James A. Garfield
Eliza Arabella "Trot" Garfield
She was born July 3, 1860. She died of diphtheria on December 3, 1863. She was three years old.
Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield
He was born October 11, 1863 and died December 12, 1942. Hal spent most of his life in education, teaching at Princeton University and Williams College, where he served as president. While at Princeton, Hal befriended future president Woodrow Wilson, who, during World War I, asked him to serve as the nation's Fuel Administrator. He married Belle Hartford Mason and had four children.
James Rudolf Garfield
He was born October 17, 1865, and died March 24, 1950. President Garfield's assassination was seen first hand, by his own son "Jimmy," at the tender age of 15. A Columbia University graduate, he was a lawyer and politician. He worked in the government before coming to the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. The two became lifelong friends and, impressed with his work, Roosevelt appointed him Secretary of the Interior. James married Helen Newell and had four children.
Mary "Mollie" Garfield Stanley-Brown
She was born January 16, 1867 and died December 30, 1947. Mollie was just a child at the time of her father's assassination. She eventually married a man who had served her father as a junior White House secretary. They had 3 children and lived for years in New York before moving to California.
Irvin McDowell Garfield
He was born August 3, 1870 and died on July 18, 1951. He married Susan Emmons, had three children and carved out a successful law and business career in law in Boston.
Abram Garfield
He was born November 21, 1872 and died October 16, 1958. After an education at Williams College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he built a career as one of the world's leading architects. He married Sarah Granger and had two children. He was appointed to national commissions by two presidents. After Sarah died, at the ripe old age seventy-five, he married Helen Grannis.
Edward Garfield
He was born December 25, 1874 and died October 25, 1876. The last child of James and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield died of the whooping cough before his second birthday.
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