Francis Cleveland

Francis Grover Cleveland (July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995) was an American stage actor, director, producer and politician. He was the co-founder of The Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His parents were President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom.

Early life Cleveland was born in 1903 in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, a part of the town of Bourne. His father, Grover Cleveland, had served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, having been in office 1885–1889 and 1893–1897. His mother, Frances Cleveland (née Folsom), had been First Lady. He had a brother, Richard, and three sisters; Ruth, Marion and Esther. As Grover Cleveland was 66 years old when Francis was born, Francis was alive a century after his father had first served as president.

After first performing in a barn behind the Tamworth Inn (along with "barnstorming" in other local communities), in 1935 his mother bought a store in Tamworth, and in 1936 the group began performing in a theater constructed in the back of that building.

Cleveland was elected to serve on the board of selectmen of Tamworth in 1950.

Personal life and death Cleveland married Alice Erdman in 1925. They resided in Tamworth, New Hampshire.

In his later years, Cleveland was affected by a degenerative eye disease, and was legally blind by 1993. He died on November 8, 1995, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, at age 92. He was the last surviving child of Grover Cleveland.