When Lillian Smith Potts was born on 12 June 1872, in Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States, her father, David Dillard Potts, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Frances Eaton, was 32. She married Archibald "Arch" Downard on 12 May 1892, in Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 4 Red Lick, Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 23 December 1942, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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English: variant of Pott , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, in the former case denoting a Pot(t)'s son, relative or servant.
Americanized form of German Botz .
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