 1901 - 1967 (65 years)
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| Name |
Pottenger, Francis Marion [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
29 May 1901 |
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
28 Apr 1910 |
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [4] |
| Census |
3 Jan 1920 |
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA [5] |
| Education |
1925 |
Otterbein University, Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA [6] |
| Residence |
26 Jul 1928 |
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [7] |
| Residence |
24 Oct 1938 |
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [8] |
| Died |
4 Jan 1967 |
Los Angeles County, California, USA [9, 10] |
| Buried |
Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [9] |
| Person ID |
I43930 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Father |
Pottenger, Dr. Francis Marion, b. 27 Sep 1869, Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA , d. 10 Jun 1961, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 91 years) |
| Mother |
Babbit, Adelaide Gertrude, b. 6 Aug 1871, Keeseville, Essex County, New York, USA , d. 24 Oct 1938, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
29 Aug 1900 |
Sacramento County, California, USA [3, 11, 12] |
| Divorced |
Y [12] |
| Children |
3 children |
| + | 1. Pottenger, Francis Marion Jr., b. 29 May 1901, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 4 Jan 1967, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 65 years) | | + | 2. Pottenger, Dr. Robert Thomas, b. 3 Aug 1904, Ohio, USA , d. 12 Jul 1960, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 55 years) | | + | 3. Pottenger, Adelaide Marie, b. 15 Jan 1908, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 9 Nov 1968, Hydesville, Humboldt County, California, USA (Age 60 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16083 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Saxour, Elizabeth Theresa, b. 7 Feb 1904, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA , d. 12 Dec 1965, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
1925 |
| Children |
| | 1. Pottenger, Francis Marion III, Ph.D., b. 19 Jul 1928, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 4 Jan 2023 (Age 94 years) |
| | 2. Living |
| + | 3. Pottenger, Barbara Jane, b. 31 Mar 1931, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 9 Jul 2021, Tustin, Orange County, California, USA (Age 90 years) |
| | 4. Pottenger, Samuel Sater, b. 23 Feb 1934, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 12 Dec 1958 (Age 24 years) |
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| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2023 |
| Family ID |
F16099 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Gee, Hilda Sarah, b. 5 May 1905, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA , d. 9 Feb 1996, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 90 years) |
| Married |
21 Dec 1966 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [13] |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2017 |
| Family ID |
F16094 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 29 May 1901 - Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Census - 28 Apr 1910 - Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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 | Census - 3 Jan 1920 - Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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 | Education - 1925 - Otterbein University, Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA |
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| Child - Pottenger, Francis Marion III, Ph.D. - 19 Jul 1928 - Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Residence - 26 Jul 1928 - Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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 | Child - Pottenger, Barbara Jane - 31 Mar 1931 - Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Child - Pottenger, Samuel Sater - 23 Feb 1934 - Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Residence - 24 Oct 1938 - Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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 | Married - 21 Dec 1966 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Died - 4 Jan 1967 - Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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 | Buried - - Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S740] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/ (Reliability: 2), 5 Mar 2023.
Francis M. Pottenger Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M._Pottenger_Jr.
Francis Marion Pottenger Jr. (May 29, 1901 ? January 4, 1967) was an American physician and raw food diet advocate. He was best known for his cat study that sparked interest in a diet high in raw animal products including uncooked meats and unpasteurized dairy. Pottenger was a disciple of Canadian dentist and diet food advocate Weston A. Price. The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation is named after Price and Pottenger.
Pottenger was born Francis Marion Pottenger Jr. in Monrovia, California, on May 29, 1901.[1][2] He was the son of Francis M. Pottenger Sr., the physician who co-founded the Pottenger Sanatorium and Clinic for Diseases of the Chest for treatment of tuberculosis in Monrovia, California. Pottenger was educated at Otterbein University.[2] He married Elizabeth Saxour on June 17, 1925. They had four children.[2]
In 1930, Pottenger obtained his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.[1] He completed his residency at Los Angeles County Hospital in 1930 and became a full-time assistant at the sanatorium.[2] From 1932 to 1942, he also conducted what became known as the Pottenger Cat Study.
In 1940, he bought some of the cottages from the Monrovia sanatorium and founded the Francis M Pottenger Jr. Hospital. Until closing in 1960, the 42-bed hospital specialized in treating non-tubercular diseases of the lung, especially asthma. At his hospital, he served liberal amounts of liver, butter, cream and eggs to convalescing patients.
Pottenger's cats
Pottenger used donated laboratory cats to test the potency of the adrenal extract hormones he was making. The adrenal glands of these cats were removed for the experiments. He was feeding the cats a diet consisting of raw milk, cod liver oil and cooked meat scraps.[3] When the number of donated cats exceeded the supply of food available, Pottenger began ordering raw meat scraps from a local meat packing plant, including organs, meat, and bone; and fed a separate group of cats from this supply. Within months this separate group appeared in better health than the cooked meat group.[3] Their kittens were more energetic and their post-operative death rate was lower. The results interested Pottenger and he decided to conduct a series of feeding experiments. The experiments involved approximately 900 cats over a period of 10 years, with four generations of cats being studied. Pottenger kept records for 600 cats, but 300 were not recorded.[4]
One group of cats was fed a diet of two-thirds raw meat, one-third raw milk, and cod-liver oil while the second group was fed a diet of two-thirds cooked meat, one-third raw milk, and cod-liver oil. In 1946, Pottenger reported his results that the cats fed the raw diet were healthy while the cats fed the cooked meat diet developed various health problems. Pottenger reported that the cats which were fed cooked meat and pasteurized milk suffered from impaired growth, increased birth defects and lowered fertility. He stated that their deterioration included "germ plasm injury" causing them to pass acquired anatomical defects to their offspring.[4] However, the idea of acquired characteristics has been discredited.[5]
In 1985, Pottenger's results were criticized for "lacking scientific validity".[4] William T. Jarvis and Edward Kravitz commented that Pottenger's study was "overloaded with subjective observations and generalizations that render it unscientific. His overall inference that cooking meat made it unhealthful for cats is contradicted by the fact that all commercial cat foods are cooked."[4]
At the time of Pottenger's studies the amino acid taurine had been discovered but had not yet been identified as an essential amino acid for cats.[6] Today many cats thrive on a cooked meat diet where taurine has been added after cooking. The deficient diets lacked sufficient taurine to allow the cats to properly form protein structures and resulted in the health effects observed. Pottenger himself concluded that there was likely an "as yet unidentified, heat?labile protein factor".[6] In 2014, Robert Davidson wrote that the "deficiencies Pottenger identified in cats correspond with those of a taurine deficiency and are the direct result of the lack of taurine in the feline diet".[6]
The ethics of Pottenger's studies have been questioned.[7]
Selected publications
The effect of heat-processed foods and metabolized vitamin D milk on the dentofacial structures of experimental animals, 1946
Fundamentals of Chemistry in the Laboratory, 1976 ISBN 0-673-07877-9
Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition, 1983 ISBN 0-916764-06-0[7]
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S28] The Compendium of American Genealogy, v. 1, p. 106 (Reliability: 2), 10 Feb 2023.
Pottenger, Francis Marion, b. Sater P.O., New Baltimore, O., Sept. 27, 1889. . . .
Son of Thomas Pottenger (1840-1919), farmer, m. Hannah Ellen Sater (1847-1924); issue . . . 2. Francis Marion (above); . . . .
M. Apr. 5, 1894, Carrie Burtner (Jan. 15, 1870-Nov. 8, 1898); dau. Abrahan Burtner, Germantown, O.
M. 2d, Adelaide Gertrude Babbitt, b. Keeseville, N.Y., dau. Arthur Stevens Babbitt, of Keeseville; issue (all b. Monrovia, Calif.): 1-Francis Marion, Jr., b. May 29, 1901; Otterbein Coll, 1923-24; 2-Robert Thomas, b. Aug. 3, 1904; grad. Princeton, '24; 3-Adelaide Marie, b. Jan. 15, 1908.
M 3d, Sept. 15, 1917, Caroline M. Lacy, b. Lacytown, Pa.; dau. George Lacy, of Lacytown; issue: 1-Caroline L., b. Los Angeles, Calif., July 26, 1921.
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Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S1282] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2), 14 May 2017.
The Babbit family history: 1643-1900, published 1912
972
Adelaide Babbit (Asher-Leander-James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Aug. 6, 1871.
Member of Babbitt Association.
Married Aug. 29, 1900, Francis M. Pottenger, who was born Sept. 27,
1869. Mr. and Mrs. Pottinger are proprietors of the Pottenger Sanatorium, in Monrovia, Cal., which. treats lung and throat diseases.
Children:-
Francis Marion, May 29, 1901.
Robert Thomas, Aug. 3, 1904.
Adelaide Marie, Jan. 15, 1908.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S57] 1910 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 14 May 2017.
1910 Census, enumerated 28 Apr 1910 in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Francis M Pottenger Officer M 40 Ohio
Adelaide Pottenger Wife F 38 Vermont
Francis Pottenger Son M 8 Ohio
Robert Pottenger Son M 5 Ohio
Adelaide Pottenger Daughter F 2 California
Marguerete Klaus Servant F 28 Germany
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL7-CC9 : accessed 16 May 2017), Adelaide Pottenger in household of Francis M Pottenger, Monrovia Ward 1, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 12A, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 85; FHL microfilm 1,374,098.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S999] 1920 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
1920 Census, enumerated 3 Jan 1920 at 275 S Orange Grove Ave in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Francis M Pottinger Head M 50 Ohio
Caroline L Pottinger Wife F 31 Pennsylvania
Francis M Pottinger Jr. Son M 18 California
Robert T Pottinger Son M 15 California
Martha A Locy Mother-in-law F 60 Pennsylvania
Sophie Kottkamp Maid F 28 Missouri
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH78-T9L : accessed 17 May 2017), Francis M Pottinger, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 535, sheet 2B, line 70, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 117; FHL microfilm 1,820,117.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S1104] U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
Ohio
Westerville
Otterbein University
1925
p. 60
Photo and text: Francis Marion Pottenger, Jr., A.B. "Potty"
Monrovia, Cal.
Monrovia High School
Philomathea; Sphinx; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet, '25; T. and C. Business Manager, '24; Sibyl, Business Manager, '24; Glee Club Business Manager, '25; Class Vice President, '22, Treasurer, '25; Science Club.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S823] California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, (https://familysearch.org) (Reliability: 3), 14 May 2017.
Name Christian Ch Hanson
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 26 Jul 1928
Event Place South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 57
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Birth Place Iowa
Residence Los Angeles
Father's Name Julius Hanson
Mother's Name Christian Hanson
Spouse's Name Adelaide Babbit Hanson
Spouse's Age 56
Spouse's Birth Place New York
Spouse's Residence Los Angeles
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1872
Spouse's Father's Name Asher Steven Babbitt
Spouse's Mother's Name Emmeline Elizabeth Jones
Witnesses
F.M. Pottenger Jr residing at Monrovia
A. Hinckley residing at South Pasadena
Page 124
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NL-3LP : 28 November 2014), Asher Steven Babbitt in entry for Christian Ch Hanson and Adelaide Babbit Hanson, 26 Jul 1928; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,718.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 5 Mar 2023.
Monrovia News-Post (Monrovia, California), 25 Oct 1938, Page 1
Deceased Was Former Club President
Mrs. Adelaide Gertrude Hanson, teacher in the Monrovia High school from 1890 to 1900 and president of the Monrovia Woman's club in 1908, died yesterday at her temporary residence here. Up until two months ago, she had been living in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Hanson, who was 67 years of age, was the wife of Christian H. Hanson and the mother of Dr. Robert Pottenger of San Marino, Mrs. R. P. Harville of Perris and Dr. F. M. Pottenger Jr. of Monrovia. There are 12 grandchildren.
She is also survived by a brother, William A. Babbitt of South Bend, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. M. N. Baker of Upper Montclair, N. J.
During her long residence in Monrovia, Mrs. Hanson was active in club and social life. It was in her home that Chapter M of the P. E. O. Sisterhood was founded. At the time of her death she was a member of the Friday Morning club of Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Renaker chapel.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 16 May 2017.
From Find A Grave Memorial# 116020541
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116020541
Dr Francis Marion Pottenger, Jr
Birth: May 29, 1901
Monrovia
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Death: Jan. 4, 1967
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Son of Francis Marion Pottenger Sr and Adelaide Gertrude Babbitt. Married Elisabeth Saxour on 17 Jun 1925 in Franklin County, Ohio.
After Tuberculosis eradicated Dr. F. M. Pottenger, Jr. practiced holistic medicine for children. No penicillin for the public at end of WWII. I was one of the children with Rheumatic fever that lived in the little dark green huts in 1945 for two weeks where former T.B. patients lived.He saved my life as a child.Diane L. Teague Webb
Family links:
Parents:
Francis Marion Pottenger (1869 - 1961)
Spouse:
Elizabeth T Saxour Pottenger (1904 - 1965)*
Children:
Samuel Sater Pottenger (1934 - 1958)*
Siblings:
Francis Marion Pottenger (1901 - 1967)
Robert Thomas Pottenger (1904 - 1960)*
Adelaide Marie Pottenger Harville (1908 - 1968)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Live Oak Memorial Park
Monrovia
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Created by: Tom Pottenger
Record added: Aug 25, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 116020541
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S113] California Death Index 1940-1997 (Family Search), (Family Search) (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
Name: Francis M Pottenger
Social Security #: 551104431
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 May 1901
Birth Place: California
Death Date: 4 Jan 1967
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Babbitt
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S823] California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, (https://familysearch.org) (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
Name Francis Marion Pottenger
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 29 Aug 1900
Event Place Sacramento, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 30
Birth Year (Estimated) 1870
Spouse's Name Adelaide Babbit
Spouse's Age 29
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Page 134
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLDH-K57 : 28 November 2014), Francis Marion Pottenger and Adelaide Babbit, 29 Aug 1900; citing Sacramento, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,302,106.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
From Find A Grave Memorial# 7934971
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7934971
Dr Francis Marion Pottenger
Birth: Sep. 27, 1869
Crosby Township
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Death: Jun. 10, 1961
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
?Francis Marion Pottenger married (firstly) Carrie Burtner on 05 Apr 1894, probably in Ohio. She died 08 Nov 1898 in Montgomery County, Ohio from tuberculosis. He married (secondly) Adelaide Gertrude Babbitt on 29 Aug 1900 in Sacramento, California, whom he later divorced. He married (thirdly) Caroline Margaret Lacy on 15 Sep 1917 in Los Angeles County, California.
? He had three children with second wife Adelaide: Francis Marion P. Jr,; Robert Thomas P.; and Adelaide Marie Pottenger who married Ronald Patrick Harville. He had one child with Caroline, Caroline L Pottenger.
? Dr. Francis Marion Pottenger was the founder of the Pottenger Sanitarium in Monrovia, California, a tuberculosis hospital quite possibly motivated by the death of his first wife Carrie. He traveled the world lecturing on the treatment of tuberculosis.?
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Pottenger (1840 - 1919)
Hannah Ellen Sater Pottenger (1847 - 1924)
Spouses:
Carrie Burtner Pottenger (1870 - 1898)
Caroline Margaret Lacy Pottenger (1887 - 1966)
Children:
Francis Marion Pottenger (1901 - 1967)*
Robert Thomas Pottenger (1904 - 1960)*
Adelaide Marie Pottenger Harville (1908 - 1968)*
Siblings:
Milton Spencer Pottenger (1868 - 1936)*
Francis Marion Pottenger (1869 - 1961)
Nellie Maude Pottenger Fouts (1873 - 1908)*
Eliza M Pottenger Scheering (1874 - 1954)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum
Altadena
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Mountain Vineyard
Created by: Shiver
Record added: Sep 29, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7934971
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S98] California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2017.
Name: Francis M Pottenger
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1901
Age: 65
Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1966
Marriage Place: Los Angeles City, California, USA
Spouse Name: Hilda G Gee
Spouse Age: 61
Researched by Ted Smith
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