Elliott Roosevelt I

When Elliott was 23, he met Anna Hall, and they wed quickly, producing a daughter and two sons, Anna Eleanor (1884–1962), Elliott Jr (1889–1893), and Gracie Hall, called Hall (1891–1941). After this point, Elliott Sr. developed a "casual drinking" problem, which soon became alcoholism, an affliction to which his son Hall later succumbed.

Due to his drinking problem, Elliott was exiled to Abingdon, Virginia, where he would constantly write letters, mostly to Eleanor. Eleanor later recalled that on his many horseback riding expeditions with the young children in Virginia, he became attached to "one girl in particular of whom I was jealous." On occasion, he would, to the jubilation of Eleanor, return back home for a few days.

At the age of 34, Elliott attempted suicide by jumping out a window; he survived the initial fall, but suffered a seizure and died a few days later. Read Less