1. He did. James A. Garfield was murdered age 49.

2. "First of all, " replied the boy James A. Garfield, when asked what he meant to be, "I must make myself a man; if I do not succeed in that, I can succeed in nothing."

3. He did. James A. Garfield was murdered at age 49.

4. James A. Garfield holds the dubious distinction of being the only President who attended church with his assassin.

5. James A. Garfield was born in a log cabin, and his father died when he was only a baby.

6. Perhaps the most impressive site at Lake View Cemetery on Cleveland's east side is the James A. Garfield Monument honoring the U. S. president who was assassinated in 1881.