George Manuel Pottorff

1876 - 1937  (60 years)

• Name	George Manuel Pottorff
  Birth	1 Jul 1876	Davis County, IA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1937	Bloomfield, Davis, IA
  	'...was killed on his farm near Bloomfield, Wednesday afternoon, according to his son. He was crushed against his barn by a truck in which coal was being hauled...' (Partial excerpt from his death notice published in Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday, January 07, 1937 Page 11)
  Burial	Bloomfield, Davis, IA
  	Bloomfield IOOF Cemetery Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa
  Person ID	I3760	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	George Leman Pottorff,   b. 15 May 1834, Bartholomew County, IN d. 31 Jan 1908, Davis County, IA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ellen Hanshew,   b. 22 Sep 1843, Keokuk, Lee, IA d. 2 Mar 1915, Davis County, IA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jul 1876 - Davis County, IA Death - 6 Jan 1937 - Bloomfield, Davis, IA Burial - - Bloomfield, Davis, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Death Notice Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa · Thursday, January 07, 1937 Page 5
  		Death Notice Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa · Thursday, January 07, 1937 Page 11

  
  

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• Notes

  George Manuel Pottorff married Sarah A. Runkle on 1 Sep 1897 in Bloomfield, Davis Co., Ia. They were the parents of Kenneth Paul Pottorff. SPOUSE Sarah A. Runkle Pottorff Birth 12 Sep 1877 Iowa Death 27 Aug 1958 Burial Bloomfield IOOF Cemetery Lot 52, sec. 9 Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa