The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-03-08

within couple of weeks. The good
lady has not been in robust health for
several years, though she had borne up
nobly and had refused to acknowledge
the inroads of disease, and it is thought
that her death was due to her continu-
ed illness rather than to the injury she
sustained. To the people of Lancaster
and Garrard county it is unnecessary to
eulogize Mrs. Potts, we all knew and
loyed her well, knew her splendid at
tainments and her lovely character, but
the following article taken from the
Lexington Leader is absolutely correct
and shows in what high esteem she was
held in the home of her adoption
Mrs. Potts was the daughter of
George w. Dunlap and Mamie E
Jennings, and was born at Lancaster,
KY, April IA, 1910. Her father was
: man of distinguished career as law
yer, statesman and citizen, and her
mother, being also of the finest an
cestry, was one of the most brilliant
women of her day, a leader in good
work and progressive movements.
From them Mrs. Potts inherited many
of the wonderful qualities which made
her take so important a place in the
different communities in which she
has lived. Her supreme talent was
literary, as she had written both prose
and poetry which were accepted by
newspapers and magazines before she
was fifteen yeats of age But she was
also an accomplished musician, a
| journalist and business woman, yer
satile and capable. AS home-maker
she was Incompatible, the leader and
inspiration among her people and the
light of the household where she has
lived for many years with her sister,
Mrs. George Denny and family, Mrs
Denny has been for a long while a
helpless invalid and the devotion of
the two sisters was beautiful part of
the life of each.
The shock is especially great, as
Mrs. Denny had been hearing such
favorable reports from her sister and
was looking forward with joy to hav-
ing her at home again in two weeks.
In her youth Mrs. Potts was a belle
admired for her beauty, wit and brilli-
ancy. On September 2, 1861, she was
married to Surgeon Major Richard
Potts, an officer in the United States
Army, and then in the Civil War on the
Confederate side, who was from one
of the foremost families of Frederick,
Maryland. With him she lived during
the war in several cities, Memphis,
Tennessee: Jackson, Mississippi; Ma
con Georgia; Mobile and Montgomery,
Alabama. Her children, Minnie, Clyde
Potts, who died when a year old, and
George Dunlap Potts, the only son.
whose death occurring the 10th of Au-
gust, 1908, brought her such great sor-
row, were born in Montgomery. She
leaves a grandson, George Murdoch
Potts, who lives in Cincinnati, and be-
sides her sister, Mrs. Denny, two bro
theirs, Hon. Woodford G. Dunlap of
this city and Rev. George w. Dunlap
of Las Animas, Colorado. Miss Massey
L. Denny, Miss Eugenia, Denny, her
namesake, and Mrs. Clarence William
son are her nieces.
Being left widow, after few years
of married life, Mrs. Potts with her in
FAINT son returned to Lancaster, where
her literary work began. She first
published the Song of Lancaster" a
history of her town and county, so
cleverly constructed in the style of
Longfellow' Hiawatha that she receiv-
ed letter of praise from Longfellow.
Of late years Idle Hour Stories and
"Stories for Children" have been pop
ular books written by Mrs. Potts, and
at the time of her death she was about
to finish what she considered her best
effort, volume entitled "a Kentucky
Girl in Dixie.
Her remains accompanied by her sor
rowing friends and relatives were
brought to Danville Saturday, anC
thence here by hearse, and after the
beautiful and impressive Episcopa
burial ceremony said by Dean Capers
of Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington,
were placed at rest in the Dunlap LOT
at the Lancaster cemetery.