Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyMertie ‘Myrta’ Tefft

Parents

FatherNathan Tefft (July 1838 - 30 June 1905)
MotherAbigail I. ‘Abbie’ Johnson (October 1844 - July 1906)

Personal Information

Record Created: 13 April 2021; Last Edited: 13 April 2021 
Person ID11138
NameMertie ‘Myrta’ Tefft
GenderFemale
Born 12 August 1882 in Portage, Wood County, Ohio: Twin.1, 2, 3, 4
Married 1925 to Harry Elisha Fuller2
Died 15 January 1946 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana2
Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHarry Elisha Fuller
Born 18 November 1884 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Married 1925 to Mertie ‘Myrta’ Tefft
Died 12 October 1962 in Orland, Steuben County, Indiana
  

Sources

  1. Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003; Wood County, Image 193 of 230, Myra Tefft and Mertie Tefft [twins] born: 12 August 1882 in Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio; father: Nathan Tefft; mother: Abby I. Johnson.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Myrta Tefft Fuller, born: 12 August 1883 in Ohio [sic, she was born in 1882, a twin; her gravestone also shows the wrong year]; died: 15 January 1946 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, and spouse).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg Township, E.D. 153, Sheet No. 11A, Nathan Tefft, 61, New York, June 1838, stationary engineer; wife of 32 years Abbie J. Tefft, 55, Ohio, Sep. 1844, 7 children, 4 living; daughter Myrta Tefft, 17, Ohio, Aug. 1882; daughter Myra Tefft, 17, Ohio, Aug. 1882; daughter Amy Tefft, 12, Ohio, Jan. 1888.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Iowa, Scott County, Davenport, E.D. 134, Sheet No. 14B, John Croft, 29, Ohio, superintendent, pump factory; wife of 7 years Myra Croft, 27, Ohio, 1 child, 1 living; daughter Helen Croft, 6, Ohio; sister-in-law Mertie Taft, 27, Ohio, saleslady, five and ten cent store; lodger Marian Keim, 18, Illinois, manicurer, beauty parlor; lodger Winifred Keim, 36, Illinois, married 19 years, 1 child, 1 living, artist, beauty parlor.