Died at the age of 52. Almedah was a coteacher & best friend of President Garfield's at Hiram College. Her father was Ezra Booth (born 2-14-1792) & her mother was Dorcas Taylor Booth (born 6-30-1800)--both should be buried in the same Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery. For more info on Almedah, see Garfield's eulogy about her in vol. 2 of his works, by Burke A. Hinsdale (1882).
___________________________________________

THANKS TO Laurie Graham Tiffany for the following information:

Almeda A. Booth (1823-1875), taught English, Classics and Mathematics and served as principal of the Ladies' Department at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College) from 1851 to 1866. Born in Nelson, Ohio in 1823, Booth was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church until she began teaching at Hiram and joined the Disciples of Christ. Booth also taught at Union School in Cuyahoga Falls and at Oberlin College in Oberlin. While at Hiram, she studied Classics with future president of the United States James A. Garfield, with whom she remained friends until her death in 1875. The Disciples of Christ founded the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute as a nonsectarian, coeducational preparatory school in 1849. Once the denomination's fellowship in the Western Reserve decided to establish the institution, a contentious debate over its location arose. After thirteen rounds of voting, Hiram was chosen as the site of the institution. The school opened on November 27, 1850 despite the fact that the building was not yet completed. Many of the students came from the surrounding farms and villages of the Western Reserve, but Hiram soon gained a national reputation and students began arriving from other states. The school attained collegiate rank in 1867 and changed its name to Hiram College.
___________________________________________

THANKS TO: A. Brockman for information and photos and for sponsoring this memorial.

THANKS TO: Roger Milford for the gravestone photo.

THANKS TO: grimace for addition information.