Together , the Wilsons had three daughters : Humorously insisting that her children must not be born Yankees , Ellen went to relatives in Georgia for Margaret 's birth in 1886 and Jessie 's in 1887 -- but Eleanor was born in Connecticut in 1889 , while Wilson was teaching at Wesleyan University .
A third child named Eleanor was born in Connecticut , while Wilson was teaching at Wesleyan University .