Daily Republican., 1880-06-09
A sKErcn OF MIR. GARFIELD.
Ehe Life tf q EeiE-M q d Q M q n
Teacher, BOIdior and Statesman.


Teacher, BOIdior and Statesman.
:. James Abraham Garfield was borr
November 10, 1881, in the township o
: Orange, Cuyahoga county, Oaio, abcu'
fifteen miles from Cleveland. His fa
ther, Abraham Garfield, came from New
York, but, like his mother, was oi
New England stock. James was the
J; youngest of four children. The father
died in 1888, leaving the family de-
, pendent upon small farm and the
exertions of the mother.
Young Garfield worked hard on the
farm, and afterwards as a boatman on
the Ohio canal, all the while eager to
! get an education. He attended an
academy in an adjoining county, work
ing part OF the time 10 earn money,
and b.irg his own cook and housekeep.
er to save expenses.
At the age Of %, having saved some
money and borrowed more OF life in
surance policy, that lie assigned TO the
gentleman from whom he borrowed, he
entered Williams College, Massachu.
sets, and graduated in 1860.
On returning to Ohio he became pro-
fes3or of Latin aud Greek, n an OBJ
scure college, and later he was made
president of the institution. During
this period Garfield married Miss
Lueretia Rudolph, the daughter Of a
neighboring farmer.
i. V. Smalley says Of her: "She was
a quiet, Thoughtful girl, of singularly
sweet and refined disposition, fond Of
study and reading, possessing warm
heart, and mind with the capacity of
steady growth. The marriage was
Lore affair ON both sides, and has been
a thoroughly happy one. Much Of
General Garfeld's subsequent success
in life may be attributed to the never
failing sympathy and intellectual COM
panionship Of lis wife and the stimulus
Of a lowing home circle. The young
couple bought neat little cottage
flonting on the college campus and be-
gan their welded life poor and in debt,
but with brave hearts,"
In 1859 Mr.. Garfield was elected TO
Inc Ohl0 senate.
In the summer Of 1861 he was elect
ed Colonel of the Forty-se oond Ohio In.
fantry, many Of his fellow soldiers hav-
lag bssn his pupils. Very soon after
he became a brigade commander, and
he early distinguished himself by sur
prisipg and routing rebel force in
Eastern Kentucky.
He was afterward transferred to Cen
eral Buell's command land he took part
in the battle at Pittsburg Landing and
the seigs of Corinth. In 1868 he was
made Chief of Staff of the Army of the
and he took a prominent
part in the campaigns in Middle Tenne-
see in the spring and summer of that
year. For his conduct in the battle o
Chickamauga he was made a Major
General.
This was his last military service.
for hs was now called npon to take the
seat in Congress to which he had been
. lected in 1862.
In the Fortieth Congress he was
chairman of the Committee on Military (
Affairs, and further on in his Congress {
Iional career he was made chairman of I
he Committee on Appropriations. G
When Blaine was chosen to the Sen.
tie, in 1879, Garfield, W b ohsd been in {
Congress- continuously since his first elac- @
ion, became the leader of the Republi- +
ans in the House. f
In January, 1879, he was elected to r
he Senate, to succeed Allen G.. Thur. &
nan, and lad 10 change taken place in v
lis affairs he would have taken his "
eat in that body March 4th of next
ear. ]
In an article on Mr.. Garfield lately G
,ritten by Mr.. +. V. Smalley, for the g
Philadelphia "Times," the following 0
Interesting facts are given: G
"Of his industry and studious bab- 9
,s great deal might be said, but 9
ingle illustration will have to suffice le
ere. Once during the busiest part Of OF
very busy session at Washington l n
'und him in his library, behind big B
arricade of books. This was no unu- cf
1al sight, but when l glanced at the ii
olumes, saw they were all different ca
litions Of Horace. or books relating to m
lat poet. Il find | am over-worked V
nd need recreation,' said the General. W
low nay theory Is that the best way to "
'st the mind is not to let it be idle, VI
ut To put it at something quite out m
de Of the ordinary line Of its employ
ent. So am reating by learning all VI
le Congressional Library can show d.
oout Horace and the various editions OF
Id translations of his poems.'" OF
General Garfield has Eve children "
wing, and has lost two, who died in Gi
fancy, the two older boys, Harry and no
mes, are now at school in New Hanp- M
IRE, Mary, or Mollie, as everybody ~
lls her, Is a handsome rosy. checked In
ri of about IL years. The two young Vo
BOYS are named Irwin and Abram. -,
le Generals mother IL still living W
ID has long bsen a member Of his "a
mily. She is an intelligent, energetic OF
lady, with a clsar head and a va
rong will, who keeps well posted In IN
q news of the day and is very proud
her sons career, though more liberal 90 90
criticism than praise. IN
General Garfeld's district lies in the :,
;treme Northeastern corner Of Ohio, rr
ID now embraces, the counties of Ash IN
bula, Trumbull, Geauga, Lake and =,
ahoning. His old home county Of MI
,rtage was detached from it year Ga
o. With the exception Of the coal Al al
ID iron regions in the extreme South sh
n part, the district is purely rural vi
10, and is inhabited by population
pure Nsw England ancestry. 1t is be-
aimed that there is less illiteracy in "S
oportion to the population than any Oh
her district in the United States. all
In person General Garfield is six tn
4 ...l al s.I. .n..o. Al.