E. J. Potter
Today is the birthday anniversary of E. J. Potter, the well-known Mansfield photographer, who was born in Wayne county Sept. 19, 1844. He was scarcely more than a boy when, in September, 1861, he enlisted in Co. E of the Third Ohio Volunteer cavalry, in which he served for three years and four months. He was captured and held as a prisoner of war for eleven months, having been confined in confederate prisons at Libby, Richmond, Belle Island and Andersonville. Soon after his discharge from military service he came to Mansfield and engaged in the photographic business and has been here continuously since that time with the exception of a short time spent in Indianapolis.
From The Mansfield News, Monday, September 19, 1910, Page 5