There as pupil-teacher James Garfield became in one branch the instructor of his future wife, and it was while there that the two became engaged.

It was a long engagement.

James had to wait the traditional "seven years" for his wife, but the world knows how well he was repaid for his long waiting.
"Did you know Mrs.Garfield ?" asked a reporter of the Chicago _Inter-Ocean_ of Mr.Philo Chamberlain, of Cleveland.
"Yes, indeed," was the reply.

"My wife knows her intimately.

They used to teach school together in Cleveland.