a minute-man from Lincoln, engaged in the fight with the Britis
h at Concord,and was one of the signers of a certificate, wit
h some of theprincipal citizens of that town, declaring that th
e British began that fight. We should notfeel so much solicitu
de about that matter now. Abram Garfield, a nephew of the soldi
er at Concord, whose name he bore, and who represented the seven
thgeneration of the family, settled later in Otsego County N.Y
. "The Life andService of James A. Garfield. E.E. Brown