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Lucretia Garfield
1881

Lucretia Rudolph was born in Hiram, Ohio on April 19, 1832.
She and James Garfield attended school toghether.

Her father was a farmer.

In 1854, James went to Williams College and Lucretia taught school.

They were married on November 11, 1858.

James Garfield was away from home due to his work in the Ohio State Senate. Since he was gone so much Lucretia thought that he didn't love her. She once said their marriage was a "great mistake."

When James was elected t the U.S. House of Representatives and they moved to Washington together, their marriage got better.

They had eight children. Only five of the eight lived. (*Did not survive.)

  • Harry
  • James Rudolf
  • Mary (Mollie)
  • Irvin
  • Abram
  • Augustus*
  • Eliza Arabella*
  • Edward*

Just after her husband's election in 1880 she caught malaria. She went to a resort to recover. While she was gone, Charles J. Guiteau shot and badly wounded James.

Garfield died on September 19, 1881.

She died much later on March 14, 1918 in Pasadena, California. She is buried next to her husband in Lake View Cemetary in Cleveland, Ohio.


 

 

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Books and Websites

Books

Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladiesby James Barber and Amy Pastan.
First Ladies: Women Who Called The White House Home (First Ladies) by Beatrice Gormeley.

Websites

http://www.firstladies.org/ National First Ladies Library
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/058_flal.htmlLibrary of Congress, Images of the First Ladies

 

 

 

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