Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1912 — MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND TO MARRY [ARTICLE]

MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND TO MARRY

Engagement / Announced of Former President’s Widow to Thomas Joseph Preston. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 29. —Mrs. Grover Cleveland authorizes the announcement of her engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of archaeology and history of arts at Wells College. The date of the marriage is not yet determined, but will be ( announced later. Mr. Preston is 50 years old, and is a graduate of Princeton University. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of Wells College and has been a trustee of that institution since 1887. Her wedding to President Grover Cleveland, which took Tilace In the executive mansion during his first administration, was one of the notable events in the history of the White House. Her father, Oscar Folsom, was a law partner of Mr. Cleveland, who, upon Mr. Folsom’s death in 1875, became Frances Folsom’s guardian. After his retirement from the presidency, Mr. Cleveland made his permanent home in Princeton, and Mrs. Cleveland has continued to reside here since the Jprmer president died in 1908. Her two daughters, Esther and Marion, and her son, Richard F„ are living with her here.