Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-21
Tribute Of Respect.

The committee appointed at a special
meeting of Gregg Post, No 95, G. A. r.,
TO report a minute in relation TO the
death Of DR.. George l.. Potter, post sur.
geon, have prepared the following for
entry upon the minutes of the Post and
for publication, as directed
George Latimer Potter descended
from long line of worthy ancestry,
which includes Brigadier.General James
Potter OF the American army during
the Revolution was born in the month
of February, \. d. 1923, at Potters
Mills, in Centre county, Pa. His early
life was passed amid the scenes Of com.
fort and hospitable enjoyment, which
rendered the society Of Potters Mills
renowned throughout the Common &.
wealth, and equal to that of any com
munity Of its size anywhere. His early
education was pursued at home and at
the academies at Lewisburg and Mifilin.
burg. lie was graduated in his profes.
sion at "The University of Pennsylva.
MIA" in the spring of ls47. His entire
professional life was spent in Bellefonte,
except during the time he was actively
employed in the military service Of the
country, from 1851 to 1866. lie was
first appointed on the 18th of October,
1865, Surgeon of the 4jth Reg't.. Penn.
sylvania Vol, of which Col. Thomas
Welsh was Colonel, and in which there
were three and part Of fourth com.
panies from Centre county. lie served
with the regiment in Maryland and
South Carolina, and resigned at New.
port News, Va, August /, 1862, about
the time that the regiment was iucor.
porated with General Burnside's troops
from North Carolina into what WAS af.
terwards known as the Ninth Army
Corps.
lie was appointed Surgeon of the
l4Bth Regiment Penn'a Vol, Sept. II,
1862, and served with that organization,
in the First Division OF the Second
Army Corps, until the close OF the war,
when he was mustered out with the
Regiment, May 81, 1865.
lie was much of the time Chief Sur.
geon of his brigade, and being a very
skillful operator, was generally placed
upon the operating staff of the Division
during an engagement. The same genial,
kindly qualities which endeared him to
the many at home, rendered him very
popular in his profession in the army,
and not only in the Division but
throughout the Corps, and by many in
other army corps he was sought for as
a medical advisor and friend.
He returned to his home after the
close of the war, and has been engaged
in the active duties of his profession
among his old friends and neighbors
ever since. At the organization of this
Post of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie, he was very fittiDgly chosen its Post
Surgeon, which position he occupied at
the time of his death, which occurred
on Saturday evening, August 2, 1879.
The fraternity, charity and loyalty upon
which this organization is established,
found in his heart ready and prompt
response. No man in this community
more than he had large-hearted sym.
pathy with distress and sorrow wherever
he found it. Not content with the
practice OF his profession among the
poor and neglected, from whom he
cared not and did not expect remuner.
alton, he dispensed as his ability per.
mitted a genial charity in little articles
of diet, which would otherwise have
been wanting in the home Of poverty
and distress. II is, therefore, not sim
gular that his loss Is 30 sincerely mourn
ed by our entire community, and that
many rise up to bless his memory.
JANIS A. BEAVER,
AUsTIs CURTIN, Com.
CaAs. A. GLENN,