The herald., 1896-02-23

mothers of such men as the president,
the Peach and others must be.
An interesting group Of these women
is printed here. Looking at the feat
urss of some of them you can notice
many of the strong lines and best
points of the boy who owes 80 much to
her. The group here represents the
mothers of seven men who have made
for themselves regulations known over
the whole country in public life, and
some of them are of worldwide re-
nown.
One Of them was the mother of Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, and before she
married Growers father she was Miss
Neal. She had number of sons and
thought that Grover was the least
promising of them all. He was fatter
and duller than the rest. When he
WAS boy this woman made Growers
clothes and cut his hair after the pre-
vailing style of country boys Of the
vicinity.
DR.. Chauncey Mitchell Depew's
mother was Martha Mitchell when a
girl, and her father was an able orator.
Her memory was phenomenal, and she
mion" and ''The Lady of the Lake"
Her grandfather, Judge Johnson, was
very rich. He owned Lake Mahopac.
upon which she was born, and much of
the nearby country. She studied all
her life and lived to good old age.
The mother of Thomas @. Platt was
Lisbia Hinchmsn, and at the age of 20
years she was married to William
Platt, lawyer at Oswego. She was
passionately fond of books and flow
ers, and had a remarkable influence
over her children till she died at the
age Of GO years.
Mary Elliott, the mother of Edison,
the inventor, was born in Massachu-
setts of Scotch descent. Before her
marriage she taught school in Canada.
The inventor was her only son, and
she taught him what he ever learned in
that way. He studied for eight weeks
1t district school, but, excepting
that, he never had any schooling save
that his mother gave him. She had no
other children, and devoted all her
time to training the boy. Unfortu-
nately she never lived to see tele-
phone or kinetescope, or to know her
sons greatness. She died in 1862.
The mother of Mayor Strong of New
York city died on Easter morning two
years ago, and was then 95 years old.
DIG WIS WOMAu OF 6LrOQ& luCell0CC
and Of courage. Mayor Strong is one
OF the many who attribute success and
good qualities to his mother. During
The war of 1872, when she was IA years
old, she shot several Indians while ne
tending fort improvised by her
mother and other women in Ohio
When Roswell P. Flower was born
his mother was 81 years old. Her
maiden name was Mary N. Boyle. She
was left widow with eight young chill
dren, and she did not have a fortune.
Sne moved to Theresa, this state, and
while she was bringing up the eight
children she managed a big carding
business. Her son George became
mayor Of Watertown, her son Orville
was prominent physician in the west,
John D. and Anson r., two other sons,
are bankers in New York and Roswell
Pms q banker in Watertown, besides
having been governor Of the state and
having other honOrs.
The maiden name Of Secretary }.
Sterling Morton's mother was Eme-
line sterling. She was born in
1872 and married to Julius ID.
Morton in 1880. Before her mar
riage che taught district school in
Jefferson county. She was 20 years
old whom her son, Sterling, WAS born.