Background
Potter, Thomas Paine was born on October 27, 1875 in Blairstown, Iowa, United States. Son of Ellis Wilson and Susannah Maria (Jackson) Potter.
Potter, Thomas Paine was born on October 27, 1875 in Blairstown, Iowa, United States. Son of Ellis Wilson and Susannah Maria (Jackson) Potter.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1905, Doctor of Divinity, 1942.
1 son, Thomas Paine, Junior Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1899. Various pastorates, 1899-1914. Field secretary Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, 1914-1916.
Pastor, 1916-1919.
With apportionment department World Service Committee, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1919-1925. Assistant editor General Minutes of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1925-1941. Secretary Statistical Office of Methodist Church, 1941-1944, Methodist.
Member King of Kings” committee.
Married Alma H. Burlingame, June 27, 1900 (died April. Married second, Gertrude May Campbell, May 3, 1916. Children: Ruth Hannah, Paul Burlingame.