Born 19 June
1858 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Died 17
November 1939 at Manhattan, New York County, New York
Kate was the
first of three children born to John Wayne Champlin and Ellen More Champlin. She was raised at Grand Rapids where her
father was an attorney. Kate graduated in 1876 from St. Agnes Episcopal School
at Albany, New York winning a scholarship prize for astronomy. She then
attended Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois where she pioneered a new painting
style on china. Kate married to William Matthews Butts in October 1883. She
attended the first John More Association reunion in 1890. A Doulton chocolate
china set painted by Kate was exhibited at the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893.
Kate and William relocated to Cleveland, Ohio about 1906 where her husband was
engaged as a general agent with an insurance company. Sometime after 1930 they
relocated to Manhattan, New York where Kate died at her home on East 56th
Street after a long illness. Her remains were cremated at Fresh Pond
Crematorium, Middle Village, New York. The disposition of her cremains
is unknown. Kate and William were the parents of two children, John Champlin
Butts and Delight Boise Butts. She is John More Association James line cousin
#6221 and my third cousin three times removed.
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