Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWilliam Van Buren Tefft

Parents

FatherEzekiel A. ‘Squirrel Hunter’ Tefft (January 1799 - 16 February 1868)
MotherMercy Wilbur (13 June 1802 - 19 February 1885)

Personal Information

Record Created: 9 March 2021; Last Edited: 28 March 2021 
Person ID10769
NameWilliam Van Buren Tefft
GenderMale
Born ca. 1821 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Married 28 December 1837 in Columbiana County, Ohio to Jane Baird6
Married ca. 1859 to Hannah Patterson (née Scott) 3
Died 23 October 1897 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio1
Buried in Fish Cemetery, Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJane Baird
Born ca. 1825 in Ohio
Married 28 December 1837 in Columbiana County, Ohio to William Van Buren Tefft
Died 2 June 1858 in Wood County, Ohio
  
Children of William Van Buren Tefft and Jane Baird:
  
+1.FamilyMargaret Ann Tefft
Born 12 August 1839 in Wood County, Ohio
Married 14 October 1855 to John William Fish
Died 1 September 1913 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio
  
2.FamilyCharlotte Tefft
Born ca. 1841 in Ohio
Died 17 June 1851 in Bloomdale, Wood County, Ohio
  
+3.FamilyMercy Jane ‘Mercie’ Tefft
Born 1846 in Ohio
Married 25 December 1866 in Wood County, Ohio to George W. Wright
Died 20 January 1873 in Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio
  
+4.FamilyHuldah Tefft
Born 1 April 1848 in Wood County, Ohio
Married to Isaac Zimmerman
Died 1935
  
+5.FamilyJohn Albert Tefft
Born 22 January 1855 in Wood County, Ohio
Married 2 August 1876 in Wood County, Ohio to Ella Ophelia Youngs
Died 29 April 1924 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
  
+6.FamilyCharles William Tefft
Born 28 May 1858 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio
Married 20 July 1887 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana to Delia Burke
Died 7 July 1925 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
  
Spouse 2FamilyHannah Patterson (née Scott) (daughter of Joseph Scott and Sarah Ann Lawes)
Born 7 April 1832 in Welney, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Married to John Patterson
Married ca. 1859 to William Van Buren Tefft
Died 29 April 1915 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Fish Cemetery, Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio, William Van Buren Tefft, born: 1821 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island; died: 23 October 1897 in Toledo, Lucas County, Rhode Island (from record, which provides a note giving details of his marriages, parents, siblings, children, and other biographical details; and provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, spouses, and children).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Wood County, Bloom Township, Image 11 of 16, William Tifft, 28, Rhode Island; Jane Tifft, 30, Ohio; Margaret A. Tifft, 11, Ohio; Charlotte Tifft, 9, Ohio; Mercy Tifft, 4, Ohio; Hulda Tifft, 2, Ohio.
  3. 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.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Wood County, Webster Township, Page No. 10, Wm. Tift, 49, R.I., lumberman; Hannah Tift, 38, England; John Tift, 14, Ohio; Charles Tift, 12, Ohio; Anna Patterson, 14, N.Y. Living next door are William and Hannah’s married daughter Mercy with her husband and daughter: George Bright [sic, Wright], 25, Ohio, sawyer; Mercy Bright, 22, Ohio; Dora Bright, 1, Ohio.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Wood County, Freedom Township, E.D. 96, Page No. 4, William V. B. Tefft, 59, Rhode Island, farmer; wife Hannah Tefft, 48, England; son Charles W. Tefft, 22, Ohio, works on farm; mother Mercy Tefft, 77, Rhode Island.
  6. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Columbiana County, Image 104 of 279, William V. B. Taft [sic] and Jane Baird, married on 28 December 1837.