
Potters Field Marie DeFrance
Daughter of Mary E. DeFrance (Q-26-05)
Birth: 1876
Death: 1926
Burial: 10/03/1926
"The first African-American woman in Oberlin, presumably to own her own business, DeFrance was one of six children who came to Oberlin in 1883 with their mother Mary Elizabeth DeFrance. She purchased a millinery store in 1896, 'Millinery M. DeFrance,' and operated the business for thirty-five years"