[Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. MATTER OF LESLIE - 175 App. Div. 108 (N.Y. App. Div. 1916) ]
... It is conceded on all hands that the decedent [Mrs. Frank Leslie, also known as Baroness de Bazus], who appears to have been born in 1836 or 1837, was the daughter of Charles Follin, who was born in 1779 and died in 1859. ...
... the evidence is overwhelming that she [Mrs. Frank Leslie] was the daughter of Charles Follin and one Susan Danforth, with whom he lived for years and whom he recognized and held forth as his wife. It is true that no record of their marriage is produced or is apparently extant. That, however, is unimportant in view of the mass of evidence to the effect that she was recognized as his wife, and that Mrs. Leslie was recognized as his and her daughter, not only by Charles Follin himself, but by his mother and the other members of his family. ...
