River Lea - Table of Contents

Photographs: The Allens and Grover Cleveland
William Cleveland Allen's Villa at River Lea 
Beaver Island State Park, Grand Island, NY



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The Allens

The Allens

The Allens

The Allens

Margaret Cleveland Allen, Grover Cleveland's aunt

Lewis F. Allen, Grover Cleveland's uncle

Lewis F. Allen

1192 Niagra Street, Buffalo, NY,
residence
of Lewis F. Allen (beginning 1836), and for a short time of his nephew, Grover Cleveland

1192 Niagara Street

River Lea, befrore a fire in 1934,
after which the porch was not rebuilt

 

 

Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland's birthplace

Grover Cleveland

Cleveland's office and living quarters

Cleveland's law office

Cleveland's first term was 1885-1889

Frances Folsom married Cleveland in 1886

Frances Folsom married Cleveland in 1886

1888 election poster. Cleveland & Thurman lost.

1892 Inauguration Day, second term, 1893-1897

Second term, 1893-1897

1893

Cleveland home, Princeton

1908 funeral



Special thanks to Grand Island Historical Society President Curt Nestark for his cooperation
and
Grand Island Historical Society Historian Dottie Roehrig for her assistance


Photos and their arrangement © 2006 Chuck LaChiusa
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