"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 50, No 1, p 16, Jan. 4, 1894.
At her home in Alfred Centre,N. Y., Dec. 19, 1893, of pneumonia, Mrs. Lavinia Stillman Potter, aged 83 years and 5 months.
She was the daughter of David Stillman, and was born in Petersburg, N. Y., July 19, 1810. In 1829 she was married to Mr. David Potter, whom she survived 30 years. Her only child, a daughter, died when fourteen years of age. Soon after her marriage Mrs. Potter publicly professed faith in Christ and united with the First Alfred Church, of which she remained until her death a faithful and devoted member. For the past thirty years her own feeling of loneliness has caused her heart to go out in sympathy for the poor and friendless. It is estimated that she has made and sent to the home of the friendless in New York City no less than one hundred quilts, beside many other things of usefulness and comfort. It was all working for the Lord. It is blessed to feel that after a pure and useful life God has taken one whom he loved to the heavenly home. B. C. D.
Provided by Jon Saunders

Photos by Mary Rhodes - Stillman Cemetery - Town of Alfred, NY
This cemetery is located on a hill overlooking North Main Street by State Road 244 in Alfred. The cemetery is in very poor condition.

Elvira Amanda Potter
Born: 5 Sep 1834
Place: Almond, NY
Died: 11 Jun 1848
Place: Almond, NY