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Family HistoryFamily History - Mertie ‘Myrta’ 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 Mertie ‘Myrta’ Tefft and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Mertie ‘Myrta’ Tefft,1 born 12 August 1882 in Portage, Wood County, Ohio, the daughter of Nathan Tefft and Abigail I. ‘Abbie’ Johnson; twin;1, 2, 3, 4 died 15 January 1946 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.2 Myrta married, 1925, Harry Elisha Fuller2 (born 18 November 1884 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, parents not determined;5 Harry died 12 October 1962 in Orland, Steuben County, Indiana5). Myrta and Harry are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana.2, 5

  1. Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003; Wood County, Image 193 of 230, Myra Tefft and Mertie Tefft [twins] born: 12 August 1882 in Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio; father: Nathan Tefft; mother: Abby I. Johnson.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Myrta Tefft Fuller, born: 12 August 1883 in Ohio [sic, she was born in 1882, a twin; her gravestone also shows the wrong year]; died: 15 January 1946 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, and spouse).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg Township, E.D. 153, Sheet No. 11A, Nathan Tefft, 61, New York, June 1838, stationary engineer; wife of 32 years Abbie J. Tefft, 55, Ohio, Sep. 1844, 7 children, 4 living; daughter Myrta Tefft, 17, Ohio, Aug. 1882; daughter Myra Tefft, 17, Ohio, Aug. 1882; daughter Amy Tefft, 12, Ohio, Jan. 1888.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Iowa, Scott County, Davenport, E.D. 134, Sheet No. 14B, John Croft, 29, Ohio, superintendent, pump factory; wife of 7 years Myra Croft, 27, Ohio, 1 child, 1 living; daughter Helen Croft, 6, Ohio; sister-in-law Mertie Taft, 27, Ohio, saleslady, five and ten cent store; lodger Marian Keim, 18, Illinois, manicurer, beauty parlor; lodger Winifred Keim, 36, Illinois, married 19 years, 1 child, 1 living, artist, beauty parlor.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Harry Elisha Fuller, born: 18 November 1884 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; died: 12 October 1962 in Orland, Steuben County, Indiana (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, half-siblings, and spouse).