Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908)

Born 18 Mar 1837 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frank Clara (Folsom) Preston — married 2 Jun 1886 in White House, Washington D.C.

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1908 at age 71 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Preceded by 21st President Chester Arthur 23rd President Benjamin Harrison Preceded by 27th Governor Alonzo B. Cornell

Grover Cleveland 22nd President of the United States 1885—1889 24th President of the United States 1893—1897 28th Governor of New York 1883—1885

Succeeded by 23rd President Benjamin Harrison 25th President William McKinley Succeeded by 29th Governor David B. Hill

Biography

Grover Cleveland is Notable.

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. He was the winner of the popular vote for president three times—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was the only Democrat elected to the presidency in the era of Republican political domination that lasted from 1861 to 1913. Read more on Wikipedia here

1837 March 18 ♓ - June 24, 1908

Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey to Richard Falley Cleveland and Ann Neal Cleveland.^[1][2]

1841

the Cleveland family moved to Fayetteville, New York^[3].

1850

Cleveland's father took a pastorate in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, and the family relocated there.

1853

Cleveland family moved again to Holland Patent, New York, near Utica^[4][1]

1882 January 2 - November 20, 1882

34th Mayor of Buffalo, NY^[5]

1883 January 1 - January 6, 1885

28th Governor of New York

1885 March 4

22nd President of the United States Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks (1885) None (1885-1889)

⇐ Preceded by Chester A. Arthur

⇒ Succeeded by Benjamin Harrison

1886 June 2

Married spouseFrances Folsom, in the White House Children: Ruth, Esther, Marion, Richard, Francis[2]

1893 March 4

24th President of the United States Vice President Adlai Stevenson I

⇐ Preceded by Benjamin Harrison

⇒ Succeeded by William McKinley

1908 June 24

Died (aged 71) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S., Resting place[ Find A Grave: Memorial #205 ], Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey

A Secret Life

To counter Cleveland's image of superior morality, Republicans discovered reports that Cleveland had fathered an illegitimate child while he was a lawyer in Buffalo, and chanted "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?".[76] When confronted with the emerging scandal, Cleveland's instructions to his campaign staff were: "Tell the truth."[77] Cleveland admitted to paying child support in 1874 to Maria Crofts Halpin, the woman who claimed he fathered her child named Oscar Folsom Cleveland.[76] Halpin was involved with several men at the time, including Cleveland's friend and law partner, Oscar Folsom, for whom the child was also named.[76] Cleveland did not know which man was the father, and is believed to have assumed responsibility because he was the only bachelor among them. More on Wikipedia

The Book A Secret Life purports to set the record straight on the sex scandal that nearly took down a president.

The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland. The son of the future president of the United States—Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation’s highest office eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that reads like a sordid romance novel—including allegations of rape, physical violence, and prostitution. The stunning lengths that Cleveland undertook to conceal what really happened the evening of his son’s conception are truly astonishing—including forcing the unwed mother, Maria Halpin, into an insane asylum.

A Secret Life also finally reveals what happened to Grover Cleveland’s son. Some historians have suggested that he became an alcoholic and died a young man—but Lachman definitively establishes his fate here for the first time. In this gripping historical narrative, Charles Lachman sets the scandal-plagued record straight with a tightly-coiled plot that provides for narrative history at its best. Purchase the book from Amazon

Most Distant Known Ancestors

Paternal Aaron Cleveland

Link to 10 Generation Paternal Chart

Maternal Unknown

Link to 10 Generation Maternal Chart

Legacy

• Cleveland County, Arkansas and Cleveland County, Oklahoma are both named in President Cleveland's honor.

Sources

1. ↑ Cleveland's father was a Presbyterian minister, originally from Connecticut. His mother was from Baltimore, the daughter of a bookseller. On his father's side, Cleveland was descended from English ancestors, the first Cleveland having emigrated to Massachusetts from northeastern England in 1635. On his mother's side, Cleveland was descended from Anglo-Irish Protestants and German Quakers from Philadelphia. He was distantly related to General Moses Cleaveland after whom the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was named.
2. ↑ Grover was fifth of nine children, was named Stephen Grover in honor of the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, where his father was pastor at the time, but he did not use the name Stephen in his adult life.
3. ↑ Grover spent much of his childhood in Fayetteville, NY and neighbors would later describe him as "full of fun and inclined to play pranks", and fond of outdoor sports
4. ↑ Not long after the family arrived in Holland Patent, Cleveland's father died.
5. ↑ a lifelong democrat

• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=15610+grover+cleveland&ahnum=1
• Early Life and Public Services of Hon. Grover Cleveland: The Fearless and By Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford
• Grover Cleveland resting place Princeton Cemetery on wikipedia
• Grover Cleveland on *Find a Grave
• Portrait & Bio. Album of Mahaska Co. IA (1887)

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell