Gazlay Family History
Dorcas Jean Benschoter
Parents
| Father | Byron Benschoter ( - ) |
| Mother | Zilpha May Sheets ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 28 March 2021; Last Edited: 28 March 2021 |
| Person ID | 10911 |
| Name | Dorcas Jean Benschoter |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 26 July 1874 in Jerry City, Wood County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 25 April 1892 to Rowland Gardner Tefft7 |
| Died | 1961 in Wood County, Ohio1 |
| Buried | in Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Rowland Gardner Tefft (son of Gardner Rowland Tefft and Leah Wollum) |
| Born | 5 April 1865 in Ohio |
| Married | 25 April 1892 to Dorcas Jean Benschoter |
| Died | 9 February 1946 in Wood County, Ohio |
| Children | of Dorcas Jean Benschoter and Rowland Gardner Tefft: |
| +1. | Byron Rowland Tefft |
| Born | 25 August 1893 in Ohio |
| Married | ca. 1920 to Lula Lucy Canfield |
| Died | 30 July 1974 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio |
| +2. | Ruby L. Tefft |
| Born | September 1895 in Ohio |
| Married | ca. 1916 to Clarence A. Dahms |
| Died | 20 May 1977 in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio |
| +3. | Eugene E. Tefft |
| Born | April 1898 in Ohio |
| Married | ca. 1924 to Margaret E. _____ |
| 4. | Nora Celia Tefft |
| Born | 20 August 1901 in Ohio |
| Married | to Thomas Lester Armitage |
| Died | 11 July 1994 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio |
| +5. | Neil R. Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1905 in Ohio |
| Married | to Ethel _____ |
| 6. | Patricia H. Tefft |
| Born | 4 May 1921 in Ohio |
| Married | 18 May 1945 to Ernest P. Bevelhymer |
| Died | 1 December 2015 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio, Dorcas Jean Benschoter Tefft, born: 26 July 1874 in Jerry City, Wood County, Ohio; died: 1961 in Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes notes and the text of her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, parents, siblings, spouse, and three children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Fulton County, Swan Creek Township, E.D. 13, Sheet No. 6A, Rowland G. Tefft, 32, Ohio, Apr. 1868, farmer; wife of 8 years Docas [sic] G. Tefft, 23, Ohio, July 1876, 3 children, 3 living; son Byron R. Tefft, 6, Ohio, Aug. 1893; daughter Rubbie L. Tefft, 4, Ohio, Sept. 1895; son Eugene E. Tefft, 2, Ohio, Apr. 1898.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 207, Sheet No. 6B, Rowland G. Tafft [sic], 45, Ohio, laborer, oil fields; wife of 19 years Dorcas J. Tafft, 36, Ohio, 5 children, 5 living; son Byron R. Tafft, 16, Ohio; daughter Ruby L. Tafft, 14, Ohio; son Eugene Tafft, 12, Ohio; daughter Nora C. Tafft, 9, Ohio; son Neil R. Tafft, 5, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Wood County, Portage, E.D. 174, Sheet No. 8A, R. G. Tefft, 54, oil pumper, oil field; wife Dorcas Tefft, 43, Ohio; son Eugene Tefft, 21, Ohio, oil pumper, oil field; daughter Celia Tefft, 18, Ohio; son Neil Tefft, 14, Ohio. Living next door: Byron Tefft, 25, Ohio, laborer, farm; wife Lula Tefft, 23, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 87-42, Sheet No. 9B, Rowland G. Tefft, 65, Ohio, first married age 27, farmer, truck farm; wife Dorcas J. Tefft, 55, Ohio, first married age 17; son Neil R. Tefft, 24, Ohio; daughter Patricia H. Tefft, 8, Ohio. Living next door: Eugene E. Tefft, 31, Ohio, first married age 25, farmer, truck farm; wife Margaret E. Tefft, 25, Ohio, first married age 19; son Bernard E. Tefft, 5, Ohio; daughter Marjorie L. Tefft, 3 11/12, Ohio. Living nearby: Byron R. Tefft, 36, Ohio, first married age 26, farmer, truck farm; wife Lulu L Tefft, 32, Ohio, first married age 21; daughter Joyce M. Tefft, 9, Ohio; daughter Maxine M. Tefft, 4, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Wood County, Portage Township, E.D. 87-51, Sheet Nos. 10A-B, Four Tefft families in close proximity: 1. Eugene Tefft, 41, Ohio, drainage, W.P.A.; wife Margaret Tefft, 34, Ohio; Bernarr [sic] Tefft, 15, Ohio; daughter Marjorie Tefft, 13, Ohio; Phyllis Tefft, 9, Ohio; son Travis Tefft, 3, Ohio. 2. Neil R. Tefft, 34, Ohio, bridgework, W.P.A.; wife Ethel Tefft, 26, West Virginia; daughter Sheila Tefft, 7, Ohio; daughter Shelva Tefft, 1, Ohio. 3. Rowland Tefft, 75, Ohio, operator, farm; wife Dorcas Tefft, 65, Ohio; daughter Patricia Tefft, 18, Ohio. 4. Buron [sic] Tefft, 47, Ohio, drainage, W.P.A.; wife Lulu Lucy Tefft, 42, Ohio; daughter Maxine Tefft, 14, Ohio; daughter Loretta Tefft, 9, Ohio; daughter Janis Tefft 8, Ohio; son Maynard A. Tefft, 10/12, Ohio.
- Find a Grave (website). Mount Zion Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, Ohio, Rowland Gardner Tefft, born: 5 April 1865; died: 9 February 1946 in Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes a note detailing his marriage and children; and provides the names and links for his parents, two siblings, spouse, and three children).