Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1832, Apr. 19 | Born on a farm near Gavettsville, Ohio |
1849 | Became student at Geavga Academy, Chester, Ohio, where she met James A. Garfield |
1851 | Became student at Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio, where her family then made its home; taught some terms in Ohio public schools |
1858 | Married James A. Garfield (died 1881) |
1860 | Birth of daughter Eliza, called "Trot" (died 1863) |
1863 | Birth of Harry Augustus Garfield Husband James A. Garfield resigned commission in Union Army to enter Congress |
1863-1881 | Lived in Hiram and Mentor, Ohio, and in Washington, D.C., while her husband was in Congress |
1865 | Birth of James Rudolph Garfield |
1867 | Birth of Mary Garfield Summer trip to Europe with her husband |
1870 | Birth of Irwin McDowell Garfield |
1872 | Birth of Abram Garfield |
1874 | Birth of Edward Garfield (died 1876) |
1880 | James A. Garfield elected president |
1881 | James A. Garfield assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau Lived at Cleveland and Mentor, Ohio; after 1885, made her home in Mentor |
1887-1888 | Spent winter in Europe |
1888 | Death of her mother-in-law, Eliza Ballon Garfield, who made her home at Mentor, Ohio |
1897 | Death of her father, Zeb Rudolph, who lived with her most of the time after 1881 |
1901 | Spent winter in Florida |
1902-1918 | Spent winters in Pasadena, Calif. |
1918, Mar. 13 | Died, Pasadena, Calif. |