The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-12-04
MRS. GARFIELD'S GENEALOGY.

Ever since the fact became public that
Mrs. Gareld's maiden name was Ru-
dulph, enterprising newspaper reporters
i'll this section of the Union have in their
attempts to trace the relationship be
tween the family of the wife of the Presi-
dent elect and the Ruslulphs. Of Cecil
, county, made many amusing plumbers.
Among the various reported items con-
corning this relationship the most proini-
nent one is the following. which. we be
lieve, first appeared in the Philadelphia
7IH},&. or ut least has been generally ac-
credited to that very enterprising news
/ paper:
( Mrs. Garfield, wife of the presdent-ceef
/ was Il Endulph daughter of Zebulon Ku-
/ dulph, of Ekton, who went West some
years ago. The grandmother Of the late
General Torbert was Miss Euduph, who
+ was an aunt of Mrs. Garfield.
/ 1t is with no particular qualification, Of
course, that We tear down the fair fabric
of kinship that these knowing journal
lists have reared for the amusement OF
I Mrs. Garfield and the dedication of her
distant cousins i'll Cecil. But the fact is,
/ that the gentleman whom the above item
credits with the paternity of Miss Lucre-
| tia ltudulph, now the wife of the Presi-
| dent elect, was only a second cousin Of
! Mrs. Gartields grandfather, a relation
! ship ordinarily too distant to claim par
/ ticular attention: even Brisbin, in his
/ campaign life of General Garfield, hav-
! ing fallen into similar error. While we
| think it an honor to the county to be COLI
nected even distantly. through one OF its
prominent families, with the admirable
wife OF as representative an American as
General Garfield, we prefer to have the
relationship correctly stated. and with
that object publish the following letter
! from n prominent gentleman OF this town.
! himself a member of the Rudulph fami-
| ly, and which we, a connection BY mar
| riage, have personally requested OF him:
| MK. TORRENT: The article shown me
| in relation to the parentage Of Mrs. Gar
| field, taken from the Philadelphia Times.
is wrctched blundcr, like others that
have been published. The Zebulon Ru-
| dulph named in that article SO far from
! being the father of Mrs. Garfield was
only the second cousin to her grand
/ father.
At your request, | give you what
believe to be- substantially correct state
ment.
Two brothers. Tobias and Jacob Ru-
duiph, settled in Elkton before the
/ Revolution.
Tobias married Miss Welch, of Phila-
| delphia, a relation OF the present John
Welch, and had two sons, John and
| Tobias, and two daughters, each Of whom
married gentleman by the name of
! Irwin, one at least of whom has descend
ants living i'll Baltimore.
! John entered the army and became a
distinguished officer of Lees Legion.
! known as Major Jack Rudulph.'
Tobias Rudulph the second engaged
i'll business in Elkton, and had two
daughters-NIrs. Ann Sewall. the wife
of the late General Sewall. and Mrs.
Martha Torbert, wife of Rev. William
| Torbert mother of my present wife and
step-mother Of William Torbert, Esq,
and of Jonathan r. Torbert, father Of
the late General Torbert.-and two Sons
Tobias the father of the present To
al, Ia, Il
to in the article of the Times, who went
to Arkansas many years since.
After the death Of his first wife. To-
bias Rudolph. the brother of Jacob, mar
ried my maternal grandmother. Mrs.
Esther Bunting, and had by her Two
daug Elizabeth Ellis, my mother.
and Martha. who died unmarried.
Jacob Rudolph. brother of the first
Tobias, owned the tract Of land, near
Elkton. called Belle Hill" He had
two sons, Michael and Zebulon Rudulph.
and 4 daughter, who married Mr..
Hewitt, and who was the grandmother
of the present Mrs. Rebecca r. Young.
now living in Elkton.
| Michael entered the army and also
became :, distinguished officer Of Lee ;
Legion, and was known as Captain Mike
Rudolph. He and his cousin. Major
Jack, were called THE Lions of the
Legion His name has long been asso-
ciated with the legend in regard To Mar
shall Ney.
Zebulon the other son Of jacob it.,-
dulph said to have been Il half brother
of Michael and Mrs. Hewitt. married
Abigail Murray Il niece of NY maternal
grandma; her, the second wife Of Tobias
Rudulpll the first. and remugtl irSt to
Georgia aud afterwards to Alabama
They had a number Of children. The
oldest daughter, Eliza, who married a
gentleman Of South Carolina, named
Peae; and 4 younger brother, Bnrwell
Rudulph, was personally acquainted
with. Another daughter married Rev.
Basil Manly, Il Baptist preacher, who was
chaplain to the first Confederate Congress
that met at Montgomery. Alabama
Another son, John Rnduiph (not Zebu-
lon,) settled i'll Ohio, and became the
father of Mrs. Garfield.
| believe this to be substantially
correct statement. r. 4. ELLIS.
An Important Prediction.
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