When William Harrison Potter was born on 24 October 1909, in Sweetwater, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States, his father, William Hayes Potter, was 32 and his mother, Carrie Hannah Davis, was 20. He married Dora Belle Walker on 16 March 1930, in Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Jackson Township, Ozark, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 2, Gray, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 15 February 1995, in Rosston, Nevada, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Longview, Harrison, Texas, United States.