James Abram GARFIELD

Born

19 November 1831 , Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Died

19 September 1881 , Elberon, New Jersey, USA

Cause of Death: shot by Charles J. Guiteau

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Born: 19 November 1831 in Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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James Abram married Lucretia RUDOLPH 15 November 1858 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Lucretia RUDOLPH was born 19 April 1832 in Garretsville, Portage, Ohio, USA. Lucretia died 14 March 1918 in South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA.

James Abram GARFIELD died 19 September 1881 in Elberon, New Jersey, USA.

son of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth Ballou

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Recorded occupation: President of the United States

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Lucretia RUDOLPH
Marriage date: 15 November 1858
Marriage place: Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

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Event Date: 11 Nov 1858

Event Place: Portage,Ohio

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51334-2

System Origin: Ohio-ODM

GS Film number: 0891358 V. 2

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Children of James Abram GARFIELD and Lucretia RUDOLPH

Eliza Arabella GARFIELD

Born: 3 July 1860, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA
Died: 3 December 1863,

Harry Augustus GARFIELD

Born: 11 October 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA
Died: 12 December 1942, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

James Rudolph GARFIELD

Born: 17 October 1865, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA
Died: 24 March 1950, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mary GARFIELD

Born: 16 January 1867, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA
Died: 30 December 1947, Pasadena, California, USA

Irvin Mcdowell GARFIELD

Born: 3 August 1870, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 18 July 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abram GARFIELD

Born: 21 November 1872, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 16 October 1958, Bratenahl, Ohio, USA

Edward GARFIELD

Born: 26 December 1874, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 25 October 1876, Washington, DC, USA

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Birth — 1831
19 November 1831
Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Biography
JAMES A. GARFIELD, twentieth President of the United States, was born November 19, 1831, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. His parents were Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, both of New England ancestry, and from families well known in the early history of that section of our country, but who had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settlement.

The house in which James A. was born was not unlike the houses of poor Ohio farmers of that day. It was about 20 X 30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces between the logs filled with clay. His father was a hard-working farmer, and he soon had his fields cleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. The household comprised the father and mother and their four children, Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and James. In May, 1823, the father died from a cold contracted in helping to put out a forest fire. At this time James was about eighteen months old, and Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can tell how much...Read full story

Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 Marriage / Partner
James Abram GARFIELD and Lucretia RUDOLPH 15 November 1858, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

He was 27 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

1860 Birth of Child
Eliza Arabella GARFIELD was born 3 July 1860, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

James Abram was 28 years old.

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 Birth of Child
Harry Augustus GARFIELD was born 11 October 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

James Abram was 31 years old.

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1865 Birth of Child
James Rudolph GARFIELD was born 17 October 1865, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

James Abram was 33 years old.

1867 Birth of Child
Mary GARFIELD was born 16 January 1867, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, USA

James Abram was 35 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870
Name: James A Garfield
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831-1832
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 15
Household ID: 139
Line Number: 37
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552757
Digital Folder Number: 004278457
Image Number: 00261

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James A Garfield M 38 Ohio
Locretia R Garfield F 38 Ohio
Harry A Garfield M 6 Ohio
James R Garfield M 4 Ohio
Mary Garfield F 3 District Of Columbia
Eliza Garfield F 68 New Hampshire
Mary Collins F 25 Ireland
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1870 Birth of Child
Irvin Mcdowell GARFIELD was born 3 August 1870, Washington, DC, USA

James Abram was 38 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Abram GARFIELD was born 21 November 1872, Washington, DC, USA

James Abram was 41 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Edward GARFIELD was born 26 December 1874, Washington, DC, USA

James Abram was 43 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Death of Child
Edward GARFIELD died 25 October 1876, Washington, DC, USA

James Abram was 44 years old.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield (1831–1881) becomes President of the United States
In 1880, Garfield was elected to the Senate, but instead became the presidential candidate on the 36th ballot as a result of a deadlock in the Republican convention. In the election, he defeated Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, the Democratic candidate. Garfield's administration was barely under way when he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker, in Washington on July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, N.J., on Sept. 19.
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March 4, 1881

Grave

Lake View Cemetery Cleveland Cuyahoga County Ohio, USA Plot: Section 15

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Death — 1881
19 September 1881
Elberon, New Jersey, USA
He died at the age of 49.

James Abram GARFIELD - Garfield Memorial U.S. President James Garfield died on September 19, 1881. Cleveland was chosen as the Presidents place of entombment, and after

Garfield Memorial

U.S. President James Garfield died on September 19, 1881. Cleveland was chosen as the President's place of entombment, and after lying state in the rotunda of the Capitol for two days, Garfield's casket was taken to Lake View Cemetery by special train. Countless grieving citizens viewed the casket en route from the Capitol to Cleveland.

The casket was sealed in a temporary crypt while the permanent monument was constructed. Situated on a commanding hill in Lake View Cemetery, the monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1890.

The monument features a circular tower 50 feet in diameter and 180 feet high, built of native Ohio sandstone on a broad stone terrace. Around the exterior are five panels in bas-relief depicting Garfield's life and death. These panels include more than 100 figures, all of them life-size... lakeviewcemetery.com

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