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 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Thomas Lester Armitage and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Thomas Lester Armitage,1 born 2 December 1898 in Wood County, Ohio, the son of William Alfred Armitage and Hattie Rebecca Leimgruber; died 19 March 1951 in Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio.1 Thomas married Nora Celia Tefft1 (born 20 August 1901 in Ohio, the daughter of Rowland Gardner Tefft and Dorcas Jean Benschoter;2, 3, 4 Nora died 11 July 1994 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio2). Thomas and Nora are buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio.1, 2

  1. Find a Grave (website). Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio, Thomas Lester Armitage, born: 2 December 1898 in Wood County, Ohio; died: 19 March 1951 in Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio (from record, which includes the text of his obituary; and the names and links for his parents, siblings, and spouse).
  2. Find a Grave (website). Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio, Nora C. Tefft Armitage, born: 20 August 1901; died: 11 July 1994 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, and spouse).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 207, Sheet No. 6B, Rowland G. Tafft [sic], 45, Ohio, laborer, oil fields; wife of 19 years Dorcas J. Tafft, 36, Ohio, 5 children, 5 living; son Byron R. Tafft, 16, Ohio; daughter Ruby L. Tafft, 14, Ohio; son Eugene Tafft, 12, Ohio; daughter Nora C. Tafft, 9, Ohio; son Neil R. Tafft, 5, Ohio.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Wood County, Portage, E.D. 174, Sheet No. 8A, R. G. Tefft, 54, oil pumper, oil field; wife Dorcas Tefft, 43, Ohio; son Eugene Tefft, 21, Ohio, oil pumper, oil field; daughter Celia Tefft, 18, Ohio; son Neil Tefft, 14, Ohio. Living next door: Byron Tefft, 25, Ohio, laborer, farm; wife Lula Tefft, 23, Ohio.