The Evening critic., 1881-09-19

las 1885. This was Edward Garfield, ma
tive of Tuddingt0n, Essex County-nOt Of
Wales rs has been generally reported-but
of England. He died in 1872. His grand
son, Capt. Benjamin Garfield, was quite
celebrated locally as n justice of the peace
land the most popular man in his section Of
the commonwealth. His grandson was the
grandfather of the President-Mr Solomon
Garfield. He married Miss Sarah Stimsor
hnd removed to Otscgo, N. Y. His sor
Abram was tho father of President James
"a. Garfield.
Abram Garfield was laboring man, of
enormous physical strength, and though
quiet and peaceful, was always physically
as well as morally the leader of his asso-
ciates in labor. .Hc married Miss Eliza Bal
lou, of Mount MOnadnOck, N. H., and Presi-
dent Garfield was their fourth son, 10 de-
scendant through the ninth generation of
the original settler of the family in America.
He was born in Orange Cuyahoga County,
State of Ohio, on the 10Th of Novem-
Der, 1881.
A peculiar coincidence in this respect is
that Ruthiel,' the celebrated Baltimore as
trologist, and correspondent of The CRITIC
and Capital, of this city, in making up the
horoscope of Garfield on that very day last
year, prophesied the assassination, and at the
sthiC tiilC pltulCttN tuc DOUlD-DuTSIlnR Oh
the Car of Russia in the March following,
The father of President Garfield died
suddenly from severe cold. He over
worked himself, contracted sore throat,
which proved fatal The last act of his
life-we quote from Mr.. A. G. Riddles
life of Garficld-was to say to his wife,
Eliza, l have planted four saplings (rc-
ferring to his chidrcn) in these woods, n
leave them in your care" He walked to the
window, called his oxen by name, and died
The blood and social relationship existent
between DR.. Boynton and the Garfields
arose from the fact Amos Boynton was
the half-brothcr of Abram Garfield, his
father having married widow lady, and
the Garfield and BOynton families grew up
together, isolated from Others BY neigh
borhood, education and habits of life they
were entirely dependent on each other for
Society. and grew up almost as one family
Mrs. Garfield, the mother of the Presi- i
Ddent, was the first tutor that he had, and
being lady of great natural ability andl
| very fairly educated she was exceedingly,
liable and successful. Garfield was not
unlike the boys of the present generation ]
| by some accident he got possession of al
novel called "The Pirates Own Book"I
when quite lad, and after reading it until
|he had it by heart he decided that the best
course for him to pursue in life was that
|of seafaring man. His mother, however,
discovered his purpose and prevented it.
Broken up in his first aspirations, MR.
Garfield turned his attention to other pur-!
suits, and Of an agricultural order, until he,
twas 16 years of age. He was very preco-I
|cious, physically as well as mentally, andl
when scarcely Is years of ago was as large
and powerful as on the day that the beastlyj
|cur Guiteau fired upon him from behind.
He always had laundering for marine)
fife, and went to Cleveland to obtain emil
|ployment rs hand on schooner. The
captain of the boat-drunk and profane-.
boon ran the boy off the schooner amidI
baths and insults. Finding that he'
could not mako success rs al
sailor, Garfield turned his attention;
TO canal-boating, and started in lfeI
|as n driver. On his first,
"trip he fell overheard fourteen times, and I
being utterly unable to swim, his escapes1
were miraculous Fever and ague set !,
tiled upon him while canal-boating,
and he gave up the scheme, and with
what little money he had saved and con-$
tributions from friends, entered the Geauga1
Seminary, at Chester, Ohio. He was1
p splendid Latin and Greek scholar,
the languages almost with
out an effort, and strangely enough, \
for it is rare that classical scholar is ant
at figures, was an excellent mathematician. 4
lilo went from Chester to Williams College,
where he outstripptd all competitors, and
was as popular as a comrade among the stu
dents as he was eminent as an intellectual
giant among the professors.
Returning to Ohio he was appointed to /
professorship at the Hiram Institute.
About this time he began preaching.
Politics followed, and in 1855 he was
elected to the Ohio Senate. lie was
then but twenty-eight years of age. Z
He entered when the leaders of slavery
had so far changed the forms of resist
ince to the exercise of their constitutional )
rights by the Northern people, that the CON 4
test would inevitably ca De from the forms
If political action and assume those of war. 4
Il cannot be said that the North were not
lmnlY warmed in time Rnt hnrllu n ,nnn