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A sickly child, Ruth Cleveland contracted diphtheria on January 2, 1904. Doctors thought her case was mild, but she died of heart failure five days after her diagnosis. She is buried in Princeton Cemetery.
The daughter and first child of President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Cleveland, she died at the age of 12 from a bout of diphtheria. A myth arose that the candy bar Baby Ruth was named after her (partially perpetuated by the creators, the Curtis Candy Company).
Cleveland, Ruth (1891–1904) American first daughter. Born Oct 3, 1891, in New York, NY; died of diphtheria, Jan 7, 1904, at age 12, in Princeton, New Jersey; dau. of Grover Cleveland (US president) and Frances Folsom Cleveland. Popularly known as Baby Ruth while living in the White House.
Their firstborn daughter, Ruth, died of diphtheria in 1904 at their Gray Gables vacation home. Wishing to avoid memories of their child's illness and death, they sold the home and purchased Intermont, a summer home in Tamworth, New Hampshire.
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
The death of his oldest daughter Ruth, in 1904, visibly aged the old Democrat. Some of his friends said that he never fully recovered. Grover Cleveland died as he had lived: determined to be in control.
4 de jul. de 2012 · Mrs. Frances Cleveland and Baby Ruth Cleveland, daughter of President Grover Cleveland, circa 1893 Ruth Cleveland was especially beloved. When she died of diphtheria at age 12, the Curtiss Candy...
