Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-04
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Chicago Times.
bliss Folsom, whose Christian name
Is not Frances, but Frank, was born in
1864, and will be but twenty-five years
old the Dist Of July. She was born at
No. l65 Edward street, Buffalo.
As a child she attended
Nine. Breakers French kin
dergarten. Later the family moved
from Edward street to the house now
occupied By Mr.. George J. Letchworth,
in Franklin street. At the time of Mr..
Folsom's death, in 1875, they were
living at the Tiff house. Mrs. and
Miss Folsom were in Medina when this
accident happened. After the funeral
they went to Medina, where Mrs. Har.
mon, Mrs. Folsom's widowed mother,
resided. The Harmon family had a
good social position, and owned consid-
cradle valuable real estate. including
milling property. While in Medina Mi 8
Folsom was a pupil at the high school.
Returning to Buffalo in a few years.
Miss Frank entered the Central school.
and she and her mother boarded with
Mrs. Jonathan Mayhem. While er-
rolled as a pupil at the Central school
her name used often to get transferred
to the boys lists, and so, in order that
it should sound less masculine she
temporarily inserted the capital c
after Frank, calling herself Frank
Clara. This explains why her name
now often enormously appears with
the initial in. She was a regular at
tendant Of the Central Presbyterian
church, Of which she is a member.
Her mother occupied Mrs. r. d.
Boyd's house, on Franklin street, and
from there Miss Folsom went to Wells
college at Aurora. Her Central school
certificate admitted her to the sophie
more class at Wells college. which she
entered without preliminary examina-
tons in the MIDDLE of the school year.
Miss Folsom vas a great favorite at
Wells college. Her tall, commanding
figure, frankness, and sincarity made
her the queen of the school. She was
graduated from Wells in June, 1885,
her graduating essay taking the form
of a story. The hampers of flowers
sent to her nearly every week, begin
ming about the second year of her col
lege life, from the executive mansion
at Albany, and the particularly abun.
dant supply that came from the white
house Conservatives when she was
graduated, were only a few of the
many little attentions paid her, the
knowledge Of which her college mates
spread abroad on scattering to their
distant homes for the Summer vaca-
tons, thus exciting public gossip on
corning Miss Folsom's relations to the
President. Miss Folsom has always
been 10 the habit of spending her Sum-
mers in Folsomdale, Wyoming county,
two miles out of Cowlesville, at the
residence of her late grandfather, Col.
John B. Folsom. 1t is the typical
homestead-a rambling farmhouse set
down amid the lovely scenery of the
valley. Sunday newspaper reports
have made Mr.. Cleveland the bene.
factor of Miss Folsom in a money
sense. Such statements are absolutely
untrue.
Her mothers income has always
been ample for their support, and any
extra funds needed were always to be
had from the grandfather, or "Papa
John" as Miss Folsom called him, and
whose recent death will make her the
heiress of a goodly property. Miss
Folsom's character is that of an IN.
spoiled, ingenious girl, full of self
possession, and with too much com-
mon sense to be overcome by her sud-
den elevation. Her chief Characteristic
is her intense loyalty to her mother,
who is a charming woman. Miss
Folsom's life has had its deeper side.
She is old for her years. One of her
accomplishments is a rare gift for letter
writing. In dress her taste is very
Miss Folsom, outside of a
very limited circle of intimate friends,
little acquainted in Buffalo, and has
never mingled in society here, because,
since she was a school girl, she has
never spent more than a day or two at
a time in Buffalo. 1t is an Interesting
coincidence that Rev. DR.. Sunderland,
who is to perform the marriage c4re,
mony, frequently occupied, white set
Tied in Batavia, the pulpit of the
Presbyterian Church in Buffalo,
church of which Miss Folsom is a
member, DR.. Sunderland having been
an attached friend Of the late Dr..
Lord, its pastor. The published prints
and photographs of Miss Folsom do
not resemble her. Her hair is soft
and brown, of a shade between dark
and light. She wears it combed back
rom her forehead, and loose, wavy
.endrils escape here and there. She
las violet blue eyes, and a rather large
lose; her eyebrows are very heavy and
Yearly meet. The chief and striking
beauty of her face is her mouth and
hin. A noted artist once said that
Mss Folsom had the most beautiful
mouth he had ever seen.
A PROMINENT citizen of Wasbjro.