Frances (Fairbairn) Cass (Cobb)(McGrath)---Ty's 2nd wife
Born: September 25, 1909, Buffalo, NY
Died: June 17, 2000, Exeter, NH, age 90
Father: John F. Fairbairn, Buffalo, NY (otolaryngologist)(ear, nose, throat);
1st. husband: William R. Cass, died in plane crash in Catskills, NY, (June 13, 1934).
2nd husband: J. Allen Fusca (1937), divorced him (July 23, 1949) in Reno, NV) for cruelty.
3rd husband: Ty Cobb, retired millionaire. September 24, 1949 - 1956.
Frances accused Ty of irreconcilable differences and mental cruelty. She alleged that when he drank, which was often, he was virtually impossible, and was verbally and emotionally abusive.
Frances was with Ty when they dedicated the hospital that he had donated $100,000 towards, January 22, 1950. He contributed the money in the names of his parents. The federal government donated $72,000 more towards the hospital in Royston, GA.
The total cost was $210,000. It was a 40-bed, one-story, red-brick structure. Ty had planned for the hospital since 1945. Ty & Frances wed in Buffalo, NY. They planned to live at Ty's residence in Glenbrook, NV.
At her father's summer home in Point Abaino, Ontario, ----------------- -------------------------A week after marrying his 2nd wife, Frances Cass, October, 1949, Stork Club, NYC
shortly before they married on September 24, 1949.----------------------------------------Frances finally died June 17, 2000 in Exeter, NH at the age of 90. Her name then was Frances McGrath.
Born: September 25, 1909, Buffalo, NY
Died: June 17, 2000, Exeter, NH, age 90
Father: John F. Fairbairn, Buffalo, NY (otolaryngologist)(ear, nose, throat);
1st. husband: William R. Cass, died in plane crash in Catskills, NY, (June 13, 1934).
2nd husband: J. Allen Fusca (1937), divorced him (July 23, 1949) in Reno, NV) for cruelty.
3rd husband: Ty Cobb, retired millionaire. September 24, 1949 - 1956.
Frances accused Ty of irreconcilable differences and mental cruelty. She alleged that when he drank, which was often, he was virtually impossible, and was verbally and emotionally abusive.
Frances was with Ty when they dedicated the hospital that he had donated $100,000 towards, January 22, 1950. He contributed the money in the names of his parents. The federal government donated $72,000 more towards the hospital in Royston, GA.
The total cost was $210,000. It was a 40-bed, one-story, red-brick structure. Ty had planned for the hospital since 1945. Ty & Frances wed in Buffalo, NY. They planned to live at Ty's residence in Glenbrook, NV.
At her father's summer home in Point Abaino, Ontario, ----------------- -------------------------A week after marrying his 2nd wife, Frances Cass, October, 1949, Stork Club, NYC
shortly before they married on September 24, 1949.----------------------------------------Frances finally died June 17, 2000 in Exeter, NH at the age of 90. Her name then was Frances McGrath.

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