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     Thomas Jex Preston married Frances Folsom, daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma Cornelia Harmon, on 10 February 1913 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Oscar Folsom was born on 8 November 1837 at Folsomdale, Wyoming County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of John B. Folsom and Clarinda C. Harnden.¹ He married Emma Cornelia Harmon, daughter of Elisha Harmon and Ruth Haywood Rogers, on 2 September 1863 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ He died on 23 July 1875 at age 37 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Emma Cornelia Harmon was born on 12 November 1841 at Hornelleville, Steuben County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Elisha Harmon and Ruth Haywood Rogers.¹ She married Oscar Folsom, son of John B. Folsom and Clarinda C. Harnden, on 2 September 1863 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She died on 25 December 1915 at age 74 at Hornelleville, Steuben County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹
     From 2 September 1863, her married name became Folsom.¹

     Nellia A. Folsom was born on 18 December 1871 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma Cornelia Harmon.¹

     Marion C. Cleveland is the daughter of Francis Grover Cleveland and Alice Erdman.¹

     Johann Philip I Graf von Leiningen-Hartenburg was born in 1539.¹ He was the son of Emrich VIII Graf von Leiningen-Hartenburg.² He married Anna von Mansfeld, Comtesse de Manfeld on 15 December 1560.¹ He died on 8 September 1562.¹

     Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on 18 March 1837 at Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal.¹ He married Frances Folsom, daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma Cornelia Harmon, on 2 June 1886 at The White House, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹ He died on 24 June 1908 at age 71 at Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was buried at Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.
     Stephen Grover Cleveland usually went by his middle name of Grover. He held the office of President of the U.S.A. between 1884 and 1888. He held the office of President of the U.S.A. between 1892 and 1896. Won the 1884 election over James G. Blaine by a popular vote of 4,879,507 to 4,850,293 and an electoral vote of 219 to 182. Lost the 1888 election to Bejamin Harrison, but won again in 1892 over Harrison and James Weaver by votes of 5,555,426 to 5,182,690 and 1,029,846, and 277 to 145 and 22. Was the only president to married in the White House, and the only president to be elected to non-consecutive terms.

     Frances Folsom was born on 21 July 1864 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma Cornelia Harmon.¹ She married Stephen Grover Cleveland, son of Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal, on 2 June 1886 at The White House, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹ She married Thomas Jex Preston on 10 February 1913 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She died on 29 October 1947 at age 83 at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.^G.¹
     From 2 June 1886, her married name became Cleveland. Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 election, but Mrs. Cleveland told the servants to take good care of the White House. 'I want everything just the way it is now when we come back,' she said. 'That will be exactly four years from now.' She was right ...

     Ruth Cleveland was born on 3 October 1891 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom.¹ She died on 7 January 1904 at age 12 at Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Anna von Mansfeld, Comtesse de Manfeld was born in 1550.¹ She married Johann Philip I Graf von Leiningen-Hartenburg, son of Emrich VIII Graf von Leiningen-Hartenburg, on 15 December 1560.¹ She died on 6 June 1621.¹