was in 1930 to philanthropist Betsey Maria Cushing (1908–1998), the middle daughter of surgeon Harvey Williams Cushing and Katharine Stone Crowell. They had two daughters, Sara (1932–2021) and Kate (b. 1936), before divorcing in 1940. His daughter, Kate Roosevelt, married the Kennedy family aide William Haddad and later CEO of the Ford Foundation Franklin A. Thomas. James married his nurse, Romelle Therese Schneider (1915–2002), the next year. They had three children, James (b. 1945), Michael Anthony (b. 1947), and Anna Eleanor "Anne" (b. 1948). They were divorced in 1956. In 1956, he married Gladys Irene Owens (1916–1987), his receptionist, and they had a son together named Hall Delano (called "Del") in 1959. They were divorced in 1969. He married his fourth wife, Mary Winskill (b. 1939), teacher to his youngest son Del, in 1969. They had one daughter, Rebecca Mary, in 1971. Death Roosevelt died in Newport Beach, California, in 1991 of complications arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease. He was 83 and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Dates of rank See also Elliott Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt John Aspinwall Roosevelt II References Notes Bibliography Brigadier General James Roosevelt, USMCR, Who's Who in Marine Corps History, History Division, United States Marine Corps New York Times obituary Retrieved on 2008-07-08 Brigadier General James Roosevelt, USMCR – Marine Corps Legacy Museum Hansen, Chris. Enfant Terrible: The Times and Schemes of General Elliott Roosevelt. Tucson: Able Baker Press, 2012. Roosevelt, James. Affectionately, F.D.R. Hearst/Avon Division, New York, 1959. (w. Sidney Shalett) Roosevelt, James. My Parents: A Differing View. Playboy Press, Chicago, 1976. (w. Bill Libby) External links Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Museum Guide to the James Roosevelt Papers, 1941 MS 412 held by Special Collection & Archives , Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy 1907 births 1991 deaths American film producers 20th-century American memoirists 20th-century American novelists United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II American people of Dutch descent American people of Scottish descent Bulloch family Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park Children of presidents of the United States Delano family Harvard College alumni Marine Raiders Livingston family Members of the United States House of Representatives from California New York (state) Democrats Personal secretaries to the President of the United States Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) Recipients of the Silver Star James Schuyler family United States Marine