The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-21
\ MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JAM.
.iBK4M GAKFIELU.
lucidenta OF n Striking Career, Settlus 49,,
from the HuInbleRt BeEInnines

tion. 'iaritid's birth III Ohio and HI,
political career have strongly iiepti6,d ri.
family With that State. Ile came. hoUsv.,
"f New England ancestry. In 1886 or.
Edward Garfield emigratrl from the ue,,s.
inri"od of Chester. Eng, aud settled Ia ws,e,
town, Mnse. 1t Is said that on his wayo,.,
TO this country he married German p,
and this daah ~ German blood in IN, ia,n,,y
may account for James A. Garilr,d.s stron,
tastes i"r the German language aud lir,r.'
turc The entire family remained l., Ws,t,.
town nnti! lI6b. when part Of II Removed 4,
Weston. Mass. Abraham Garfield t.nk M,
III the battle IF Concord, ami his broth,
SOLOMON Garfield, WAS ulro II kevolutouary
soldier. The former and one John Hoar. n.
great grandfather Of Senator Geu +. Ho.i.
chairman oi the Convention which pomi'
| mated james A Garfield for Pfr.den,
signed their names in i77T7j 10 q .iocumen,
stating that the lritiSh troops Tired wi!tva,
proNncatiOn the first vnlley AT Cuucord A.
the close of the Revolution. Solomon liar,
field. who. like his ancestors, was u f.,ms,
purchased n sIuall farm near Worres,.t'
OlAego County, New York. His son Thoms,
married Asenath Hill. IL half hister Of SsnuE
Russell, 1T one time clerk OF the county. ard
from this union WAS born in Decelh,.t. I.e.
AbIAn tinhe.d, the father III the lato pr,.
dent
Abram married Eliza i;alloa. Ii "on,tci!s.
of Hosea Bai,ou. one al the founders III Cu!.
versalism in America Not long after tht;,
marriage the couple removed to the town.
ship OF Orange, CuyaLoga County, in north.
! eastern Ohio. Almost uli "t this part Of ID.
State was al that time still! 0.,,-eyed with
'..usa ioTc,t,- :ni. he i:ur.;r;dr we,-- onl!ct,
: io clear tar l.'A ,"r slci- fa.!.i,y. H.,
Hu.,, iUs vai,n twenty feet ny thirty. Aid
! i'll this cabin James Abram ,iaIdeid yas
| born an the 18th Of November, 1871. There
wcrc threv elder children. One Was ThonA
GARFIELD, then 3 years Old; the Others werr
| sisters, and ii years old. The iamiiywsa
not well-to-do. having no more than enough
to live on plainly. hut 81 were hardy sAd
strong.
When james waS hnt two years old its
| father died late IN tho autumn. and al!
through the severe winter the children ven
| obliged 20 rely upon their mother lor slp
port. In spring debt was to be paid. sads
part of the farm had 10 go in payment. fnr
| thirty remaining acres wero cultivated by
| Thomas and the bravo mother, who s,I
10 have split rails aud fenced the lot oa
which the cabin st.Apl. 1t Is related 1851
many years aftcrwarl. when Presiden. Lin.
coin read several dispatches mentioning Ga,
held in Mandatory terms. hc asked: "fd DC
ever uplit rails? 80
Il ani not sure that he ever split rails
said bysiander, hut know that b.
mother did
BRIEF AND INTERRUPTED SCHOOL pAW
Two years after the fathers death 'raouL
Garfield was hired by u noighhoriNg iarne:
TO work al Sl2 month From the lis.
weeks wages he i,aid III part ior tha hra
pair OF shoes his brother james wore, lhs
shoemaker taking the rest OF his psy ID
board. Thomas Also paid part OF the eo5t q
his younger hrntli..rs scfiu;iiiig Thattboo
house vas abont mile and half distant,
anu as James was barely five years Old hs
eldest aiSter, Alrhilabe. often carried hin
there on her back. Tho village, which then
conhihted OF little cluster OF houses Wal
called Chaerin Fails. \ mill wAs bnilt thsra
IN early spring 10y ono rt thu first settler.
But when snInuiar came the stream dtsi
up. and from this circumstance the ;is;s
derives Its name.
lhc distance to school was sn great sna
Mrs. Garfield who haA herseli tsugtl
nor sons, was eo anXious that James ,hocia
nave every facility for learning tina! be-
Limited means could afford, that she odeiad
the village 3 little plot of ground on be-
iarm on condition that Il Hchool-house shoGd
ne ouilt on 1t. james was quick ut learnlnL
although he was very restless. This resle1t
ness was y characteristic which he retains,
through life. When he was twelve years Ga
his brother returned from Michigan, wb@s
ne mad been employed by farmer to msis
| Ciearings. with money enough 10 hnhas
frame house. James assisted him, and da
SO vel! that one of tho joiners adyNs
MIN TO follow carpentoring as y trade. pl
ing 'he next two yenrs he worked reguiAil'
AZ carpenter, going to school only at in'e.
vain, but studying diligently in spare honn
AZ home. lie mastered y text hook ON gran
mar. All arithmetic and u geography. hna y
after two years OF carpsuteripg he hsd ho'
got beyond barn building, he concindedu% 70
try to turn hia wits to better account. Dc
assisted In putting up soinc iraine addition
at black sailing establishment not iar livI,
Cleveland, and the proprietor lIsd noliss',
MIN nguring over some moasuremenls ana
reading and writing in spare lnOments
Edmund kirke says that one day the pc
prietor stepped up to Garfield with the 10
mara lou kin rcad, you kin wris' o.
you are death on tggers: 80 stay WIN W.
keep my counts, and tend TO the Saita;'
III lind yom and give you fourteen, dollai,nS ,n
month" He accepted the oner. Wh,'
brought him an income lager than Oh! Nv ~
mad ever received, and remained at sae s.,'
cry for some time. satisfied hlm'eii ~
satisfying his employer One day. NOV, s,r
ever, member of the family spoke OF G,,, ~,
az servant. A few honrs afterwards W.
Held threw up his place.
FOUR MONTHS AT cANALIlso,