Part one of term paper
Born in a log cabin, James Abram Garfield rose by his own efforts to become a college president, a major general in the Civil War, a leader in Congress, and finally president of the United States. Four months after his inauguration, he was shot by an assassin. After weeks of suffering he died. Birth and Boyhood James Abram Garfield was born i ...

Part two of term paper
... 15 miles southeast of Cleveland, and settled down to farm. Around their small clearings the woods stretched almost unbroken for miles. Three years later Abram became ill, after fighting a forest fire with his neighbors, and died. His widow was left with four children--James, the youngest, not quite two; Thomas, ten years old; Mehitabel (Hitty), seven; and Mary, four. Mrs. Garfield courageously decided to run the farm and keep her family together. Thomas and Uncle Amos helped Mrs. Garfield with ...