Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-03
THE PRESrDENr-S BRIDE.
A Statement by EEer GrandIather.

COL. FOLSOM AT HOMI.-HE TALKS FREELY
ABOUT THE MARRTAGE-THE FAMILY.
Correspondence of the New Work Tribune
ALDEN. y. ". May IA paragraph was re-
Gently printed TO the effect that Col. John Is.
Folsom, OF Folsomdale, pretty little hamlet
two miles from here, across the line in " Aom-
ing county, had furnished money buy the
rousseau of his granddaughter, Miss Frances
| Folsom, who, il il now thought, will he married
| 10 President Cleveland in June. 4 CORE
spondent OF the Tribune drove over Ia Folsom
dale this afternoon 10 see Col. Folsom and "A
more genial country gentleman Il would be
hard Ia md among the leading families OF
| Western New York. The homestead has been
| remodclied into one OF the finest country resi-
dences IN this part OF the state. The drawing
room would do credit To any old knick crboclser
| mansion. 80 rich are the furnishings aud
quaint some of the Communications. Col. Fol
som is seyenty-tiye years old lie il tail, we'll
| built man, though bent and slightly lame from
tine govt he wears "A long gray beard.
Ill Il true, said Col. Folsom. in the course Of
conversation, THAT Frankie il TO he married To
| President Cleveland. she L. one OF the most
| ioNable gins you ever saw, and love her with
all the devotion possible. | have two other
granddaughter, but Frankie is the oldest. and
| L am very proud of her. There is no doubt
about the TACT of the marriage. but the inten-
/ tioh was to keep IL secret until she returned
| rom Europe, where she went partly ON nccDunt
| OF the ruinor which WAS current last summer
when She visited Washington, that she wa-
| likely 10 wed the President. This was very an
! noylng To her aud her mother, for She not
even engaged 10 Toe married To the President
| then. IL made them very angry 10 have, tho<r
terrible pictures printed in the paper You can
see for yourself 10y the photographs have here
whether they look ANYTHING ak, Fr,nkie'
when do you think the marriage will
occur"
LAS To that, cannot be quoted as an author
! ity. The only date have heard mentioned
was Wednesday, June 9Th. but feel well salts
| lied that the planswil all be changed ON account
! oi this nc wspapcr talk. The wedding viii take
| place ia the " White House. would rather have
| II occur here, ior could not now stand tho
fatigue OF a journey 10 Washington; but that
| seems To be out OF the question. Frankie
wanted 10 have the wedding take place in the
! W hIte House and L would prefer that shs
| should have her own way about n. 1 do not
| know exactly when they became engaged.
Eer mother eau tell you all about that wncn
She gets back. Frankie was over twenty-one
years old when She was engaged. and she and
her mother knew what they were doing i ann
happy about il and hope Frankie VIII be
| You knew President Cleveland?"
| ITO Ice sure did / knew him well. Wasn't
ouently. lie would go out Ina the orchard and
throw apples aud stones at marks with the
children. Grover was too heavy to be "A good
| thrower, and the Others would lay him out fl..-
qacntiy. i have seen him only once twice
since he was elected mayor, and never both
cred him with talking about politics. ann a
! democrat, aud 1 think Cleveland is the best
man ever in the presidential chair. have "A
warm regard tor HIM, and lac Will toe welcome
addition 10 the family.
| There have been contradictory and perhaps
| annoying reports To the payment OF tie
| travelling expenses OF MRS. aad Miss Folsom"
"Who do you suppose Is paying theme DO
you think that John Folsom would let has
| granddaughter go abroad at somebody else's
expense? Why, sir, sent her a check Tor
| $1,000 in my last letter to her, and I'm pre-
pared 10 send all the money she wants. BEFORE
she lett told her She could get her trousseau,
| you cali ii, in Paris, or any where else She
wanted 10, and gave her "A good sum of money.
The only condition that imposed WAS that she
should get "A line one, and expect 10 send her
| more money To pay Tor it,
Col. Folsom then talked further about the
! financial condition OF his son Oscars family,
and from what he said the inference would Toe
| drawn thai Oscar lett his affairs in "A very tam
gied condition, and that not much WAS realized.
| Il am getting old" said The colonel ..aud AT
| least until frankie gets married s.c IL welcome
/ to draw on me for what money she wants. 4
| delight in making Others haI,py' lie expect,
| 10 receive the next letter from Paris, ana Iy
tiiat time Miss Folsom viii probably have re-
| ceived extracts from the newspapers COMMENT
| ing on the marriage.
some Interesting particulars about the Fol-
som family were learned from the colonel ia
| the course OF further conversation. The grand
father belongs 10 a historic family, wfiicn Is
now pretty well distributed. His vile died Ina
January, 1875. Two children followed her
within three weeks, Benjamin r.. anu Mary y
Oscar, the remaining child, died July IS. 1870,
from "A carriage accident I'm Buffalo The col
onel's family now consists of the widow OF Ben
jaInin and her TOUR children, of whom the
eldest IL Miss Emma Folsom. She has another
daughter and two sons Mrs H. r. Folsom "A
handsome woman OF forty-Ihree, is the mis-
! tress oI the household. Miss Emma is twenty
one, very pretty, looks like her cousin, Miss
I
wedding at the White House she a. the only
member nj the household who now intends 10
/ De present.
! Inc Folsom family, so the records show. came
/ from England To America ia 1888, and
among the first settlers OF the town OF Hing
ham, Mass. Among those VINO were disiin-
gulshed ia military and public affairs was Gen.
Nathaniel Folsom, "A brigadier Ia Sne colonial
| army, and subsequently, a major general in the
re olutllnsiry army. His brother, Lieu. Jona-
than Folson had charge of mortar in the
! battle OF Bunker Hill. although ten years before
"A
"a tight with hostile Indians. Asa Folsom. great
grandfather of Miss Frances, came to Wyoming
county from Orange county, W., and settled
Warsaw IN 1910. Jno. IL. Folsom was born La the
town OF Mddiebury on Jan. Is, ISL. Asa went
| an Npedition 10 the mort IA west to against
| the Indians, and died two years later. His
widow removed TO Attica, where she lived with
| her family until 1929. lew years after THAI
| John Ii. went TO Folsomdale, which he settled,
| and OF which he the first postmaster. Johns
| early LIE was hard struggle against poverty
| and adversely, but through perseverance.
! thrift and integrity he succeeded IN accumulAt-
ing fortune OF nearly half a million dollars.
Col Folsom has represented his town i'm the
board OF supervisors, aud has been "a justice OF
the peace for more terms than he can remem-
Der. lie was commissioned "A colonel in 1910
by Gov. Seward, appointed brigade inspector ln
1S44 by Gov. BoucA, and was again commits
stoned as colonel under the new organization
| OF the state militia IN 1898 by Gov. seymour.
Col Folsom made an extended tour of Europe
| in / S73 and is a well read man on events OF the
/ last half century.
Oscar Folsom, the father of the bride, was
born in 1887 ana spent most OF his early Lie
his fathers 2uo-acre farm. In 1853 he was
/ graduated from the university of the city OF
Rochester and soon afterward began the pTac-
| tice OF Law ia Bufiaio. In 1868 he married Miss
! Emma g. Hartman, and year later Miss
! Frances was born. The only other child was
/ Nellie, who died while still an infant OF Mr..
| Folsom IL was said that he was man i'm every
way, and that a kinder, more genial and better
! friend no one could want tie was the law
partner OF Grover Cleveland, ana one of
/ the most successful practitioners at the bar OF
| Erie county. The accident ia which he Was
killed occurred on Jaly 23, 1873.
Ex-State Senator Carey died at his home, In
Denton, Caroline county, Nd. on saturday.
DIR. Charles Upham Sheppard died In Charles
| ton. s. C., aged eighty-two years. He was one
OF the most prominent scientists Of the country.
Mr.. Boyer, director oil the Panama Canal CONF
pany, is dead.
Lieut. Gov. Clay Knoblock, of Louisiana, has
resigned, and Judge X. &. Davis, being presi-
dent pro TEN OF the state senate, becomes acting
lieutenant governor.
man who registered at the Washington
hotel, Philadelphia, last Thursday as Bernard
Archberg, Of Montreal, committed suicide in