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She loved talking to me about art, its meaning and the careers of her artist friends. She wanted me to know these friends when possible - She was a vital person -

Bessie Potter Vonnoh's father was Alexander Potter whom her mother May McKenney met at a dance in [[strikethrough]] pa [[\strikethrough]]

They were married in her parents' [[strikethrough]] mother's [[/strikethrough]] home in  . A few years later the young couple went to live in Cleveland. Bessie was four years old when her father was killed in an accident while driving his horses. After this her mother and she went [[strikethrough]] home [[/strikethrough]] to live with her mother's family in Chicago. This is