R00069Minnie B. Hall De Soto (b. Hall) (1863-1952) (also known as Minnie Hall Perry) was born and died in Denver, Colorado. Her parents were pioneers who played important roles in the growth and development of Colorado, and De Soto's early years were spent living on Salt Works Ranch in Park County, Colorado. She later authored a manuscript about her family's life on the ranch titled "Pike's Peak or Bust, the Colorado Pioneers of '58 and '59: The Story of Mary Nevin and Charles Hall." De Soto was a skilled artist, studying at the Chicago Art Institute and with the Art Students League of New York. She became interested in Christian Science in 1885 after her mother, Mary Melissa Hall, was healed by Roger Sherman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, in Chicago, Illinois. That year, De Soto and her mother had Primary class instruction with Bradford Sherman, Roger's father who was also a student of Eddy, and then completed the Normal class with Eddy in May 1886. Along with her mother and sister, Mildred Nettie Hall McQuaid who became a student of Eddy in 1887, De Soto was instrumental in the early growth of Christian Science in Denver. In August 1886 she founded the Colorado Christian Science Institute in Denver and established a Students Christian Science Association, a chartered branch of the National Christian Scientist Association.
She married William R. Perry, a politician, in Denver in 1887. Perry was not open to Christian Science, and De Soto obtained a divorce in 1894. Their daughter, Antoinette Perry, was secretary and chairman of the American Theatre Wing and is the namesake of the Broadway theatre Tony Awards. De Soto joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1896. She married Edward R. Murphy, general auditor of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, in 1910. During World War I she was involved in various charitable causes, including organizing the first Comforts Forwarding Committee in Denver in 1917 to provide meals and aid to young men coming to the city for mustering into the armed services. Her husband passed away in 1928, and she later married Emilio D. De Soto, an attorney, in 1930. De Soto was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Denver from 1897 until her passing.
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R00069Minnie B. Hall De Soto (b. Hall) (1863-1952) (also known as Minnie Hall Perry) was born and died in Denver, Colorado. Her parents were pioneers who played important roles in the growth and development of Colorado, and De Soto's early years were spent living on Salt Works Ranch in Park County, Colorado. She later authored a manuscript about her family's life on the ranch titled "Pike's Peak or Bust, the Colorado Pioneers of '58 and '59: The Story of Mary Nevin and Charles Hall." De Soto was a skilled artist, studying at the Chicago Art Institute and with the Art Students League of New York. She became interested in Christian Science in 1885 after her mother, Mary Melissa Hall, was healed by Roger Sherman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, in Chicago, Illinois. That year, De Soto and her mother had Primary class instruction with Bradford Sherman, Roger's father who was also a student of Eddy, and then completed the Normal class with Eddy in May 1886. Along with her mother and sister, Mildred Nettie Hall McQuaid who became a student of Eddy in 1887, De Soto was instrumental in the early growth of Christian Science in Denver. In August 1886 she founded the Colorado Christian Science Institute in Denver and established a Students Christian Science Association, a chartered branch of the National Christian Scientist Association.
She married William R. Perry, a politician, in Denver in 1887. Perry was not open to Christian Science, and De Soto obtained a divorce in 1894. Their daughter, Antoinette Perry, was secretary and chairman of the American Theatre Wing and is the namesake of the Broadway theatre Tony Awards. De Soto joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1896. She married Edward R. Murphy, general auditor of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, in 1910. During World War I she was involved in various charitable causes, including organizing the first Comforts Forwarding Committee in Denver in 1917 to provide meals and aid to young men coming to the city for mustering into the armed services. Her husband passed away in 1928, and she later married Emilio D. De Soto, an attorney, in 1930. De Soto was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Denver from 1897 until her passing.
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