Background
Potter, John Wesley was born on March 18, 1864 in Lone Tree, Iowa, United States. Son of Sidney B. and Julia E. (Park) Potter.
Potter, John Wesley was born on March 18, 1864 in Lone Tree, Iowa, United States. Son of Sidney B. and Julia E. (Park) Potter.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Iowa Wesleyan University, 1896, Doctor of Divinity, 1910.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1891. Served various pastorates in Iowa, 1887-1911, S. Dakota, 1911-1916, Indiana, 1916-1929. Pastor, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1929-1932.
Delaware to World S.S. Convention, Jerusalem, 1904, World Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, London, 1921. Member Travel Institute of Bible Research visiting Syria, Palestine and Egypt, 1931.
Married Effie McBeth, December 5, 1888. Children: Carrie Lucile (deceased), Robert Russell, Ruth.