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Medina in Orleans County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Frances Folsom

First Lady

 
 
Frances Folsom Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
1. Frances Folsom Marker
Inscription. Lived here in the mid-1870's with her grandmother and attended Medina High School. In 1886, at age 21, she wed Pres. Grover Cleveland.
 
Erected by Orleans Co. Historical Assoc. & Co. Dept. of Hist.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Women. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #22 and #24 Grover Cleveland series list.
 
Location. 43° 13.412′ N, 78° 23.282′ W. Marker is in Medina, New York, in Orleans County. Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (New York State Route 63) and Eagle Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Medina NY 14103, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); "The Big Apple" (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grover Cleveland & Frances Folsom (about 700 feet away); White's Hotel (about 700 feet away); On This Site Circa 1919 Alonzo L. Waters (about 800 feet away); The Last Blacksmith Shop in Orleans County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frederick Douglass (approx. 0.2 miles away); Medina Sandstone (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medina.
 
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Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Frances Folsom birthplace and honeymoon cottage.
 
Also see . . .  Frances Folsom Cleveland - The White House. (Submitted on June 18, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
 
Additional keywords. FLOTUS, First Ladies of the United States
 
Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing south image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
2. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing south
Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing north image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
3. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing north
Frances Folsom Cleveland image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne
4. Frances Folsom Cleveland
from The Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, by Rossiter Johnson.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 824 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on December 16, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York.   4. submitted on June 19, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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