Eliza Rogers Jacob On October 8, 1857, Potter married, as his first wife, Eliza Rogers Jacob. She died on June 29, 1901. They had six children: Alonzo Potter was in the "banking and brokerage" business and the father of movie director H. C. Potter. Clara Sidney Potter married Mason Chichester Davidge and later married artist Henry Fitch Taylor. Sarah Linzee Potter married Edwin Tatham on May 16, 1916. Jane Brinsmade Potter married lawyer Charles Howland Russell. Lena Potter married textile executive Winthrop Cowdin; she hanged herself in 1906. Mary Boyer Potter married portrait painter William Henry Hyde. Potter's biographers tell little about Eliza Jacob and say nothing about how Potter felt about her. There is little information about their children in the biographies. However, from a letter written by their daughter Jane Potter Russell, "it was clear that the Potters' family life was good". The father "cared deeply for his children," his children "cared for and respected him, and "all the recollections are happy". On June 29, 1901, Eliza Rogers Jacob Potter died suddenly at home. She was survived by a son and five daughters. The funeral was at Grace Church in New York City. Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark On October 4, 1902, fifteen months after the death of his first wife, Potter married his second wife, Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark (née Elizabeth Scriven) (1848–1909). Mrs. Clark, of Manhattan and Cooperstown, New York, had been a widow for six years. She belonged to the Episcopal Church, concurred with Potter's "religious and social desires," and had helped him in his work as bishop. Both families were "cordially in favor of the wedding". By this marriage, Potter gained four stepsons: Edward Severin Clark, Robert Sterling Clark, F. Ambrose Clark, and Stephen Carlton Clark. The second Mrs. Potter died on March 4, 1909 "after a short illness," less than eight months after Potter's own death. Ministry as priest As a priest, Potter served in four parishes before becoming a bishop. Christ Church, 1857-58 When Potter went to Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1857, its population was "about thirteen hundred inhabitants". For intellectual friendship, Potter had only "a Roman Catholic lawyer who was a drunkard" and "an infidel physician who was a rake". While in Greensburg, on October 15, 1857, Potter was ordained a priest by Bp Samuel Bowman of Diocese of Pittsburgh. To fulfill his "missionary obligations," Potter conducted "occasional services in adjoining towns". He