Mary Louise (McNutt) Potter
Mary was on Cremated at Cypress Lawn Memorial & her ashes were then shipped to Colorado where they were interred in the Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
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Information was given to me that Mary Potter (Mrs. Ashton Potter) is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park at Colma
San Mateo County, California.
However, these newspaper articles state her ashes are buried at Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
It appears that Mary's ashes are buried in both locations since one article below states: "Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery."
MRS. ASHTON POTTER DIES
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ashton Potter in California. Mrs. Potter has been a well known summer resident of Aspen for the last thirty years, and is the aunt of Aspen's D. R. C. Brown. Although funeral services are being held in San Francisco, Mrs. Potter expressed a wish that she be buried in Red Butte Cemetery here. Services and interment here will take place Monday.
Aspen Daily Times
February 13, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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FUNERAL DELAYED
The funeral services and interment of Mrs. Ashton Potter, planned for last Monday, have been postponed, pending the arrival of the small urn which contains the ashes. Mrs. Potter requested that her final resting place be Red Butte Cemetery.
Aspen Daily Times
February 20, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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SIMPLE SERVICES FOR MRS. ASHTON POTTER
Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery last Saturday afternoon as the Reverend Minar Gerrard read a simple service and the ashes of Mrs. Ashton Potter were placed in their final resting place. Mrs. Potter, who was well known and liked in Aspen, was much admired in California for her many acts of charity and her interest in the arts and public welfare. She was very active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her patronage helped many worthy institutions and had given aid to such musical organizations as the San Francisco String Quartet, the San Francisco Opera Association, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Aspen Daily Times
February 27, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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California Death Records:
NAME: POTTER, MARY LOUISE
Born: 07/13/1872
Birthplace: CALIFORNIA
Mother's maiden name: COON
Father's name: MCNUTT
Died: 02/08/1947
Death location: SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF
Age: 74 yrs
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W. F. Mc Nutt in the 1880 United States Federal Census
1880 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
June 7, 1880
W. F. McNutt,39, physician,Nova Scotia
Mary McNutt, wife, 28, NY
Mary L. McNutt, daugh, 8, CA
Max McNutt, son, 6, CA
William F. McNutt, son, 4, CA
Ruth Matt McNutt,daugh,6m, b. Dec. 1879,CA
One cook
Two servants
One coachman
One boarder
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Mary McNutt Potter's Engagement
"Mary McNutt's engagement to Ashton Potter has not yet outgrown the nine day's wonder accorded to these affairs of the heart. Though her engagement is the last one announced, she will be married before the other girls. The wedding will be celebrated in Manila, where Lieutenant Potter is stationed. Mrs. McNutt, Miss Ruth, McNutt, Genevieve Goad-Martin, and Frank Goad will accompany her and complete the bridal party.
Society feels rather aggrieved at not being able to lorgnette at Mary McNutt in bridal array. She has the air and carriage to sweep up a church aisle after the fashion of brides in books, which is quite unlike the usual halting, self-conscious bride who drags her yards of train as awkwardly as the small girl playing lady for the first time.
Mary McNutt always stands out in stately elegance on a ballroom floor. Her figure is perfectly molded and she has the poise of manner that goes with it."
San Francisco Call newspaper
San Francisco, California
November 11, 1900
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt (an assistant district attorney) began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909.
She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year. The decree was not recorded, however, until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of it's being recorded before the judge may sign; the final decree.
Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the grounds of desertion and was granted custody of her 6-year-old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
Volume 107, Number 134
13 April 1910
Parents:Mary is the daughter of Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and his wife, Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt, of San Francisco.
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Ashton Howard Potter married Grace (Goodyear) Depew the day after his above divorce from Mary.
Grace had first married Ganson Depew on November 15, 1894. She was the daughter of Frank Henry Goodyear and Josephine (Looney) Goodyear of Buffalo. Ganson and Grace had a son, Ganson Goodyear Depew and daughter, Lucia Depew.
Ganson and Grace divorced in early 1909 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in Colorado Springs, according to an account in the New York Times. His son was 13 and daughter was eight years old at the time. Custody of the kids went to each parent for six months, alternately.
Depew later remarried and was survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Gorton Depew, and his daughter, Lucia Depew Parkinson.
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DIVORCE FROM CAPT. ASHTON POTTER:
POTTER WEDS MRS. DEPEW; Ceremony Delayed Until Captain's Decree of Divorce Was Signed
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 13, 1914
After a delay of forty-eight hours, due to legal complications, Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Capt. Ashton Howard Potter were married at the bride's residence here tonight. The wedding was set for Monday night, but it was discovered that, through a delay in the California courts, the final decree of divorce permitting Capt. Potter to wed again had not been signed. The decree was signed today.
Mrs. Potter, a daughter of Robert Goodyear of Buffalo, was formerly the wife of G. Anson Depew, nephew of Senator Depew of New York, from whom she was divorced in January 1909.
Capt. Potter is a nephew of the late Bishop Potter, and on April 10, 1909, was divorced from his former wife, who was Miss Mary Louise McNutt of San Francisco.
Capt. and Mrs. Potter left immediately after the ceremony for New York.
Published in The New York Times
April 14, 1910
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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POTTER TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE TODAY
Nephew of New York Bishop and Mrs. Grace Depew to Be Married This Evening
COLORADO SPRINGS, April 12.— After “waiting at the church,” figuratively, for 36 hours for the bridegroom’s divorce decree to be signed in San Francisco, it was announced tonight that Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Captain Ashton Potter will be married tomorrow, by which time it is expected the California courts will have formally declared Captain Potter free to wed.
The wedding had been fixed for yesterday, under the supposition that on that day 12 months would have elapsed since Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce in the San Francisco courts and that the final decree would be signed in accordance with the California statutes, which declare a final decree of divorce shall not be issued inside 12 months after the granting of the preliminary.
Both Mrs. Depew and Captain Potter are divorcees, Mrs. Depew having secured a divorce from her husband, Ganson Depew of Buffalo, N. Y., in January, 1909.
Mrs. Depew is the daughter of the late Robert Goodyear, a millionaire manufacturer and railroad magnate of Buffalo. Her former husband is a nephew of former Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York.
Captain Potter is the nephew of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. His former wife was Miss Mary Louise McNutt, daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt, prominent in San Francisco society.
Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce from her husband in San Francisco April 11, 1909.
Desertion Gained Divorce:
Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt, an assistant district attorney, began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909. She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year.
The decree was not recorded, however until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of its being recorded before the judge may sign the final decree. Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the ground of desertion and was granted custody of her 6 year old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
April 13, 1910
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The New York Times
Wednesday, April 6, 1904
Page: Page 2
Bishop Potter's Nephew Leaves Army.
WASHINGTON. April 5 , 1904
The President has accepted the resignation of First Lieut. Ashton H. Potter, Twelfth Cavalry, and First Lieut. William M. True, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Lieut. Potter is a nephew of Bishop D. Potter of New York.
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1900
1900 Military and Naval population:
In the field, Philippine Islands
Troop K
4th CAV
June 30, 1900
Enumerated by Capt. Harry C. Benson.
List of names includes:
Ashton H. Potter, 2nd Lieutenant
Res: New York, New York
Street & Number: 37th, E. 37th St.
Born Dec. 25, 1872, New York
Both parents born New York.
Age 27
Single
Can read, write, & speak English.
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1910 Living with her parents (Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt):
1910 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Wm: physician & surgeon, private hospital.
1st marriage for Wm & Mary.
Married 38 years.
All 4 of their children still living.
Marie Potter:divorced; had 1 child.
William F. McNutt, head, 71, CAN
Mary L. McNutt, wife, 58, NY
Mamie Potter, daughter, 39, divorced, CA
Mamie L. Potter, gr-daughter, 8, CA
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1920
1920 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Potter: father born in Nova Scotia and her mother was born in New York.
Daughter Marie: father was born in New York.
Mary L. Potter, head, 40, wid, CA
Marie L. Potter,daughter,18, s, CA
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AFTERNOON TEA
Mrs. D. R.C. Brown was hostess Monday afternoon at a delightful social tea given in honor of her sister, Mrs. Ashton Potter, recently returned from China, and also for Mrs. Meyer Moss of Canada, youngest sister of Mr. Brown, who is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Brown was charmingly assisted by her little daughter, Ruth and niece, Miss Potter.
Aspen Daily Times
August 3, 1928
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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CAPT. POTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS MOUNTAIN CABIN
Colorado Springs, Aug. 7
Ashton Potter, formerly a captain of cavalry in the U. S. Army, club member, and society leader, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the Potter cabin on the slope of Cheyenne mountain just above his palatial Broadmoor home, of heart disease and gastritis.
Aspen Democrat-Times
August 7, 1914
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary was on Cremated at Cypress Lawn Memorial & her ashes were then shipped to Colorado where they were interred in the Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
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Information was given to me that Mary Potter (Mrs. Ashton Potter) is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park at Colma
San Mateo County, California.
However, these newspaper articles state her ashes are buried at Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
It appears that Mary's ashes are buried in both locations since one article below states: "Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery."
MRS. ASHTON POTTER DIES
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ashton Potter in California. Mrs. Potter has been a well known summer resident of Aspen for the last thirty years, and is the aunt of Aspen's D. R. C. Brown. Although funeral services are being held in San Francisco, Mrs. Potter expressed a wish that she be buried in Red Butte Cemetery here. Services and interment here will take place Monday.
Aspen Daily Times
February 13, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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FUNERAL DELAYED
The funeral services and interment of Mrs. Ashton Potter, planned for last Monday, have been postponed, pending the arrival of the small urn which contains the ashes. Mrs. Potter requested that her final resting place be Red Butte Cemetery.
Aspen Daily Times
February 20, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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SIMPLE SERVICES FOR MRS. ASHTON POTTER
Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery last Saturday afternoon as the Reverend Minar Gerrard read a simple service and the ashes of Mrs. Ashton Potter were placed in their final resting place. Mrs. Potter, who was well known and liked in Aspen, was much admired in California for her many acts of charity and her interest in the arts and public welfare. She was very active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her patronage helped many worthy institutions and had given aid to such musical organizations as the San Francisco String Quartet, the San Francisco Opera Association, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Aspen Daily Times
February 27, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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California Death Records:
NAME: POTTER, MARY LOUISE
Born: 07/13/1872
Birthplace: CALIFORNIA
Mother's maiden name: COON
Father's name: MCNUTT
Died: 02/08/1947
Death location: SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF
Age: 74 yrs
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W. F. Mc Nutt in the 1880 United States Federal Census
1880 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
June 7, 1880
W. F. McNutt,39, physician,Nova Scotia
Mary McNutt, wife, 28, NY
Mary L. McNutt, daugh, 8, CA
Max McNutt, son, 6, CA
William F. McNutt, son, 4, CA
Ruth Matt McNutt,daugh,6m, b. Dec. 1879,CA
One cook
Two servants
One coachman
One boarder
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Mary McNutt Potter's Engagement
"Mary McNutt's engagement to Ashton Potter has not yet outgrown the nine day's wonder accorded to these affairs of the heart. Though her engagement is the last one announced, she will be married before the other girls. The wedding will be celebrated in Manila, where Lieutenant Potter is stationed. Mrs. McNutt, Miss Ruth, McNutt, Genevieve Goad-Martin, and Frank Goad will accompany her and complete the bridal party.
Society feels rather aggrieved at not being able to lorgnette at Mary McNutt in bridal array. She has the air and carriage to sweep up a church aisle after the fashion of brides in books, which is quite unlike the usual halting, self-conscious bride who drags her yards of train as awkwardly as the small girl playing lady for the first time.
Mary McNutt always stands out in stately elegance on a ballroom floor. Her figure is perfectly molded and she has the poise of manner that goes with it."
San Francisco Call newspaper
San Francisco, California
November 11, 1900
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt (an assistant district attorney) began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909.
She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year. The decree was not recorded, however, until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of it's being recorded before the judge may sign; the final decree.
Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the grounds of desertion and was granted custody of her 6-year-old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
Volume 107, Number 134
13 April 1910
Parents:Mary is the daughter of Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and his wife, Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt, of San Francisco.
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Ashton Howard Potter married Grace (Goodyear) Depew the day after his above divorce from Mary.
Grace had first married Ganson Depew on November 15, 1894. She was the daughter of Frank Henry Goodyear and Josephine (Looney) Goodyear of Buffalo. Ganson and Grace had a son, Ganson Goodyear Depew and daughter, Lucia Depew.
Ganson and Grace divorced in early 1909 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in Colorado Springs, according to an account in the New York Times. His son was 13 and daughter was eight years old at the time. Custody of the kids went to each parent for six months, alternately.
Depew later remarried and was survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Gorton Depew, and his daughter, Lucia Depew Parkinson.
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DIVORCE FROM CAPT. ASHTON POTTER:
POTTER WEDS MRS. DEPEW; Ceremony Delayed Until Captain's Decree of Divorce Was Signed
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 13, 1914
After a delay of forty-eight hours, due to legal complications, Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Capt. Ashton Howard Potter were married at the bride's residence here tonight. The wedding was set for Monday night, but it was discovered that, through a delay in the California courts, the final decree of divorce permitting Capt. Potter to wed again had not been signed. The decree was signed today.
Mrs. Potter, a daughter of Robert Goodyear of Buffalo, was formerly the wife of G. Anson Depew, nephew of Senator Depew of New York, from whom she was divorced in January 1909.
Capt. Potter is a nephew of the late Bishop Potter, and on April 10, 1909, was divorced from his former wife, who was Miss Mary Louise McNutt of San Francisco.
Capt. and Mrs. Potter left immediately after the ceremony for New York.
Published in The New York Times
April 14, 1910
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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POTTER TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE TODAY
Nephew of New York Bishop and Mrs. Grace Depew to Be Married This Evening
COLORADO SPRINGS, April 12.— After “waiting at the church,” figuratively, for 36 hours for the bridegroom’s divorce decree to be signed in San Francisco, it was announced tonight that Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Captain Ashton Potter will be married tomorrow, by which time it is expected the California courts will have formally declared Captain Potter free to wed.
The wedding had been fixed for yesterday, under the supposition that on that day 12 months would have elapsed since Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce in the San Francisco courts and that the final decree would be signed in accordance with the California statutes, which declare a final decree of divorce shall not be issued inside 12 months after the granting of the preliminary.
Both Mrs. Depew and Captain Potter are divorcees, Mrs. Depew having secured a divorce from her husband, Ganson Depew of Buffalo, N. Y., in January, 1909.
Mrs. Depew is the daughter of the late Robert Goodyear, a millionaire manufacturer and railroad magnate of Buffalo. Her former husband is a nephew of former Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York.
Captain Potter is the nephew of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. His former wife was Miss Mary Louise McNutt, daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt, prominent in San Francisco society.
Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce from her husband in San Francisco April 11, 1909.
Desertion Gained Divorce:
Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt, an assistant district attorney, began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909. She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year.
The decree was not recorded, however until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of its being recorded before the judge may sign the final decree. Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the ground of desertion and was granted custody of her 6 year old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
April 13, 1910
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The New York Times
Wednesday, April 6, 1904
Page: Page 2
Bishop Potter's Nephew Leaves Army.
WASHINGTON. April 5 , 1904
The President has accepted the resignation of First Lieut. Ashton H. Potter, Twelfth Cavalry, and First Lieut. William M. True, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Lieut. Potter is a nephew of Bishop D. Potter of New York.
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1900
1900 Military and Naval population:
In the field, Philippine Islands
Troop K
4th CAV
June 30, 1900
Enumerated by Capt. Harry C. Benson.
List of names includes:
Ashton H. Potter, 2nd Lieutenant
Res: New York, New York
Street & Number: 37th, E. 37th St.
Born Dec. 25, 1872, New York
Both parents born New York.
Age 27
Single
Can read, write, & speak English.
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1910 Living with her parents (Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt):
1910 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Wm: physician & surgeon, private hospital.
1st marriage for Wm & Mary.
Married 38 years.
All 4 of their children still living.
Marie Potter:divorced; had 1 child.
William F. McNutt, head, 71, CAN
Mary L. McNutt, wife, 58, NY
Mamie Potter, daughter, 39, divorced, CA
Mamie L. Potter, gr-daughter, 8, CA
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1920
1920 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Potter: father born in Nova Scotia and her mother was born in New York.
Daughter Marie: father was born in New York.
Mary L. Potter, head, 40, wid, CA
Marie L. Potter,daughter,18, s, CA
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AFTERNOON TEA
Mrs. D. R.C. Brown was hostess Monday afternoon at a delightful social tea given in honor of her sister, Mrs. Ashton Potter, recently returned from China, and also for Mrs. Meyer Moss of Canada, youngest sister of Mr. Brown, who is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Brown was charmingly assisted by her little daughter, Ruth and niece, Miss Potter.
Aspen Daily Times
August 3, 1928
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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CAPT. POTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS MOUNTAIN CABIN
Colorado Springs, Aug. 7
Ashton Potter, formerly a captain of cavalry in the U. S. Army, club member, and society leader, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the Potter cabin on the slope of Cheyenne mountain just above his palatial Broadmoor home, of heart disease and gastritis.
Aspen Democrat-Times
August 7, 1914
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary Louise (McNutt) Potter
Mary was on Cremated at Cypress Lawn Memorial & her ashes were then shipped to Colorado where they were interred in the Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
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Information was given to me that Mary Potter (Mrs. Ashton Potter) is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park at Colma
San Mateo County, California.
However, these newspaper articles state her ashes are buried at Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
It appears that Mary's ashes are buried in both locations since one article below states: "Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery."
MRS. ASHTON POTTER DIES
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ashton Potter in California. Mrs. Potter has been a well known summer resident of Aspen for the last thirty years, and is the aunt of Aspen's D. R. C. Brown. Although funeral services are being held in San Francisco, Mrs. Potter expressed a wish that she be buried in Red Butte Cemetery here. Services and interment here will take place Monday.
Aspen Daily Times
February 13, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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FUNERAL DELAYED
The funeral services and interment of Mrs. Ashton Potter, planned for last Monday, have been postponed, pending the arrival of the small urn which contains the ashes. Mrs. Potter requested that her final resting place be Red Butte Cemetery.
Aspen Daily Times
February 20, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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SIMPLE SERVICES FOR MRS. ASHTON POTTER
Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery last Saturday afternoon as the Reverend Minar Gerrard read a simple service and the ashes of Mrs. Ashton Potter were placed in their final resting place. Mrs. Potter, who was well known and liked in Aspen, was much admired in California for her many acts of charity and her interest in the arts and public welfare. She was very active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her patronage helped many worthy institutions and had given aid to such musical organizations as the San Francisco String Quartet, the San Francisco Opera Association, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Aspen Daily Times
February 27, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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California Death Records:
NAME: POTTER, MARY LOUISE
Born: 07/13/1872
Birthplace: CALIFORNIA
Mother's maiden name: COON
Father's name: MCNUTT
Died: 02/08/1947
Death location: SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF
Age: 74 yrs
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W. F. Mc Nutt in the 1880 United States Federal Census
1880 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
June 7, 1880
W. F. McNutt,39, physician,Nova Scotia
Mary McNutt, wife, 28, NY
Mary L. McNutt, daugh, 8, CA
Max McNutt, son, 6, CA
William F. McNutt, son, 4, CA
Ruth Matt McNutt,daugh,6m, b. Dec. 1879,CA
One cook
Two servants
One coachman
One boarder
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Mary McNutt Potter's Engagement
"Mary McNutt's engagement to Ashton Potter has not yet outgrown the nine day's wonder accorded to these affairs of the heart. Though her engagement is the last one announced, she will be married before the other girls. The wedding will be celebrated in Manila, where Lieutenant Potter is stationed. Mrs. McNutt, Miss Ruth, McNutt, Genevieve Goad-Martin, and Frank Goad will accompany her and complete the bridal party.
Society feels rather aggrieved at not being able to lorgnette at Mary McNutt in bridal array. She has the air and carriage to sweep up a church aisle after the fashion of brides in books, which is quite unlike the usual halting, self-conscious bride who drags her yards of train as awkwardly as the small girl playing lady for the first time.
Mary McNutt always stands out in stately elegance on a ballroom floor. Her figure is perfectly molded and she has the poise of manner that goes with it."
San Francisco Call newspaper
San Francisco, California
November 11, 1900
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt (an assistant district attorney) began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909.
She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year. The decree was not recorded, however, until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of it's being recorded before the judge may sign; the final decree.
Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the grounds of desertion and was granted custody of her 6-year-old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
Volume 107, Number 134
13 April 1910
Parents:Mary is the daughter of Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and his wife, Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt, of San Francisco.
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Ashton Howard Potter married Grace (Goodyear) Depew the day after his above divorce from Mary.
Grace had first married Ganson Depew on November 15, 1894. She was the daughter of Frank Henry Goodyear and Josephine (Looney) Goodyear of Buffalo. Ganson and Grace had a son, Ganson Goodyear Depew and daughter, Lucia Depew.
Ganson and Grace divorced in early 1909 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in Colorado Springs, according to an account in the New York Times. His son was 13 and daughter was eight years old at the time. Custody of the kids went to each parent for six months, alternately.
Depew later remarried and was survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Gorton Depew, and his daughter, Lucia Depew Parkinson.
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DIVORCE FROM CAPT. ASHTON POTTER:
POTTER WEDS MRS. DEPEW; Ceremony Delayed Until Captain's Decree of Divorce Was Signed
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 13, 1914
After a delay of forty-eight hours, due to legal complications, Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Capt. Ashton Howard Potter were married at the bride's residence here tonight. The wedding was set for Monday night, but it was discovered that, through a delay in the California courts, the final decree of divorce permitting Capt. Potter to wed again had not been signed. The decree was signed today.
Mrs. Potter, a daughter of Robert Goodyear of Buffalo, was formerly the wife of G. Anson Depew, nephew of Senator Depew of New York, from whom she was divorced in January 1909.
Capt. Potter is a nephew of the late Bishop Potter, and on April 10, 1909, was divorced from his former wife, who was Miss Mary Louise McNutt of San Francisco.
Capt. and Mrs. Potter left immediately after the ceremony for New York.
Published in The New York Times
April 14, 1910
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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POTTER TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE TODAY
Nephew of New York Bishop and Mrs. Grace Depew to Be Married This Evening
COLORADO SPRINGS, April 12.— After “waiting at the church,” figuratively, for 36 hours for the bridegroom’s divorce decree to be signed in San Francisco, it was announced tonight that Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Captain Ashton Potter will be married tomorrow, by which time it is expected the California courts will have formally declared Captain Potter free to wed.
The wedding had been fixed for yesterday, under the supposition that on that day 12 months would have elapsed since Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce in the San Francisco courts and that the final decree would be signed in accordance with the California statutes, which declare a final decree of divorce shall not be issued inside 12 months after the granting of the preliminary.
Both Mrs. Depew and Captain Potter are divorcees, Mrs. Depew having secured a divorce from her husband, Ganson Depew of Buffalo, N. Y., in January, 1909.
Mrs. Depew is the daughter of the late Robert Goodyear, a millionaire manufacturer and railroad magnate of Buffalo. Her former husband is a nephew of former Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York.
Captain Potter is the nephew of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. His former wife was Miss Mary Louise McNutt, daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt, prominent in San Francisco society.
Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce from her husband in San Francisco April 11, 1909.
Desertion Gained Divorce:
Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt, an assistant district attorney, began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909. She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year.
The decree was not recorded, however until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of its being recorded before the judge may sign the final decree. Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the ground of desertion and was granted custody of her 6 year old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
April 13, 1910
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The New York Times
Wednesday, April 6, 1904
Page: Page 2
Bishop Potter's Nephew Leaves Army.
WASHINGTON. April 5 , 1904
The President has accepted the resignation of First Lieut. Ashton H. Potter, Twelfth Cavalry, and First Lieut. William M. True, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Lieut. Potter is a nephew of Bishop D. Potter of New York.
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1900
1900 Military and Naval population:
In the field, Philippine Islands
Troop K
4th CAV
June 30, 1900
Enumerated by Capt. Harry C. Benson.
List of names includes:
Ashton H. Potter, 2nd Lieutenant
Res: New York, New York
Street & Number: 37th, E. 37th St.
Born Dec. 25, 1872, New York
Both parents born New York.
Age 27
Single
Can read, write, & speak English.
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1910 Living with her parents (Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt):
1910 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Wm: physician & surgeon, private hospital.
1st marriage for Wm & Mary.
Married 38 years.
All 4 of their children still living.
Marie Potter:divorced; had 1 child.
William F. McNutt, head, 71, CAN
Mary L. McNutt, wife, 58, NY
Mamie Potter, daughter, 39, divorced, CA
Mamie L. Potter, gr-daughter, 8, CA
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1920
1920 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Potter: father born in Nova Scotia and her mother was born in New York.
Daughter Marie: father was born in New York.
Mary L. Potter, head, 40, wid, CA
Marie L. Potter,daughter,18, s, CA
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AFTERNOON TEA
Mrs. D. R.C. Brown was hostess Monday afternoon at a delightful social tea given in honor of her sister, Mrs. Ashton Potter, recently returned from China, and also for Mrs. Meyer Moss of Canada, youngest sister of Mr. Brown, who is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Brown was charmingly assisted by her little daughter, Ruth and niece, Miss Potter.
Aspen Daily Times
August 3, 1928
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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CAPT. POTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS MOUNTAIN CABIN
Colorado Springs, Aug. 7
Ashton Potter, formerly a captain of cavalry in the U. S. Army, club member, and society leader, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the Potter cabin on the slope of Cheyenne mountain just above his palatial Broadmoor home, of heart disease and gastritis.
Aspen Democrat-Times
August 7, 1914
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary was on Cremated at Cypress Lawn Memorial & her ashes were then shipped to Colorado where they were interred in the Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
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Information was given to me that Mary Potter (Mrs. Ashton Potter) is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park at Colma
San Mateo County, California.
However, these newspaper articles state her ashes are buried at Red Butte Cemetery in Aspen.
It appears that Mary's ashes are buried in both locations since one article below states: "Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery."
MRS. ASHTON POTTER DIES
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ashton Potter in California. Mrs. Potter has been a well known summer resident of Aspen for the last thirty years, and is the aunt of Aspen's D. R. C. Brown. Although funeral services are being held in San Francisco, Mrs. Potter expressed a wish that she be buried in Red Butte Cemetery here. Services and interment here will take place Monday.
Aspen Daily Times
February 13, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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FUNERAL DELAYED
The funeral services and interment of Mrs. Ashton Potter, planned for last Monday, have been postponed, pending the arrival of the small urn which contains the ashes. Mrs. Potter requested that her final resting place be Red Butte Cemetery.
Aspen Daily Times
February 20, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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SIMPLE SERVICES FOR MRS. ASHTON POTTER
Members of the immediate family were present at Red Butte Cemetery last Saturday afternoon as the Reverend Minar Gerrard read a simple service and the ashes of Mrs. Ashton Potter were placed in their final resting place. Mrs. Potter, who was well known and liked in Aspen, was much admired in California for her many acts of charity and her interest in the arts and public welfare. She was very active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her patronage helped many worthy institutions and had given aid to such musical organizations as the San Francisco String Quartet, the San Francisco Opera Association, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Aspen Daily Times
February 27, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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California Death Records:
NAME: POTTER, MARY LOUISE
Born: 07/13/1872
Birthplace: CALIFORNIA
Mother's maiden name: COON
Father's name: MCNUTT
Died: 02/08/1947
Death location: SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF
Age: 74 yrs
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W. F. Mc Nutt in the 1880 United States Federal Census
1880 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
June 7, 1880
W. F. McNutt,39, physician,Nova Scotia
Mary McNutt, wife, 28, NY
Mary L. McNutt, daugh, 8, CA
Max McNutt, son, 6, CA
William F. McNutt, son, 4, CA
Ruth Matt McNutt,daugh,6m, b. Dec. 1879,CA
One cook
Two servants
One coachman
One boarder
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Mary McNutt Potter's Engagement
"Mary McNutt's engagement to Ashton Potter has not yet outgrown the nine day's wonder accorded to these affairs of the heart. Though her engagement is the last one announced, she will be married before the other girls. The wedding will be celebrated in Manila, where Lieutenant Potter is stationed. Mrs. McNutt, Miss Ruth, McNutt, Genevieve Goad-Martin, and Frank Goad will accompany her and complete the bridal party.
Society feels rather aggrieved at not being able to lorgnette at Mary McNutt in bridal array. She has the air and carriage to sweep up a church aisle after the fashion of brides in books, which is quite unlike the usual halting, self-conscious bride who drags her yards of train as awkwardly as the small girl playing lady for the first time.
Mary McNutt always stands out in stately elegance on a ballroom floor. Her figure is perfectly molded and she has the poise of manner that goes with it."
San Francisco Call newspaper
San Francisco, California
November 11, 1900
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt (an assistant district attorney) began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909.
She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year. The decree was not recorded, however, until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of it's being recorded before the judge may sign; the final decree.
Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the grounds of desertion and was granted custody of her 6-year-old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
Volume 107, Number 134
13 April 1910
Parents:Mary is the daughter of Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and his wife, Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt, of San Francisco.
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Ashton Howard Potter married Grace (Goodyear) Depew the day after his above divorce from Mary.
Grace had first married Ganson Depew on November 15, 1894. She was the daughter of Frank Henry Goodyear and Josephine (Looney) Goodyear of Buffalo. Ganson and Grace had a son, Ganson Goodyear Depew and daughter, Lucia Depew.
Ganson and Grace divorced in early 1909 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in Colorado Springs, according to an account in the New York Times. His son was 13 and daughter was eight years old at the time. Custody of the kids went to each parent for six months, alternately.
Depew later remarried and was survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Gorton Depew, and his daughter, Lucia Depew Parkinson.
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DIVORCE FROM CAPT. ASHTON POTTER:
POTTER WEDS MRS. DEPEW; Ceremony Delayed Until Captain's Decree of Divorce Was Signed
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 13, 1914
After a delay of forty-eight hours, due to legal complications, Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Capt. Ashton Howard Potter were married at the bride's residence here tonight. The wedding was set for Monday night, but it was discovered that, through a delay in the California courts, the final decree of divorce permitting Capt. Potter to wed again had not been signed. The decree was signed today.
Mrs. Potter, a daughter of Robert Goodyear of Buffalo, was formerly the wife of G. Anson Depew, nephew of Senator Depew of New York, from whom she was divorced in January 1909.
Capt. Potter is a nephew of the late Bishop Potter, and on April 10, 1909, was divorced from his former wife, who was Miss Mary Louise McNutt of San Francisco.
Capt. and Mrs. Potter left immediately after the ceremony for New York.
Published in The New York Times
April 14, 1910
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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POTTER TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE TODAY
Nephew of New York Bishop and Mrs. Grace Depew to Be Married This Evening
COLORADO SPRINGS, April 12.— After “waiting at the church,” figuratively, for 36 hours for the bridegroom’s divorce decree to be signed in San Francisco, it was announced tonight that Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Captain Ashton Potter will be married tomorrow, by which time it is expected the California courts will have formally declared Captain Potter free to wed.
The wedding had been fixed for yesterday, under the supposition that on that day 12 months would have elapsed since Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce in the San Francisco courts and that the final decree would be signed in accordance with the California statutes, which declare a final decree of divorce shall not be issued inside 12 months after the granting of the preliminary.
Both Mrs. Depew and Captain Potter are divorcees, Mrs. Depew having secured a divorce from her husband, Ganson Depew of Buffalo, N. Y., in January, 1909.
Mrs. Depew is the daughter of the late Robert Goodyear, a millionaire manufacturer and railroad magnate of Buffalo. Her former husband is a nephew of former Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York.
Captain Potter is the nephew of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. His former wife was Miss Mary Louise McNutt, daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt, prominent in San Francisco society.
Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary decree of divorce from her husband in San Francisco April 11, 1909.
Desertion Gained Divorce:
Mary Louise Potter, who is a daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt and sister of Maxwell McNutt, an assistant district attorney, began her suit for divorce from Ashton Howard Potter January 19, 1909. She was granted an interlocutory decree by Judge Graham April 10 of the same year.
The decree was not recorded, however until April 12, and a full year must elapse from the date of its being recorded before the judge may sign the final decree. Today is the earliest day upon which the final decree may be signed. Mrs. Potter obtained the divorce on the ground of desertion and was granted custody of her 6 year old daughter, Mary Louise Potter.
San Francisco Call
April 13, 1910
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The New York Times
Wednesday, April 6, 1904
Page: Page 2
Bishop Potter's Nephew Leaves Army.
WASHINGTON. April 5 , 1904
The President has accepted the resignation of First Lieut. Ashton H. Potter, Twelfth Cavalry, and First Lieut. William M. True, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Lieut. Potter is a nephew of Bishop D. Potter of New York.
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1900
1900 Military and Naval population:
In the field, Philippine Islands
Troop K
4th CAV
June 30, 1900
Enumerated by Capt. Harry C. Benson.
List of names includes:
Ashton H. Potter, 2nd Lieutenant
Res: New York, New York
Street & Number: 37th, E. 37th St.
Born Dec. 25, 1872, New York
Both parents born New York.
Age 27
Single
Can read, write, & speak English.
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1910 Living with her parents (Dr. William Fletcher McNutt and Mary Louise (Coon) McNutt):
1910 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Wm: physician & surgeon, private hospital.
1st marriage for Wm & Mary.
Married 38 years.
All 4 of their children still living.
Marie Potter:divorced; had 1 child.
William F. McNutt, head, 71, CAN
Mary L. McNutt, wife, 58, NY
Mamie Potter, daughter, 39, divorced, CA
Mamie L. Potter, gr-daughter, 8, CA
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1920
1920 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Potter: father born in Nova Scotia and her mother was born in New York.
Daughter Marie: father was born in New York.
Mary L. Potter, head, 40, wid, CA
Marie L. Potter,daughter,18, s, CA
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AFTERNOON TEA
Mrs. D. R.C. Brown was hostess Monday afternoon at a delightful social tea given in honor of her sister, Mrs. Ashton Potter, recently returned from China, and also for Mrs. Meyer Moss of Canada, youngest sister of Mr. Brown, who is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Brown was charmingly assisted by her little daughter, Ruth and niece, Miss Potter.
Aspen Daily Times
August 3, 1928
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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CAPT. POTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS MOUNTAIN CABIN
Colorado Springs, Aug. 7
Ashton Potter, formerly a captain of cavalry in the U. S. Army, club member, and society leader, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the Potter cabin on the slope of Cheyenne mountain just above his palatial Broadmoor home, of heart disease and gastritis.
Aspen Democrat-Times
August 7, 1914
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
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