Gazlay Family History
Leah Wollum
Parents
| Father | Archibald Wollum ( - ) |
| Mother | Catherine Smith ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 9 March 2021; Last Edited: 20 March 2021 |
| Person ID | 10773 |
| Name | Leah Wollum |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 3 August 1831 in Wood County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | 5 October 1848 in Wood County, Ohio to Gardner Rowland Tefft8, 9 |
| Married | 1879 to George Washington Cupp1 |
| Died | 28 April 1914 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio1, 2 |
| Buried | in Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Gardner Rowland Tefft (son of Ezekiel A. ‘Squirrel Hunter’ Tefft and Mercy Wilbur) |
| Born | 1824 in New York |
| Married | 5 October 1848 in Wood County, Ohio to Leah Wollum |
| Died | 20 November 1872 in Fulton County, Ohio |
| Children | of Leah Wollum and Gardner Rowland Tefft: |
| +1. | Stephen William Tefft |
| Born | August 1849 in Ohio |
| Married | ca. 1873 to Harriet Bates |
| Died | 7 September 1918 in Seneca County, Ohio |
| +2. | Mary 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. | Mercy 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. | Arathusa Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1856 in Ohio |
| +5. | Susan Persinia Tefft |
| Born | 1859 in Ohio |
| Married | to Samuel Lewis Shonk |
| Died | 1951 |
| +6. | Emma 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. | Rowland 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. | William 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 |
| Spouse 2 | George Washington Cupp |
| Born | 4 February 1835 in Fairfield County, Ohio |
| Married | 1879 to Leah Wollum |
| Died | 18 September 1919 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Heath-Colton Cemetery, Colton, Henry County, Ohio, Leah Smith Wollam, born: 30 August 1831 [sic, her death certificate shows 3 August 1831] in Wood County, Ohio; died: 28 April 1914 in Fulton County Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for two spouses and three children).
- Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Leah Cupp, died: 28 April 1914 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio; born: 3 August 1831 in Ohio; age 82 years 8 months 25 days; married; father: Archibold Wallom [difficult to read], born in Pa [sic, he was born in Virginia per other records]; mother: Catherine Smith, born in Pa; place of burial: Heath Cem., Colton, Oh.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Wood County, Portage, E.D. 93, Page No. 31, G. W. Cupp, 40, Ohio, farmer; wife Leah Cupp, 41, Ohio; son Ulyssis Cupp, 17, Ohio; son James Cupp, 15, Ohio; step-son William Tefft, 8, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 157, Sheet 9A, George Cupp, 65, Ohio, Feb. 1835, farmer; wife of 20 years Leah Cupp, 68, Ohio, Aug, 1831, 8 children, 7 living.
- 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).
- Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Wood County, Page 234, Image 142 of 164, Gardner Tefft and Leah Wollum, married on 5 October 1848.