 1832 - 1918 (85 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Lucretia Rudolph |
| Nickname |
Crete |
| Birth |
19 Apr 1832 |
Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
14 Mar 1918 |
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
4 Dec 2000 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
9MYC-77N |
| Burial |
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I90485 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Zebulon Rudolph, b. 28 Feb 1803, Shenandoah Valley, Page, Virginia, United States d. 20 Oct 1897, Mentor, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Mother |
Arabella Green Mason, b. 18 Apr 1810, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, United States d. 13 Jul 1879, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Oct 1830 |
Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F30015 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
President James Abram Garfield, b. 19 Nov 1831, Moreland Hills, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States d. 19 Sep 1881, Elberon, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Nov 1858 |
Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Eliza Arabella "Trot" Garfield, b. 3 Jul 1860, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 3 Dec 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States (Age 3 years) |
| | 2. Harry Augustus Garfield, b. 11 Oct 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 12 Dec 1942, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 3. James Rudolph Garfield, b. 17 Oct 1865, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 24 Mar 1950, Cleves, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 84 years) |
| | 4. Irvin McDowell Garfield, b. 3 Aug 1870, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 18 Jul 1951, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 5. Abram Garfield, b. 21 Nov 1872, Washington, District of Columbia, United States d. 16 Oct 1958, Bratenahl, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. Mary "Molly" Garfield, b. 16 Jan 1867, Washington, District of Columbia, United States d. 30 Dec 1947, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 7. Edward Garfield, b. 25 Dec 1874, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 25 Oct 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F30014 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 19 Apr 1832 - Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States |
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 | Marriage - 11 Nov 1858 - Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States |
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 | Death - 14 Mar 1918 - Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Dec 2000 - SLAKE |
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 | Burial - - Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Presidential First Lady. Her tenure in Washington lasted but 200 days. J a mes Garfield's Inaugural Ball was held at the Smithsonian institute whe r e an electric lamp was on display to the amazement of all who attended . S hortly after, Lucretia Garfield became ill with malaria and went to E lber on, New Jersey for rest and recuperation when word arrived that he r husba nd had been shot. She returned to Washington by special train, fr ail an d fatigued to personally tend to her husband. The President was ta ken t o Elberon for treatment during the three months he fought for his l ife. A ttending doctors were unable to locate the bullet lodged in Presid ent's G arfield stomach and they may have caused an infection with non-st erile in struments that led to his death. After his burial in Cleveland , the famil y returned home to their farm in Mentor, Ohio. Lucretia Rudol ph was bor n in Garrettsville, Ohio her father was Zebulon Rudolph one o f the founde rs of Hiram College. She was educated at home until the ag e of sixteen th en attended school in nearby Chesterland where she met Ja mes A. Garfield . She enrolled in Hiram College then known as Western Res erve Electic Col lege, graduated and began her teaching career with assig nments in Clevela nd, Ravenna and Chagrin Falls. Letter writing to Jame s Garfield culminate d in Courtship and finally marriage. Their relations hip in the beginnin g was very unstable due to the amount of time spent a part. Garfield was r ewarded for his outstanding civil war record wit h a seat in the House o f Representatives. The marriage grew stronger a s Lucretia and her childre n joined him in Washington. Of seven children , two died and five achieve d adulthood. Garfield's election to the Presi dency brought a cheerful fam ily to the White House only to be overshadow ed by death and illness. Afte r the death of the President and burial, th e family returned home to thei r residence in Mentor, Ohio. (Lawnfield) L ucretia Garfield remained her e for many years remodeling the residence w ith the addition of many room s including a library to house the Presiden t's huge collection of books . She added a carriage house and finally a w indmill. The house today is p reserved and is a favorite destination of t ourist where they are able t o view the many mementos from the Garfield f amily. She had many grandchil dren and kept up her interest in politics . She rolled bandages for the Sp anish War and for World War I. Finding t he Ohio winters too cold, Lucreti a moved to California and constructe d a house in Pasadena. she was an hon ored guest in the first Rose Bowl p arade. Lucretia remained a widow and l ived 36 years after the death of h er husband. She died at her Pasadena ho me at the age of eighty five the n taken to Cleveland and interred in th e same mausoleum beside her husba nd at Lakeview Cemetery.
Bio by: Donald Greyfield from Find-a-Grave Memorial
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