Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918

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Garfield, Lucretia R.

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Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1915.

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Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, widow of President J A Garfield

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Garfield, Lucretia (Rudolph)

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Garfield, Lucretia Randolph, 1832-1918.

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Rudolph, Lucretia, 1832-1918

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Epithet: widow of President J A Garfield

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0001e7

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield was born on a farm outside Garretsville, Ohio, in 1832. She met James Abram Garfield while both were students at Geauga Academy in Chester, Ohio, and the two married in 1858. Following her husband's assassination in 1881 she lived much of her life at their home in Mentor, Ohio, before dying in 1918 while wintering in Pasadena, California.

From the description of Lucretia R. Garfield letter to Edgar Adams, 1889 October 16. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 758986362 From the description of Lucretia R. Garfield envelopes with mourning border, 1894-1898. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 758985796 From the description of Lucretia R. Garfield letters to Col. and Mrs. A.F. Rockwell, 1884-1890. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 758985798

Wife of President James A. Garfield.

From the description of Papers of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1807-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064023

Educated at Western Reserve Eclectic College and became a teacher. Married James A. Garfield in 1858 and became First Lady in 1881. After President Garfield was assassinated in July 1881, she retired to the Garfield Estate in Mentor, Ohio.

From the description of Lucretia R. Garfield letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1896 Apr 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 316338567

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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. From the guide to the Lucretia Rudolph Garfield Papers, 1807-1958, (bulk 1844-1918), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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