Born in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Amos H Kling
and Louisa Mabel Hanford (Bouton) Kling
Sister of
Vetalis Hanford Kling
Wife of
Henry Atherton DeWolfe
— married
about 1880 (to 12 Jun 1886) in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Wife of
Warren Gamaliel Harding
— married
8 Jul 1891 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States
Mother of
Marshall Eugene DeWolfe
Died
at age 64
in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States
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Biography
Florence Mabel "Flossie" Kling was born 15 August 1860 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States to parents Amos Kling and Louisa Bouton.
At 19 years old, Florence eloped with Henry Atherton DeWolfe (4 March 1859 - 8 March 1894), approximately March 1880; there is no record in the Marriage License ledgers of Columbus (where family lore had it the young couple ran off), or Marion (their residence). The first legal record of their union appears in the ledgers with the birth of their son Eugene Marshall DeWolfe.
Henry abandoned her and their son on 22 December 1882. She filed for separation in September 1884, and in doing so created the second legal record of the union, if even in common law. She filed for divorce on 5 May 1886. A divorce was granted to her on the grounds of "gross neglect of duty" on 12 June 1886. She resumed "Kling" as her last name.
Florence then married Warren Gameliel Harding, they had no children.[1]
Florence was not the mother of Elizabeth Ann Harding. DNA evidence has proven this. See Elizabeth Ann Harding for the story. [2]
Sources
- ↑ First Ladies Biographies
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. London: Burke's Peerage, 1981. Print.
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #5195 accessed on 05 Oct 2019
- "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDCG-SRD : 10 February 2018), Henry W. Dewolfe in entry for Marshall E. Dewolfe and Esther Naomi Neely, 18 Jun 1908; citing Marion, Ohio, reference 2:3M1071W; FHL microfilm 384,247.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LQ-7XN : 12 April 2016), Florence N Kling in household of Louisa N Kling, Ohio, United States; citing p. 64, family 498, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,739.
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