(Encyclopedia) Garfield, industrial city (2020 pop. 32,655), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Passaic at its confluence with the Saddle River; settled 1679…
Born: 11/19/1831Birthplace: Cuyahoga County, Ohio James Abram Garfield, the last president to be born in a log cabin, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on Nov. 19, 1831. A Williams graduate, he…
(Encyclopedia) Garfield, James Abram, 1831–81, 20th President of the United States (Mar.–Sept., 1881). Born on a frontier farm in Cuyahoga co., Ohio, he spent his early years in poverty. As a youth…
(Encyclopedia) Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865–1950, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1907–9), b. Hiram, Ohio; son of President James A. Garfield. After being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1888, he became…
(Encyclopedia) Dove, Arthur GarfieldDove, Arthur Garfielddŭv [key], 1880–1946, American painter, b. Canandaigua, N.Y. Early in his career he did commercial illustration in New York City. Following a…
(Encyclopedia) Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863–1942, American educator, b. Hiram, Ohio, grad. Williams 1885, studied law at Columbia; son of President James A. Garfield. From 1888 to 1903 he practiced…
(Encyclopedia) Oxnam, Garfield BromleyOxnam, Garfield Bromleyŏkˈsnăm, –snəm [key], 1891–1963, American Methodist bishop, b. Sonora, Calif., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1913) and Boston…
(Encyclopedia) Eugene, city (2020 pop. 176,654), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a…
HAVENS, Harrison Eugene, a Representative from Missouri; born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 15, 1837; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
