Family
Folger married Emily Clara Jordan, whom he had met through the Pratts, on October 6, 1885. She was born in 1858 and was educated at Vassar College. The Folgers had no children. They lived in rented houses in Brooklyn throughout most of their lives, but later purchased an estate in Glen Cove, Long Island.
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