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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 Lorenzo P. Tefft and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Lorenzo P. Tefft,1 born 1841 in Chenango County, New York, the son of Samuel Tefft and Julia Ann Brown;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 died 13 February 1921.1, 10 Lorenzo married Jane _____ (born ca. 1835 in New York, parents not determined6). Lorenzo is buried in Bath National Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New York.10

  1. US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Record Book, Bath, New York, 1878-1934, Register No. 10248-11685, Lorenzo P. Tefft, enlisted: 3 May 1861 in Norwich, NY; Company H., 177 N.Y. Inf.; age 65 [in 1905], occupation: barber; nearest relative: bro[ther] Nathan Tefft, Norwich, NY; various dates of admission and discharge (first: 16 October 1905; last: 10 February 1921); date of death: 13 February 1921.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Sherburne, Image 39 of 63, Samuel Tiff, 46, RI, boatman; Julia Ann Tiff, 44, NY; Valentine Tiff, 24, NY, boatman; Flora Tiff, 18, NY; Cornelia Tiff, 16, NY; Lorenzo Tiff, 9, NY; Nathan Tiff, 6, NY.
  3. New York State Census, 1855, Chenango County, Smyrna, Image 4 of 41 (right side), Samuel Tefft, 51, Rhode Island, teamster; wife Julia Ann Tefft, 49, Renselaer; daughter Flora Tefft, 23, Chenango; son Lorenzo Tefft, 14, Chenango; son Nathan Tefft, 10, Chenango.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Page 109, Samuel Teft [indexed as Feft], 56, RI, mail carrier; Julia Ann Teft, 54, New York; Lorenzo Teft, 19, New York, painter; Nathaniel Teft, 16, New York, day laborer.
  5. New York State Census, 1865, Chenango County, Smyrna, Image 32 of 80, Samuel Tefft, 61, R.I., stage driver; wife Julia A. Tefft, 59, Rensselaer, 6 children; child Lorenzo P. Tefft, 23, Chenango, harness maker, Army; child Nathan Tefft, 21, Chenango, blacksmith, Army; border Lucia Stewart, 60, Chenango, widowed; grand child Elwin Crumb, 12, Chenango.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Page 39, Lorenco [sic] Tefft, 29, New York, waiter; Jane Tefft, 35, New York, cook. On the same page: Nathan Tefft, 26, New York, blacksmith; Brunette Tefft, 20, New York. Living next door: Samuel Tefft, 66, Rhode Island, farm hand; Julia Tefft, 64, New York. Living next door: Valentine Tefft, 44, New York, laborer; Ladell Tefft, 16, New York.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, E.D. 116, Page No. 28A, Lorenzo Tefft, 38, New York, barber [he is a border among several others in an apparently unrelated family].
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Chenango County, Norwich, E.D. 71, Sheet No. 35A, Lorenzo Teft, 59, New York, 1840, widow, laborer, silk mill; daughter Maggie Teft, 38, New York, 1861; son Frankie Tefft, 27, 1872, New York, silk finisher.
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Chenango County, Norwich, E.D. 86, Sheet No. 4B, Nathan Tefft, 65, New York, crossing tender for railroad; wife of 32 years Purla C. Tefft, 47, New York, 6 children, 5 living; son Lewis L. Tefft, 16, New York, tablet maker in pharmacy; brother Larenso P. Tefft, 69, New York, widow.
  10. Find a Grave (website). Bath National Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New York, Lorenzo P. Tefft, born: unknown; died: 13 February 1921 (from record).