Frances Folsom was born in Buffalo, New York, only surviving child of Emma C. Harmon and Oscar Folsomwho became a law partner of Cleveland's. As a devoted family friend Cleveland bought "Frank" her first baby carriage. Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom, wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, "First Lady Biography: Frances Cleveland", "Where Princeton Buries Its Departed VIPs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frances_Cleveland&oldid=1152644432, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 13:27. Her only sister, Nellie Augusta, died in infancy in 1872. Birthdate: September 14, 1874. Esther Cleveland, 1893-1980. [1]:140 She was the first child of Emma (ne Harmon) and Oscar Folsom. When Folsom was killed in a carriage accident, Cleveland became the administrator of his estate and the ward of then 12-year old Frances, devoting himself to the welfare of the girl and her mother. If so, login to add it. If it takes the entire army and navy of the United States to deliver a post card in Chicago, he thundered, that card will be delivered. 150,000 railroad workers across the country supported the Pullman Strike. Clevelands campaign, knowing there was no refuting the allegations, was almost blas in admitting that yes, Cleveland and Halpin had been illicitly acquainted. At the time, the campaign provided this rationale: Cleveland was a bachelor, and Halpin had been rather free with her affections, including with some of Clevelands friendsprominent Buffalo businessmen all. James E is 29 degrees from Pope Saint John Paul II Wojtyla, 19 degrees from Pope Urban VIII Barberini, 20 degrees from Pope Alexander VI Borgia, 42 degrees from Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti, 31 degrees from Pope John XI di Roma, 30 degrees from Pope Victor II Dollnstein-Hirschberg, 28 degrees from Pope St Leo IX Egisheim, 19 degrees from Pope Leo X Medici, 23 degrees from Blessed Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi, 24 degrees from Pope Benedict XIII Orsini, 23 degrees from Pope Pius II Piccolomini and 20 degrees from Fiona McMichael on our single family tree. President Cleveland had been secretly courting Frances "Frank" Folsom, the daughter of Oscar Folsom, his late law partner. Shortly after Oscars birth, Maria began drinking heavily, and Grover Cleveland had Maria committed to an asylum for the sake of the child. Oscar was born one year before Cleveland would become the administrator of Folsom's estate and provide for Frances. | Gardens and Grounds of the President's House, Explore Life & Work in the Executive Mansion. Hi Ed, can I get on the trusted list for Cleveland's children. [3]:258, Frances supported Franklin D. Roosevelt as president in the 1930s and 1940s,[9]:451 and she admired his wife Eleanor Roosevelt,[9]:473 though she declined to vote for Roosevelt in 1940 due to her first husband's opposition to a third term. [9]:265 One rumor suggested that Grover was abusive toward Frances.
