1931 Dedication
Moreland Hills, Ohio
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Moreland Hills, Ohio
James A. Garfield Birthsite Park
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JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD
20TH President of the United States of America
Term: March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881
(Republican Party)
Born: November 19, 1831, Orange Twp., (now the Village of Moreland Hills), Ohio.
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Education: Attended Geauga Academy and Western Reserve Eclectic Institute; 1856 graduate of Williams College.
Military: Colonel of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later he was promoted to brigadier general.
Assassinated: July 2, 1881 shot twice in the back by the insane Charles Julius Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington Terminal
Died: September 19, 1881 Elberton, New Jersey, September 19, 1881.
Entombed: 1890 Garfield Memorial, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Parents: Abram Garfield, Eliza Ballou Garfield
Siblings: Mehetabel (1821-1909), Thomas (1822-1910), Mary (1824-1884), James Ballou (1826-1829)
Spouse: Lucretia Rudolph m. 1858 Hiram, Ohio
Children: Eliza Arabella (1860-1863), Harry Augustus (1863-1942), James Rudolph (1865-1950), Mary (Mollie) (1867-1947, Irvin McDowell (1870-1951), Abram (1872-1958),
Edward (1874-1876)
JAG Resources
JAG Important Dates in His Life
The James A. Garfield Collection at Hiram College
Lawnfield, Garfield’s home Mentor, Ohio