First Lady Grace Anna Goodhue

1879 - 1957  (78 years)

• Name	Grace Anna Goodhue
  Prefix	First Lady
  Born	3 Jan 1879	Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
  Gender	Female
  Group	Famous Historical Figure
  	Famous People
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	8622
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8622
  Died	8 Jul 1957	Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 8 Jul 1957	Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont
  Person ID	I5050	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.,   b. 4 Jul 1872, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont ,   d. 5 Jan 1933, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1905	Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
  Children	1. John Coolidge,   b. 7 Sep 1906, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 May 2000, Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire  (Age 93 years)   2. Calvin Coolidge, III,   b. 13 Apr 1908, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Jul 1924, The White House, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia  (Age 16 years)
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F3491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 3 Jan 1879 - Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont Married - 4 Oct 1905 - Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont Died - 8 Jul 1957 - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 8 Jul 1957 - Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Presidential First Lady. She was the main reason and is given full credit for her husband's rise in politics. Grace Goodhue was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew up an only child, her father a safety steamboat inspector while her mother was a homemaker. She received an excellent education from the University of Vermont where she was very outgoing participating in many activities. Upon graduation she went to work for the Clark School for the Deaf as a teacher. She lived across the street from frugal Calvin Coolidge who was residing in a cheap boarding house room. They were in constant touch with each other as they belonged to the same boat club and were both members of the local Congregational church. They became romantically involved and after a two year engagement were married at her parents' house. He was a struggling small town lawyer. Their family was completed with the birth of two boys. Grace was outgoing and enjoyed a varied social life, while Calvin was quiet and very frugal. He became active politically rising to become the governor of Massachusetts. Soon he was the Vice President and upon the death of President Harding became the chief executive of the land. Grace Coolidge on becoming the first lady brought with her the simplicity of her New England upbringing and her love of people, outdoor activity, and animals. She was an avant baseball fan and collected score cards of the Boston Red Sox and was invited to sit in their dugout during the 1925 World Series. Tragedy struck: Her youngest son Calvin Jr. developed a blister on his foot while playing tennis barefoot on the White House court and died of a blood infection. She promoted many charitable groups but was partial to those promoting the causes of the deaf. With Prohibition in effect, she refrained from serving alcohol but lodged her own protest against the law by naming her famous pet collie after the popular scotch drink, 'Rob Roy'. After their term in office ended, she lived twenty four years longer then her husband. Her latter years were spent publishing poems and articles for American Magazine. She became president of the board of the Clark School for the Deaf. She received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences and was voted one of America's twelve greatest living women. Grace always found the town cemetery in Plymouth where the Coolidge family members are buried as a quiet, special place to remember her family. They both sent flowers to the graveside of their son on a regular basis. The president would find his final resting place there and she would follow. Bio by: Donald Greyfield