system. His brother Willis at one time was employed with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; perhaps Franklin was, too.
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