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    Potter-Phinney-Cox House at Little Falls, Edmunds

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    A house built on this site by Solomon Potter before 1861, burned on Thanksgiving morning, 1897. Capt. Smith rebuilt the dwelling, which later became the home of his daughter Sarah, her husband Herbert Phinney, and their family.

    Joanna Hobart, daughter of Isaac Jr. and Abigail (Jones) married Solomon Potter, who erected a residence on the hill beyond Hobart Stream. The house burned on Thanksgiving morning in 1897, while occupied by Captain. Edwin Smith and family. Captain Smith rebuilt the house, which was later the home of his daughter, Sarah, and her husband, Herbert Phinney, whose large family grew up there. In recent years, the dwelling has been owned and occupied by John and Joyce (Damon) Cox.

    Cox house on the site of the former dwelling built by Solomon Potter.
    Little Falls, Edmunds, in 1861; Solomon K. Potter and his wife Joanna (Hobart) built their house across the road from her father, Isaac Hobart Jr., on the south side of Hobart Stream, in this detail from the map of Washington County published by Lee and Marsh in 1861.