When Lafayette Lamar Potter was born on 2 November 1915, in Manila, Daggett, Utah, United States, his father, Timothy Potter, was 25 and his mother, Bertha Nelson, was 17. He lived in Washam, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States for about 10 years and Election District 3 Washam, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He died on 26 September 1942, at the age of 26, and was buried in Manila Cemetery, Manila, Daggett, Utah, United States.