Gazlay Family History
Loren Palmer Tefft
Parents
| Father | Ezekiel A. ‘Squirrel Hunter’ Tefft (January 1799 - 16 February 1868) |
| Mother | Mercy Wilbur (13 June 1802 - 19 February 1885) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 9 March 2021; Last Edited: 16 March 2021 |
| Person ID | 10771 |
| Name | Loren Palmer Tefft |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 1829 in New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 21 May 1851 in Wood County, Ohio to Phoebe Ann Adams (born Sprague)4, 5 |
| Died | 6 December 1868 in Wood County, Ohio1 |
| Buried | in Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Phoebe Ann Adams (born Sprague) (daughter of John Sprague and Hannah Wilber) |
| Born | May 1836 in Madison County, New York |
| Married | 21 May 1851 in Wood County, Ohio to Loren Palmer Tefft |
| Children | of Loren Palmer Tefft and Phoebe Ann Adams (born Sprague): |
| 1. | (infant) Tefft |
| Born |
| 2. | Florence G. Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1854 in Wood County, Ohio |
| Died | August 1861 in Wood County, Ohio |
| +3. | Ellen Beolia Tefft |
| Born | 20 January 1854 in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio |
| Married | 22 February 1872 in Wood County, Ohio to Hiram Raymond Cunning |
| Died | 18 December 1935 in Haskins, Wood County, Ohio |
| 4. | Lorrin Palmer Tefft |
| Born | 12 August 1864 in Wood County, Ohio |
| Died | 17 December 1885 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio; Pvt. Loren Palmer “Squirrel Hunter” Tefft, born: 1829 in New York; died: 6 December 1868 in Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes a copy of his obituary, which describes the hunting accident in which he was shot and killed; notes describing the origin of Squirrel Hunters, and names of his wife and two children; and provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, and children).
- 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).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg, Page 133, Loren P. Tift, 31, New York, miller; Phebe A. Tift, 24, New York; Ellen Tift, 6, Ohio. Living next door are Loren’s parents: Ezekiel Tift, 61, Rhode Island, miller; Mercy Tift, 58, Rhode Island; Nathan Tift, 21, Ohio; Mercy Tift, 7, Ohio [Nathan is Ezekiel’s son, but the identity of Marcy is uncertain. She is likely Ezekiel’s granddaughter, and the son of Gardner Tefft, although Gardner’s daughter Marcy is enumerated with Gardner and the rest of his family in another 1860 census entry. Marcy may have been visiting Ezekiel when this census entry was made.]
- Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Wood County, Page 261, Image 160 of 170, Palmer Tifft and Phoebe Ann Adams, married on 21 May 1851.
- Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897 (available at archive.com). Page 625-26, biographical sketch of Hiram Cunning, who married Ella Tefft, daughter of L. P. and Phoebe Ann (Adams) Tefft. The sketch provides vital and biographical details and the names of Hiram’s parents (Hiram and Keziah (Raymond) Cunning), Hiram and Ella’s children (Oreanna, Hiram T., Flavilla, and Irene Myrtle), Phoebe’s three siblings (an infant child, Florence G., and Lorin P.).