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Family HistoryFamily History - Byron Rowland 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 Byron Rowland Tefft and five of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Byron Rowland Tefft,1 born 25 August 1893 in Ohio, the son of Rowland Gardner Tefft and Dorcas Jean Benschoter;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 died 30 July 1974 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio.1 Byron married, ca. 1920, Lula Lucy Canfield5 (born ca. 1897 in Ohio, the daughter of Edison Canfield and Alice Hartman;4, 5, 6 Lula died 23 January 1963 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio7). Byron is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio.1 Lula is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rudolph, Wood County, Ohio.7

Children of Byron Rowland Tefft and Lula Lucy Canfield:

 2i. Joyce M. Tefft, born ca. 1921 in Ohio.5
 3ii. Maxine M. Tefft, born ca. 1926 in Ohio.5, 6
 4iii. Loretta Tefft, born ca. 1931 in Ohio.6
 5iv. Janis Tefft, born ca. 1932 in Ohio.6
 6v. Maynard A. Tefft, born ca. 1939 in Ohio.6

  1. Find a Grave (website). Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio, Byron Rowland Tefft, born: 25 August 1893; died: 30 July 1974 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, two siblings, spouse, and three children).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Fulton County, Swan Creek Township, E.D. 13, Sheet No. 6A, Rowland G. Tefft, 32, Ohio, Apr. 1868, farmer; wife of 8 years Docas [sic] G. Tefft, 23, Ohio, July 1876, 3 children, 3 living; son Byron R. Tefft, 6, Ohio, Aug. 1893; daughter Rubbie L. Tefft, 4, Ohio, Sept. 1895; son Eugene E. Tefft, 2, Ohio, Apr. 1898.
  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.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 87-42, Sheet No. 9B, Rowland G. Tefft, 65, Ohio, first married age 27, farmer, truck farm; wife Dorcas J. Tefft, 55, Ohio, first married age 17; son Neil R. Tefft, 24, Ohio; daughter Patricia H. Tefft, 8, Ohio. Living next door: Eugene E. Tefft, 31, Ohio, first married age 25, farmer, truck farm; wife Margaret E. Tefft, 25, Ohio, first married age 19; son Bernard E. Tefft, 5, Ohio; daughter Marjorie L. Tefft, 3 11/12, Ohio. Living nearby: Byron R. Tefft, 36, Ohio, first married age 26, farmer, truck farm; wife Lulu L Tefft, 32, Ohio, first married age 21; daughter Joyce M. Tefft, 9, Ohio; daughter Maxine M. Tefft, 4, Ohio.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 87-51, Sheet Nos. 10A-B, Four Tefft families in close proximity: 1. Eugene Tefft, 41, Ohio, drainage, W.P.A.; wife Margaret Tefft, 34, Ohio; Bernarr [sic] Tefft, 15, Ohio; daughter Marjorie Tefft, 13, Ohio; Phyllis Tefft, 9, Ohio; son Travis Tefft, 3, Ohio. 2. Neil R. Tefft, 34, Ohio, bridgework, W.P.A.; wife Ethel Tefft, 26, West Virginia; daughter Sheila Tefft, 7, Ohio; daughter Shelva Tefft, 1, Ohio. 3. Rowland Tefft, 75, Ohio, operator, farm; wife Dorcas Tefft, 65, Ohio; daughter Patricia Tefft, 18, Ohio. 4. Buron [sic] Tefft, 47, Ohio, drainage, W.P.A.; wife Lulu Lucy Tefft, 42, Ohio; daughter Maxine Tefft, 14, Ohio; daughter Loretta Tefft, 9, Ohio; daughter Janis Tefft 8, Ohio; son Maynard A. Tefft, 10/12, Ohio.
  7. Find a Grave (website). Bethel Cemetery, Rudolph, Wood County, Ohio, Lulu Lucy Canfield Tefft, born: 20 January 1897 in Wood County, Ohio; died: 23 January 1963 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes a note naming his parents; and provides the names and links for her spouse and three children).