Mrs. Mary E. Potter, widow of Benjamin C. Potter of Monmouth Beach, died on Friday, December 13th, aged sixty years. She had been an invalid a great many years. Her husband died about a month ago. Four children survive her. They are Mrs. Willard Jerolaman and Jesse Potter of North Long Branch, Mrs. Henry F. Fiere of East Orange and Mrs. Joseph Budd of Lakewood. Mrs. Potter had been a member of the Methodist church nearly all her life and she was also a member of the Rebekah Degree lodge.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Dec 25, 1901

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 - Ancestry.com

• Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 - Ancestry.com

• Interment.net - NJ ~ New Jersey Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

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