Hon. W. Ramsey Potts died at his home in Pottsville. He had been in ill health for some time and was stricken with paralysis three weeks ago. Deceased was a son of William B. and Jane Hughes (Downing) Potts, and was born in Orwigaburg in 1838. After the death of his father in 1855, he entered the employ of the Phila & Reading Railroad Company as clerk at Schuylkill Haven Junction. He accepted another employment in the company for a short time, when he resigned and engaged in business in Phila. The panic of 1857 closed up the business. He returned to Pottsville and began the study of law with the Hon. Robert M. Palmer, and was admitted to the bar of Schuylkill county in 1860, and at once entered upon the active practice of his profession. In 1876 he was elected to the State Legislature and served two terms. He was a First Defender.
Reading Eagle, Mar. 8, 1899
Co. B., 6th Regt. Pa. Vol.
Co. B., 27 Regt. Pa. Vol. - Civil War
Reading Eagle, Mar. 8, 1899
Co. B., 6th Regt. Pa. Vol.
Co. B., 27 Regt. Pa. Vol. - Civil War
Hon. W. Ramsey Potts died at his home in Pottsville. He had been in ill health for some time and was stricken with paralysis three weeks ago. Deceased was a son of William B. and Jane Hughes (Downing) Potts, and was born in Orwigaburg in 1838. After the death of his father in 1855, he entered the employ of the Phila & Reading Railroad Company as clerk at Schuylkill Haven Junction. He accepted another employment in the company for a short time, when he resigned and engaged in business in Phila. The panic of 1857 closed up the business. He returned to Pottsville and began the study of law with the Hon. Robert M. Palmer, and was admitted to the bar of Schuylkill county in 1860, and at once entered upon the active practice of his profession. In 1876 he was elected to the State Legislature and served two terms. He was a First Defender.
Reading Eagle, Mar. 8, 1899
Co. B., 6th Regt. Pa. Vol.
Co. B., 27 Regt. Pa. Vol. - Civil War
Reading Eagle, Mar. 8, 1899
Co. B., 6th Regt. Pa. Vol.
Co. B., 27 Regt. Pa. Vol. - Civil War
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