Posterity (36 page)

George IV (December, 1923– )

Pershing, John J. (September 13, 1860—July 15, 1948)

m. Helen Frances Warren (married January 26, 1905; deceased August 27, 1915)

Helen (1906–1915)

Anne (1908–1915)

Francis Warren (1909–1980)

Mary Margaret (1912–1915)

Rickenbacker, Eddie (October 8, 1890—July 23, 1973)

m. Adelaide Frost (married 1922; deceased February 2, 1977)

David (1925– )

William (1928– )

Rockefeller, John D. (July 8, 1839—May 23, 1937)

m. Laura C. Spelman (married September 8, 1864; deceased March 12, 1915)

Elizabeth “Bessie” (1866–1906)

Alice (1869–1870)

Alta (1871–1962)

Edith (1872–1932)

John D., Jr. (1874–1960)

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (January 29, 1874–May 11, 1960)

m. Abby Aldrich (married 1901; deceased April 5, 1948)

Abby (1903–1976)

John D. III (1906–1978)

Nelson (1908–1979)

Laurence (1910– )

Winthrop (1912–1973)

David (1915– )

m. Martha Baird Allen (married August 1951; deceased January 24, 1971)

Roebling, Washington (May 26, 1837—July 21, 1926)

m. Emily Warren (married January 18, 1865; deceased February 28, 1903)

John (1867–1952)

m. Cornelia Witsell Farrow (married April 21, 1908; deceased 1942)

Roosevelt, Eleanor (October 11, 1884—November 7, 1962)

m. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (married 1905; deceased April 12, 1945)

Anna (1906–1975)

James (1907–1991)

Eliot (1910–1990)

Franklin, Jr. (1909–1909)

Franklin, Jr. (1914–1988)

John (1916–1981)

Roosevelt, Theodore (October 27, 1858—January 6, 1919)

m. Alice Lee (married October 27, 1880; deceased February 14, 1884)

Alice (1884–1980)

m. Edith Carow (married December 2, 1886; deceased September 30, 1948)

Theodore (1887–1944)

Kermit (1889–1943)

Ethel (1891–1977)

Archibald (1894–1979)

Quentin (1897–1918)

Rush, Benjamin (January 4, 1746—April 19, 1813)

m. Julia Stockton (married January 1, 1776; deceased 1848)

John (1777–1837)

Anne Emily (1779–1850)

Richard (1780–1859)

Susanna (1782–1782)

Elizabeth Graeme (1783–1783)

Mary Rush (1784–1849)

James Rush (1786–1869)

William (1787–1787)

Benjamin (1789–1789)

Benjamin (1791–1824)

Julia (1792–1860)

Samuel (1795–1859)

William (1801–1864)

Sandburg, Carl (January 6, 1878—July 22, 1967)

m. Lillian Steichen (married June 15, 1908; deceased February 18, 1977)

Madeline (1913–1913)

Margaret (1911–1977)

Janet (1916–2001)

Helga (1918– )

Seward, William (May 16, 1801—October 10, 1872)

m. Frances Miller (married October 20, 1824; deceased June 21, 1865)

Augustus Henry (1826–1876)

Frederick William (1830–1915)

Cornelia (1835–1836)

William Henry, Jr. (1839–1920)

Fanny (1844–1866)

Sexton, Anne (November 9, 1928—October 4, 1974)

m. Alfred Muller “Kayo” Sexton (married August 15, 1948; divorced 1973)

Linda (1953– )

Joyce “Joy” (1955– )

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (November 12, 1815—October 26, 1902)

m. Henry Brewster Stanton (married 1840; deceased 1887)

Daniel Cady (1842–1891)

Henry B., Jr. (1844–1903)

Gerrit Smith (1845–1927)

Theodore Weld (1851–1925)

Margaret Livingston (1852–1930)

Harriet Eaton (1856–1940)

Robert Livingston (1859–1920)

Steffens, Lincoln (April 6, 1866—August 9, 1936)

m. Josephine Bontecou (married fall 1891; deceased 1911)

m. Ella Winter (married August 1924)

Pete (1924–unknown)

Steinbeck, John (February 27, 1902—December 20, 1968)

m. Carol Henning (married 1930; divorced 1942)

m. Gwyn Conger (married March 29, 1943; divorced 1948)

Thomas (1944– )

John IV (1946–1991)

m. Elaine Scott (married December 26, 1950; deceased 2003)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (June 14, 1811—July 1, 1896)

m. Calvin Stowe (married January 6, 1836; deceased 1886)

Harriet (1836–1907)

Eliza (1836–1912)

Henry Ellis (1838–1857)

Frederick (1840–1870?)

Georgiana (1843–1890)

Samuel Chase “Charley” (1848–1849)

Charles Edward “Charley” (1850–1934)

Truman, Harry S. (May 8, 1884—December 26, 1972)

m. Bess Wallace (married June 28, 1919; deceased October 18, 1982)

Margaret (1924– )

Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) (November 30, 1835—April 21, 1910)

m. Olivia Langdon (married 1870; deceased 1904)

Langdon (1870–1872)

Olivia Susan “Susie” (1872–1896)

Clara (1874–1962)

Jane “Jean” (1880–1909)

Washington, George (February 22, 1732—December 14, 1799)

m. Martha Dandridge Custis (married January 6, 1759; deceased May 22, 1802)

John Parke Custis (1754–1781)

Martha Parke “Patsy” Custis (1756–1773)

Webster, Daniel (January 18, 1782—October 24, 1852)

m. Grace Fletcher (married May 29, 1808; deceased January 21, 1828)

Grace (1810–1817)

Daniel “Fletcher” (1840–1865)

Julia (1818–1848)

Edward (1820–1848)

Charles (1821–1824)

m. Caroline Le Roy (married December 12, 1829; deceased 1882)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls (February 7, 1867—February 10, 1957)

m. Almanzo Wilder (married August 25, 1885; deceased 1949)

Rose (1886–1968)

unnamed son (1889–1889)

Williams, William Carlos (September 17, 1883—March 4, 1963)

m. Florence Herman (married December 12, 1912; deceased 1976)

William Eric (1914–1995)

Paul (1916– )

Wilson, Woodrow (December 18, 1856—February 13, 1924)

m. Ellen Louise Axson (married June 24, 1885; deceased August 6, 1914)

Margaret (1886–1944)

Jessie (1887–1933)

Eleanor (1889–1967)

m. Edith Bolling Galt (married December 18, 1915; deceased December 28, 1961)

Wyeth, N. C. (October 22, 1882—October 19, 1945)

m. Carolyn Bockius (married April 16, 1906; deceased March 15, 1973)

Carolyn (1906–1906)

Henriette (1907–1997)

Carolyn (1909–1994)

Nathaniel (1911–1990)

Anne (1915– )

Andrew (1917– )

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———. “Byrd in Conference as He Nears Kings Bay.”
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