The Cole family farm on Bean Road, Mt. Vernon. As far as I can tell (from my research) this farm was purchased by Grammie Potter's grandfather Sumner Cole, Jr. and his wife Lydia (Leighton) Cole in 1867 and they lived there for the rest of their lives (50 years). As a child Grammie lived here with her parents and grandparents, Clarence and Edith (Johnson) Cole, and after she and Grandpa were married in 1922 they lived here. This picture was taken c1920 so it looks the same as when the Potters lived there from 1922-1938. Today there is a tall hedge of mature lilacs in front of the house so you cannot really see it. The barn used to be across the road, but is no longer there. Every time we rode by this house Dad would say "I was born right in that room upstairs", indicating the window over the ell.
This picture was probably taken before 1931. I say that because Uncle Hubert is not included in the picture. Dad identified them as follows: Left to right: Buster (Lorin) Potter, cousin, Phyllis (Potter) Weston, 2 cousins, Don Potter, Ellen Potter (Uncle George's daughter), Henry. Dad said the unidentifed cousins belonged to Aunt Annie (Grandpa's sister) and they referred to them as "the rough kids".
Hubert and Don Potter with their pet goats, taken at Kents Hill after 1938.
The Potters moved from the Bean Road in Mt. Vernon to Kents Hill in 1938 so their children could get a high school education at Kents Hill School. In those days, with transportation as it was and on the heals of the depression and little money, either you moved to live near a high school, boarded your kids out so they had ready access to a high school or they went without secondary education. Today this house is owned by Kents Hill School and known as the Kent House. The Potters lived in / rented this farm until the early 1940's. At that time John Nason (g-grandfather to Mandi, Jeremy, Julie and Matthew) purchased this farm and the Potters rented "the Harvey place" near Dead Stream on route 41. That house is not longer there. They lived there, as I recall, for two years until they purchased the farm and 200 acres on Old Kents Hill Road, where Dennis Wight lives now. Read on for more about that farm...
The Cole family farm on Bean Road, Mt. Vernon. As far as I can tell (from my research) this farm was purchased by Grammie Potter's grandfather Sumner Cole, Jr. and his wife Lydia (Leighton) Cole in 1867 and they lived there for the rest of their lives (50 years). As a child Grammie lived here with her parents and grandparents, Clarence and Edith (Johnson) Cole, and after she and Grandpa were married in 1922 they lived here. This picture was taken c1920 so it looks the same as when the Potters lived there from 1922-1938. Today there is a tall hedge of mature lilacs in front of the house so you cannot really see it. The barn used to be across the road, but is no longer there. Every time we rode by this house Dad would say "I was born right in that room upstairs", indicating the window over the ell.
This picture was probably taken before 1931. I say that because Uncle Hubert is not included in the picture. Dad identified them as follows: Left to right: Buster (Lorin) Potter, cousin, Phyllis (Potter) Weston, 2 cousins, Don Potter, Ellen Potter (Uncle George's daughter), Henry. Dad said the unidentifed cousins belonged to Aunt Annie (Grandpa's sister) and they referred to them as "the rough kids".
Hubert and Don Potter with their pet goats, taken at Kents Hill after 1938.
The Potters moved from the Bean Road in Mt. Vernon to Kents Hill in 1938 so their children could get a high school education at Kents Hill School. In those days, with transportation as it was and on the heals of the depression and little money, either you moved to live near a high school, boarded your kids out so they had ready access to a high school or they went without secondary education. Today this house is owned by Kents Hill School and known as the Kent House. The Potters lived in / rented this farm until the early 1940's. At that time John Nason (g-grandfather to Mandi, Jeremy, Julie and Matthew) purchased this farm and the Potters rented "the Harvey place" near Dead Stream on route 41. That house is not longer there. They lived there, as I recall, for two years until they purchased the farm and 200 acres on Old Kents Hill Road, where Dennis Wight lives now. Read on for more about that farm...
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