. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . f^. ^^■=- ^ ^^AMES A. GARFIELD,twentieth President ofthe United States, 1881,was born November 19,1831, in tlie wild woodsof Cuyahoga County,Ohio. His parents wereAbram and EHza (Ballou)Garfield, who were of New- England ancestry. Thesenior Garfield was an in- dustrious farmer, as therapid improvements whichappeared on his place at-tested. The residence wasthe familiar pioneer log cabin,and the household comprised the parentsand their children—Mehetable, Thomas,Mary and James A. In May, 1833, thefather died, and the care of the hou
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . f^. ^^■=- ^ ^^AMES A. GARFIELD,twentieth President ofthe United States, 1881,was born November 19,1831, in tlie wild woodsof Cuyahoga County,Ohio. His parents wereAbram and EHza (Ballou)Garfield, who were of New- England ancestry. Thesenior Garfield was an in- dustrious farmer, as therapid improvements whichappeared on his place at-tested. The residence wasthe familiar pioneer log cabin,and the household comprised the parentsand their children—Mehetable, Thomas,Mary and James A. In May, 1833, thefather died, and the care of the house-hold consequently devolved upon youngThomas, to whom James was greatly in-debted for the educational and other ad-vantages he enjoyed. He now lives inMichigan, and the two sisters live in Solon,Ohio, near their birthplace. As the subject of our sketch grew up, he,too, was industrious, both in mental andphysical labor. He worked upon the farm,or at carpentering, or chopped wood, or atany other odd job that would aid in supportof the family, and in the mean
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