The Fremont County record., 1881-09-24

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Twas born in Richmo6il. ca = eoSi, 4
|ty, New Hampshire, in 1901 and IS q
relative of Hosea Bsllou, the founder
|of Universalism in this country. In|
|1s14. her father having died when
she was but eight years old, herr
mother, at the earnest solicitation of
|her eldest son, moved to Muskingum|
county, Ohio. There at the age oil
eighteen, she married Abram Carl
field, who was year older. They
subsequently, moved to Cuyahoga|
county where James A. Garfield, the
youngest of their four children, was
born. When James A. was eighteen|
months old his fathetsdied suddenly
and the mother was lef0alone to care|
for her four chiIdVpd rs eldest "a
whom was only sine years Of age
fThis task she heroicaIIy and success
bully undertook. At the age of three
years this future president of the
limited States was first sent to school
|and his progress was SO wonderful
: that by the time he was eighteen1
years of age he was sufficiently we'll
qualified to teach district school.
When it is remembered that he was,
compelled to labor during the sum-;
mer months, not only for his own
support but for enough money to-
carry him through a term of school
lin the winter, the qualifications heI
acquired at eighteen are quite re-
lmarknble. In the intervals betweenI
3the terms of school he did the hard
lest kind of manual labor and for
some weeks drove the team of canal
boat for cousin upon the Ohio canal i
For long time he entertained de-
|sire to become sailor, but tediousI
ILLNESS and his mothers advice,
changed his mind so he determined toI
attend college and enter the real
struggle of manhood with a first-class;
Education. Therefore, in order to fiji
himself for collegiate course, hcl
entered the "Hiram Eclectic Insti-l
|iute," an educational school of the
Disciples church, in 1851, at the age|
lof nineteen years. So rapid was his
progress that in June, 1854, he hadI
not only fitted himself for college but;
had completed two years of the coli
|lege course, besides having taught
two winters in the district school,
supported himself and saved $3.50.
In that same year he entered Will
Hams college from which he soon|
graduated with the highest college,
(popuiarlty end sr1l unreservesi conf
Fidence and admiration of President!
Hopkins and all the faculty.
He returned to Hiram and ON the|
|i1th of November, 1858, was married.
to Miss Lucretia Rudolph, farmer's|
daughter. He became professor of
Latin and Greek at the Hiram Insti-|
|tu;e and very soon its president. InI
|is59 he was elected by the people of
Summit and Portage counties to theI
state senate and although only TWEEN
Ity-eight years of age he speedily took
frank as one of the readiest and best
Uniformed debaters.
Upon the breaking>out of the rebel
|lion he set about raising recruits for}
the Forty-second Ohio volunteers
land it was mainly to his effortsl
that the regiment was filled up. lni
August 1861, he was commissioned
las lieutenant-colonel and soon pro-I
|moted to colonel. On the 18th of De-
(cember. 1861, he took his well drillei!
regiment from Camp Chase to the:
| front and reported to General BUELL.
lat Louisville, Kentucky. who at oncej
|assigncd to Colonel Garfield the task!
|of driving Humphrey Marshall with!
200 men out of eastern Kentucky.
His little army consisted of only four,
Regiments of infantry aud 600 cavalry|
in all about $500 men. Gcnl Buell.
asked this colonel, fresh from civil
|life, to draw his own plans for the
and conduct it in his own
|way. With this small force, amid
mountains, over bad roads, in inclcm-|
|ent weather aud without artillery, )!
Colonel Garfield drove Marshall frou'
ibis strongholds and out of EASTERN
Kentucky. Soon afterwards he sur.)
|priscd Marskall's army 1t Pound Gap|
|in tho Cumberland mountains of
Tennessee and completely routed II,
breaking Marshall entirely up. For
ibis successful victory over Marshall,
he was made brigadier-gcneral and
ordered to join Buell. in person, who|
was moving to join Grant at Savan-
|nah. General Garfield overlook him.
was given the command Of brigadeI
|and took part at the second days
light at Shiloh. He was in all OF theI
Operations in front OF Corintll, butt
fell victim TO the malaria of that
region and was i'll during July and,
august. When he became GONZALES
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