Gazlay Family History
Family History - Susan Persinia Tefft
| Key: | 1. | “+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation. |
| 2. | “born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown. |
This family history features Susan Persinia Tefft and 10 of her descendants down to the second generation.
First and Second Generations
1. Susan Persinia Tefft,1 born 1859 in Ohio, the daughter of Gardner Rowland Tefft and Leah Wollum;1, 2, 3 died 1951.1 Susan married Samuel Lewis Shonk (born 7 October 1854 in Sandusky County, Ohio, parents not determined;4 Samuel died 12 August 1925 in Henry County, Ohio4). Susan and Samuel are buried in Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio.1, 4Children of Susan Persinia Tefft and Samuel Lewis Shonk:
| 2 | i. | Georgia Shonk, born 1875. | |
| 3 | ii. | Jennie Shonk, born 1878. | |
| 4 | iii. | Walter W. Shonk, born 1880. | |
| 5 | iv. | Lucinda ‘May’ Shonk, born 1883. | |
| 6 | v. | Grover C. Shonk, born 1886. | |
| 7 | vi. | Frank Therman Shonk, born 1888. | |
| 8 | vii. | Olive Shonk, born 1890. | |
| 9 | viii. | Chloe T. Shonk, born 1892. | |
| 10 | ix. | Leoto Lewis ‘Otto’ Shonk, born 1895. | |
| 11 | x. | Mercy M. Shonk, born 1902. |
- Find a Grave (website). Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio, Susan Persinia Tefft Shonk, born: 1859; died: 1951 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, spouse, and ten children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Wood County, Webster Township, Page No. 232, William Teft, 39, Rhode Island, miller; Hannah Teft, 29, England; Mercy J. Teft, 14, Ohio; Hulda Teft, 12, Ohio; Ann Teft, 4, New York; John Teft, 4, Ohio; Charles Teft, 2, Ohio. Living nearby is: Gardner Teft, 36, New York, miller; Leah Teft, 28, Ohio; Stephen Teft, 10, Ohio; Mary Teft, 9, Ohio; Merch Teft, 6, Ohio; Arathusa Teft, 4, Ohio; Susan Teft, 1, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Henry County, Washington Township, Page No. 27, G. R. Tefft, 46, York State, lumber dealer; Leah Tefft, 39, Ohio; Stephen Tefft, 31, Ohio [sic, he was actually about 21]; Mary Tefft, 19, Ohio; Mercy Tefft, 16, Ohio; Susan Tefft, 11, Ohio; Louisa Tefft, 8, Ohio; Rowland Tefft, 5, Ohio; Mercy Tefft, 67, Rhode Island.
- Find a Grave (website). Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio, Samuel Lewis Shonk, born: 7 October 1854 in Sandusky County, Ohio; died: 12 August 1925 in Henry County, Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for his spouse and ten children).