Person:Hannah Follin (1)

Research Notes

• Carrie's father, Noel, abandoned his wife and small children in Cincinnati and went to California where he joined the stage troupe of the famous actress Lola Montez, became her lover, and died in a mysterious death at sea in 1856 while in her company.
• Supposedly, following his death, Carrie was shipped off to Mrs. Willard's Seminary in Troy, NY to be educated at Lola Montez' expense - but this is unlikely as there is no known record of her as a student there.

1. ↑ Family Recorded.

   "The record of the Leslie woman suffrage commission, inc., 1917-1919," by Rose Young. From the Library of Congress, Historical Collections
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   ... May 22, 1914, she [Mrs. Miriam Leslie] made her last will.
   ... Thereupon, she directed that all her debts be paid, and bequeathed to her executors, as trustees, a fund of fifty thousand dollars, whose income was to be paid to her niece, Mrs. Carrie H. Wrenn ...
   ... She created another trust fund of five thousand dollars, the income from which was to be paid to Thomas A. Wrenn, the husband of Mrs. Carrie H. Wrenn, during his life time ...
   ... To each of her grand-nephews, sons of Mrs. Carrie H. Wrenn, she bequeathed outright the sum of ten thousand dollars ...