Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-18
MRS. GRESHAM AND MRS. SMITH
Two Interesting Members OF tho Presi.
dent's Official FAMILY

dents Official Family.
New York World: OF tile wives Of
the men who are to comprise NJ. Cleve-
lands cabinet perhaps least Is known
by the general public of the personality
of Mrs. Gresham. Although for many
years Judge Gresham has been almost
constantly before the public his wife
has avoided publicity and has given
most of her time and attention to home
duties.
| Mrs. Gresham's maiden name was
/ Martha Mcliref. Her father was a mer-
chant in Louisville. KY, where she was
born and where she lived during her
early girlhood. At the time she met
! Mr.. Gresham she was residing with her
/ family in a small town In Indiana, and
her marriage took place in 1888, when
she was but Is years OF age. Her
husband was among the first to enlist
I for the war, and the young wife was
left with her little family to endure a
period of watching and anxiety. which
| was the common lot OF American wo M
ankind in those stirring days.
II visited Mr.. Gresham number Of
( times at the 'front.'" she said, land
can assure you il was hard life for
any woman. We had no comforts and
/ few of the necessities. When my hus-
band was wounded was living twenty
miles from railway station and I was
obliged to travel most of the distance
\ by wagon In order to reach him. 1t
was during the years of the war that
/ learned many of the lessons which have
been of value TO me the rest OF my
I life"
/ Mrs. Gresham is of medium height
and has a figure almost girlish in its
/ slenderness Her face Is kindly and Is
framed by hair which has been dark but
! IL now abundantly powdered with
white Her complexion is somewhat
dark, with slight flush on the cheeks,
and her eyes, which are blue and
shaded by black lashes, are most ex-
pressive. She talks well and fuently,
and her voice has just pleasant trace
( of the southern accent In her manner
she is quiet and unassuming. She has
ready sympa:aios and 4 hearty interest
! in people and things. She dresses well,
quietly and in the best Of taste. She Is
Presbyterian and is constant at
I tendant OF Professor Swings church.
( Judge and Mrs. Gresham have two
children, Otto Gresham, who is 33 years
of age. and Mrs. w. ii. Andrews. Both
make their home with their parents
/ IL Is now just little more than
ten years since Hoke Smith mar
ried Miss Bertie Cobb, Of Athens,
Ga, youngest daughter of Thomas
/ II. r. Cobb, famous confederate
| general q They met five years before at
! the home of Miss Cobb's sister, Mrs
Harvey Jackson, then and yet the re-
cognized leader of Atlanta society.
Miss BERTHE was but Is when she first
I bcheld the big and manly young law
/ yer. already making a name for him
, self, and she confesses that she was a
( bit afraid of him at first
..IIe was so different from the coll
lege boys had been accustomed to as.
sociate with" she said, "but as grew
4 vo know him better nu<iAcious
enough to defy his dictations, and
think that is the way our love affair
began"
The engagement was long one. five
wears, because of Miss Cobb's reluc-
tance to leave her invalid mother. On
her marriage Mrs. Smith at once be-
came the mistress of spacious mansion
situated upon lofty eminence on
West Peachtrec street, Atlanta, which
/ has ever since been the scene of a lovely
home life and the center of hospital
! ity as generous as it has been informal.
I 'You see have thirty-one first cous-
( ins in Atlanta, and Mr.. Smith has q
large circle of friends" says the host
: ess.
Mrs. Smith is very youthful and at
! tractive woman. with a beautiful pink
and white complexion and the sweetest
and most contented of expressions.
She is the proud and devoted mother Of
three pretty children. The eldest,
Marion, is the only boy, and his faith
er's counterpart and idol. He does not
greatly enjoy the idea of coming to
( Washington.
There won't be any real fun there
for small boys" he explained; mo big
yards and no plantation for father and
me To ride to-"