Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyGardner Rowland 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: 20 March 2021 
Person ID10770
NameGardner Rowland Tefft
GenderMale
Born 1824 in New York1, 2, 3, 4
Married 5 October 1848 in Wood County, Ohio to Leah Wollum5, 6
Died 20 November 1872 in Fulton County, Ohio1
Buried in Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyLeah Wollum (daughter of Archibald Wollum and Catherine Smith)
Born 3 August 1831 in Wood County, Ohio
Married 5 October 1848 in Wood County, Ohio to Gardner Rowland Tefft
Married 1879 to George Washington Cupp
Died 28 April 1914 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio
  
Children of Gardner Rowland Tefft and Leah Wollum:
  
+1.FamilyStephen William Tefft
Born August 1849 in Ohio
Married ca. 1873 to Harriet Bates
Died 7 September 1918 in Seneca County, Ohio
  
+2.FamilyMary Catherine Tefft
Born 16 July 1851 in Wood County, Ohio
Married 17 January 1877 in Henry County, Ohio to Oliver William Detwiler
Died 6 September 1934 in Fulton County, Ohio
  
+3.FamilyMercy Jane Tefft
Born 11 November 1853 in Ohio
Married 1 March 1874 in Fulton County, Ohio to Samuel Washington Mohler
Died 12 May 1929
  
4.FamilyArathusa Tefft
Born ca. 1856 in Ohio
  
+5.FamilySusan Persinia Tefft
Born 1859 in Ohio
Married to Samuel Lewis Shonk
Died 1951
  
+6.FamilyEmma Louisa Tefft
Born 7 October 1862 in Ohio
Married 7 September 1878 in Fulton County, Ohio to Lester Clark Alwood
Married 16 January 1908 in LaGrange County, Indiana to Deforest J. Willard
Married 26 February 1913 in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan to Samuel Miller
Died 20 August 1923 in Newton Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  
+7.FamilyRowland Gardner Tefft
Born 5 April 1865 in Ohio
Married 25 April 1892 to Dorcas Jean Benschoter
Died 9 February 1946 in Wood County, Ohio
  
+8.FamilyWilliam Henry Tefft
Born September 1871 in Wood County, Ohio
Married 27 August 1892 in Wood County, Ohio to Ella May Householder
Died 8 May 1941 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio, Gardner Rowland Tefft, born; 1824 in New York; died: 20 November 1872 in Fulton County, Ohio (from record, which includes notes detailing his marriage and naming his parents and eight children; and provides the names and links for his parents, spouse, siblings, and three children).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg Township, Image 32 of 44, E. Tifft, 51, Rhode Island, farmer; Mercy Tifft, 47, Rhode Island; Gardner Tifft, 25, NY, farmer; Palmer Tifft, 22, NY, farmer; Nathan Tifft, 11, Ohio; Lea Tifft, 17, Ohio; Stephen Tifft, 1, Ohio (Lea[h] is believed to be Gardner’s wife, and Stephen their son).
  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, 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.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio; Palmer Tefft, born: 1820 in New York; died: 2 August 1852 in Wood County, Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and siblings).
  6. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Wood County, Page 234, Image 142 of 164, Gardner Tefft and Leah Wollum, married on 5 October 1848.