Mary Adeline Potter (1854-1874)

 Mary Adeline Potter (1854-1874)

LDS Pioneer

Vital Stats

 * Daughter of Arnold Potter (1804-1872) and Elizabeth Ann Birch (1824-1899) a Welsh Immigrant
 * 1854-Sep-07 : Birth at the newly formed LDS Colony in San Bernardino, California.
 * 1870-Apr-11 : Marriage (age 16) to Welcome Chapman (1849-1900) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah Territory, USA
 * 1874-Mar-07 : Died in Murray, Salt Lake Co, Utah Territy - buried in Salt Lake City.

Biography
A detail history of Welcome Chapman and his wife is found in his daughter biographical book, see below.

Welcome's first wife, Mary Adeline, married Welcome at the LDS Endowment House in Salt Lake City. The moved to Widently, near Park City Ut. Sadly, she died at age 20 just one week after the birth of their second child. Mary was the first anglo child born in the LDS Colony in San Bernardino, California.

Welcome married two more times afterwards and moved his family to Arizona.

Welcome made a living as a stonecutter, seller of Nevada Silver Tableware, eyeglass maker, photographer and farmer. He died at age 51, probably from Walking Typhoid Fever.

Children of Welcome Chapman and Mary Potter

 * 1) Mary Ann Chapman (1872-1973) - died age 101, m. James Moroni Richey
 * 2) Elizabeth Amelia Chapman (1874-1962) - m. Charles Douglas