Nicholas Longworth, IV: Appalachian Aristocracy

1869 - 1931 (61 years)

Generation: 1

Nicholas Longworth, IV was born 05 Nov 1869, Cincinnati, OH; died 09 Apr 1931, Aiken, SC; was buried , Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH.

Notes:

He was was a prominent American politician in the Republican Party during the first few decades of the 20th century. He served as House Majority Leader from 1923 to 1925 and subsequently as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1931.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Longworth

Buried:
Grave location, bio, and photos:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4586

Died:
While visiting friends in Aiken, South Carolina, Longworth caught pneumonia and died unexpectedly.

Nicholas married Alice Lee Roosevelt 1906, White House, Washington, DC. Alice (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee) was born 12 Feb 1884, New York City; died 20 Feb 1980, Washington, DC; was buried , Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Paulina Longworth was born 14 Feb 1925, Washington, DC; died 27 Jan 1957, Washington, DC; was buried , Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.

Generation: 2

Paulina Longworth

(1.Nicholas¹) was born 14 Feb 1925, Washington, DC; died 27 Jan 1957, Washington, DC; was buried , Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.

Notes:

She was was the only child of Alice Roosevelt, and the granddaughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Her legal father was Alice Roosevelt's husband, Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth; her biological father, however, was Senator William Borah.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulina_Longworth

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10597582

Paulina married Alexander McCormick Sturm 1944. Alexander was born 24 Jun 1923, Westport, CT; died 13 Nov 1951, Norwalk, CT; was buried , Willowbrook Cemetery Westport Fairfield Co. CT. [Group Sheet]

Children:

3. Joanna Mercedes Alessandra Sturm was born 09 Jul 1946.

Generation: 3

Joanna Mercedes Alessandra Sturm

(2.Paulina², 1.Nicholas¹) was born 09 Jul 1946.

Notes:

She is is a great-granddaughter of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the granddaughter of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Left an orphan at a very young age, custody of Joanna was granted to her grandmother, Alice Longworth who doted on her granddaughter and the two were very close.

In the past thirty years, six books have been written about Alice Roosevelt with Sturm being a significant cited resource.
She has provided historical information and insights into the world of the Roosevelts of Hyde Park and Oyster Bay to virtually every Roosevelt biographer of the last thirty years, and she is credited by almost every professional TR biographer since 1970.

For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Sturm