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(Gale to Gray)
GALE
Lewis Gale b. c. 1797 New York first appears on the 1822 assessment list (compiled fall of 1821) of Wells and last appears on the 1825 list. Enumerated in Erwin, Steuben County, New York in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), one female under age five (b. 1826-30), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated in Lindley, Steuben County in 1840 with two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated in Painted Post, Steuben County in 1850 with wife Catharine b. c. 1795 Steuben County, New York. Catharine enumerated in Corning, Steuben County in 1860, sons Clark and James in household.
1. William Gale b. c. 1821 enumerated in Corning in 1860 and in
Lindley in 1870 with wife and children in household
2. Nancy Gale b. c. 1824 m. Freeman Kimble.
3. daughter b. 1826-30.
4. Clark Gale b. c. 1830 Steuben County, New York.
5. James Gale b. c. 1833 Steuben County, New York.
GARRISON
Richard A. Garrison b. 9 Feb 1813. Wife, Elsie b. 1813 Southport, Chemung County, New York. Enumerated 1835 census of Southport, Chemung County, New York. Richard first appears on the 1838 assessment (compiled fall of 1837) of Wells. They removed to Troy, Bradford County and enumerated there in 1840 with a wife and daughter in the household. Richard d. intestate 22 Dec 1845 32y 10m 13d (ts) Glenwood Cemetery, Troy. Bond filed 10 Jan 1846 (Bradford County probate 532). Inventory filed 9 Feb 1846. Elsie m. 20 Feb 1850 Reuben LaFever as his third wife and resided Reading Center, Schuyler County, New York. Reuben d. 5 May 1859 age 61y 8m 17d (ts) Reading Center Cemetery.
An Aged Lady Who Died in This City the Past Week -The Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Elsie La Fever was held yesterday morning at the house, 211 West Gray street, the services being conducted by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher. The burial was private and in Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. La Fever was seventy-five years of age, having been born in the town of Southport in 1813. While still quite young she married Richard Garrison, and their union was blessed by the birth of three children. Two of them died in youth, and one, Sarah, married John C. Seeley, of Elmira. Mrs. Seeley died in 1866. Her one child, Ella, is now the wife of Dr. Henry Flood. Mr. Garrison died while still a young man, and his widow married Richard La Fever, of Schuyler county. Mr. La Fever died a number of years ago, and his wife, doubly widowed, removed to Elmira where she resided until her death. She was a woman greatly respected, and had a wide acquaintance in the county, particularly among the older residents (obituary).
1. Sarah M. Garrison b. 23 June 1836 m. John C. Seeley and she
d. 5 June 1866.
2. Frances Garrison b. 7 June 1841 d. 13 July 1847 6y 1m 6d (ts)
Glenwood Cemetery.
3. child d. young.
GAYLORD
Lemuel Gaylord b. 14 Feb 1765 Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut son of Aaron Gaylord and Catherine Cole removed with his parents in 1768 to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. Aaron was killed in the Battle of Wyoming. Catherine with children Lemuel, Phebe, and Lorena returned to Connecticut. Lemuel served during the Revolution in the state of Connecticut (R3958). At age 22, Lemuel returned to the Wyoming Valley and resided at Plymouth. Lemuel was of Plymouth when in 1791 he purchased of Thomas MaCluer (McClure) land at Athens. Lemuel m. 1791 at Athens, Sylvia Murray b. 17 Jan 1769 daughter of Rev. Noah Murray and Mary Stowe. Lemuel and Sylvia resided there for a period of time. Lemuel was one of 53 persons on a list of settlers of the Susquehanna Company’s grant of Columbia Township dated 26 Dec 1786. The Susquehanna Company formed by Connecticut had claimed parts of Pennsylvania. Their Columbia Township embraced a portion of the present Columbia Township. There is no evidence that Lemuel resided there. In the 1790’s they left Athens and crossed the state line into New York State and traveled west through the Chemung River Valley until they arrived at Seeley Creek in what is now Chemung County, New York and traveled south through the Seeley Creek Valley where the Seeley, Smith, and a few other families had settled and located just over the state line in Pennsylvania on Seeley Creek in what is now Wells Township, Bradford County a distance of some twenty five miles from Athens. Their farm bordered New York state and was later known as the Pedrick farm. They had few neighbors, the Kellys living on the other side of the state line and the Miller family living in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania and a few other scattered families nearby. Sylvia is related to have taught school to the children of these families in her home. They resided in present Wells Township, but appear on most early records of Tioga County. Lemuel was assessed in the “Glass Tax” which was a list (assessment) of lands, lots, buildings and wharves, owned, possessed or occupied on the first day of October 1798 within Tyoga Township, Lycoming County. Lemuel was assessed for one house and 100 acres. Lemuel appears on the 1800 taxable list of Tioga Township, Lycoming County, farmer, age 35. Enumerated in Tioga Township, Lycoming County in 1800 as Lemuel Gallord. They continued to reside where they had settled in the Seeley Creek Valley and were enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (Bradford County had not yet been formed) in 1810 with one male under the age of 10, two males of age 10 and under age 16, one male of age 45 and up, one female under age 10, and one female of age 26 and under age 45. On 17 May 1811 Lemuel purchased (1:352) 99 ½ acres (deed mentions beginning at a tree on the eastern line of warrant 1411) situated on Hammond Creek from the William Bingham trustees, which adjoined their earlier purchase of 100 acres. Lemuel sold (1:352) this property in June 1813 to son Aaron Gaylord. Lemuel appears on the 1814 assesment list (completed 10 Mar 1814) of Athens Township with the notation he was living in the newly created Wells Township, with 1 house, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 25 improved acres and 75 unimproved acres. Lemuel appears on the first assessment of Wells in 1814, but not after 1814. They sold (2:13) their original purchase of 100 acres on 9 Sept 1814 to Solomon L. Smith of Elmira and left their home on Seeley Creek in Wells Township and removed to Hamilton County, Ohio. Eldest children Aaron and Laura remained in Bradford County. Lemuel and Sylvia resided sixteen years in Ohio and then removed to Marshall County, Illinois being some of the first settlers in what is now Roberts Township. Sylvia d. 20 Mar 1843. Lemuel was enumerated in the household of daughter Lucy and family in Marshall County in 1850. Lemuel applied for a pension 15 Sept 1851. Lemuel d. 17 Nov 1854 (ts) buried with Sylvia in Cumberland Cemetery, Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois.
1. Aaron Gaylord b. 23 Mar 1792.
2. Laura Gaylord b. 5 Jan 1794 m. James Seeley, Jr.
3. Orange Gaylord b. 8 May 1796.
4. Horace Gaylord b. 2 Nov 1798 Pennsylvania
5. Jervis Gaylord b. 19 Apr 1801 Wells d. 21 Mar 1846.
6. Lucy Gaylord b. 23 July 1803 Wells.
7. Noah Murray Gaylord b. 30 Sept 1805 Wells d. 9 Oct 1805 Wells,
probably buried on the farm where they settled as there were no public
community burials in the valley until one reached the Old Settlers Cemetery
in Southport that later became known as the Fitzsimmons Cemetery.
8. Sylvia Gaylord b. 30 Aug 1807 Wells m. Elijah Griswold and
she d. 1869.
9. Neviah Gaylord b. 16 July 1811 Wells d. 24 Feb 1815.
Second Generation:
1. Aaron Gaylord b. 23 Mar 1792 purchased (1:352) 99 ½
acres from his father on Hammond Creek in June 1813, m. 10 Dec 1815 (James
Seeley
and Laura Gaylord family bible) Jemima Seeley, known as Mima, b. 9 Mar
1793 daughter of James Seeley and Ann Westlake of Jackson Township, Tioga
County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in northern Columbia Township in 1820
beside brother in law, James Seeley who had married Aaron’s sister, Laura
Gaylord, with one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94),
two females under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female of age twenty six
and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). Aaron first appears on the 1823
asessment list (compiled fall of 1822) of Jackson Township, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania. They were living in Jackson Township, when on 19 Aug 1829
(8:171) they sold 99 acres that Aaron had acquired from his father in 1813.
In the deed Jemima is refered to as Jemima and she signed as Mima. Enumerated
in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1830 with two males
under age five (b. 1826-30), two males of age five and under age ten (b.
1821-25), one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), one
female under age five (b. 1826-30), one female of age five and under age
ten (b. 1821-25), two females of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20),
and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). On 12
Apr 1832 they conveyed land in Jackson Township to Westlake Seely (Tioga
County Deeds 10:129-30). They removed to Illinois where Aaron’s parents
were residing. Aaron d. 11 Oct 1834 (ts). Mima enumerated in Lyons Precinct,
Marshall County, Illinois in 1840 with two males of age five and under
age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30),
two males of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female
of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800). Mima enumerated in Marshall
County in 1850 and Mima d. 19 May 1869 (ts) Cumberland Cemetery, Wenona,
Marshall County, Illinois.
10. Nancy Gaylord b. c. 1817.
11. Mary Ann Gaylord b. c. 1819.
12. James Seeley Gaylord b. c. 1821.
13. Orange Gaylord b. 14 June 1823.
14. E1iza Gaylord b. 2 Apr 1825 d. 11 Oct 1834 (ts) Cumberland
Cemetery.
15. Chauncey F. Gaylord b. c. 1827.
16. Sylvia Gaylord b. 26 Jan 1828 d. 10 Aug 1836 (ts) Cumberland
Cemetery.
17. Morris Gaylord b. c. 1829.
18. Horace Gaylord b. c. 1831 Pennsylvania, physician in 1870,
residing in Magnolia, Putnam County, Illinois.
19. Edwin Gaylord b. c. 1833 Pennsylvania, physician in 1870,
residing in Magnolia, Putnam County, Illlinois.
3. Orange Gaylord b. 8 May 1796 m. 27 Dec 1821 at Mason, Ohio, Hannah Althea Holcombe b. 3 Feb 1801 Athens, Pennsylvania daughter of Dr. Jonathan Holcombe and Hannah Everest. Orange d. 10 July 1832 Mason, Ohio. Hannah m. (2)William Smith.
20. Noah Murray Gaylord b. 20 Jan 1823 Mason, Ohio.
21. Emily M. Gaylord b. 15 May 1827 Mason.
4. Horace Gaylord b. 2 Nov 1798 resided Fairfield, Jefferson County, Illinois in 1851. Enumerated with wife Frances b. c. 1800 New York in Round Prairie, Jefferson County, Iowa in 1870, farmer. Horace d. Jan 1874.
6. Lucy Gaylord b. 23 July 1803 m. 9 Feb 1834 in Putnam County, Illinois, George Marvin b. 9 Aug 1805 d. 12 July 1838 in the Black Hawk War. Lucy m. 13 Mar 1842 in Putnam County, Illinois, James Gibson b. 9 Sept 1800. Enumerated in Marshall County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. James d. 9 Sept 1855. Lucy d. 4 Mar 1891 (ts) Cumberland Cemetery, Wenona, Illinois.
22. Aaron Gaylord Marvin b. c. 1835 Illinois.
23. Lydia Marvin b. c. 1838 Illinois.
23. Isabella Gibson b. 1842 Illinois.
25. James Gibson b. c. 1845 Illinois.
Third Generation:
10. Nancy Gaylord b. c. 1817 m. 5 Oct 1837 in Putnam County,
Illinois, Macklin Beatty b. c. 1817 Ireland. Enumerated in Lyons Precinct,
Marshall County, Illinois in 1840, next to the household of her mother.
Enumerated in Sny Island, Pike County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. Enumerated
in Moravia, Taylor Township, Appanoose County, Iowa in 1860, saddler. Enumerated
in Oskaloosa (south ward), Mahaska County, Iowa in 1870, harness maker.
Enumerated in LaBish, Marion County, Oregon in 1880, harness maker. Nancy
d. 22 Aug 1891 and Macklin d. 24 Feb 1899.
Philander Beatty b. c. 1839 Illinois.
Sylvia Beatty b. c. 1842 Illinois.
Chauncey Beatty b. c. 1844 Illinois.
Mary Beatty b. 7 Nov 1846 Indiana, dress maker in 1870, residing with
parents, m. James K. McClard.
Aaron A. Beatty b. c. 1848 Illinois.
Isabella Beatty b. 1850 Illinois.
Iona Beatty b. c. 1853 Illinois.
Hiram Beatty b. 1859 Missouri d. young.
11. Mary Ann Gaylord b. c. 1819 m. 27 June 1837 in Putnam County, Illinois, Zerah Percival Beckwith. Mary or Zerah d. 1896.
12. James Seeley Gaylord b. c. 1821 m. Margaret Alexander b. c. 1823 Kentucky. Enumerated in Marshall County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Magnolia, Putnam County, Illinois in 1860, farmer.
Eliza Gaylord b. c. 1851 Illinois.
Edwin Gaylord b. c. 1855 Illinois.
13. Orange Gaylord b. 14 June 1823 m. 12 Oct 1843 Sarah E. Stout b. Mar 1827 Ohio daughter of Ezra and Fanny Stout. Enumerated in Marshall County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Fifteen Mile, Wasco County, Oregon in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon in 1870, carpenter. Enumerated in Lower Eagle, Union County, Oregon in 1880, farmer. Sarah enumerated with daughter Leonora and family in Portland, Oregon in 1900, mother of six children, four living.
Alice E. Gaylord b. c. 1846 Illinois.
Leonora Gaylord b. c. 1849 Illinois.
Clarence Gaylord b. c. 1855 Oregon.
Julian Gaylord b. 1859 Oregon d. young.
Edwin Gaylord b. c. 1861 Oregon.
Emma I. Gaylord b. 2 Feb 1864 Idaho m. 20 Aug 1882 in Pine Valley,
Union County, Oregon, Kersey Armston Leep b. 23 Dec 1855 Kentucky. Emma
d. 27 May 1883 buried Pine Haven Cemetery, Baker, Oregon.
15. Chauncey F. Gaylord b. c. 1827 and wife Esther b. c. 1831 Ohio were enumerated in Roberts, Marshall County, Illinois in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Bowling Green, Pettis County, Missouri in 1870, farmer.
Laura Gaylord b. c. 1853 Illinois.
Murray Gaylord b. c. 1857 Illinois.
Buchanan Gaylord b. 1859 Illinois.
Omer Gaylord b. c. 1865 Illinois.
Lucy Gaylord b. c. 1869 Missouri.
21. Emily M. Gaylord b. 15 May 1827 Mason m. Ferdinand Van Derveer.
23. Isabel Gibson b. 1842 m. William Henry Parkinson.
GEE
Nelson Gee first appears in the 1833 assessment list of Wells. He only remained in the township a few years and on the 1836 list he is noted as gone.
GIBSON
Allen Gibson first appears on the 1838 assessment list of Wells.
Samuel Gibson enumerated 1840 census of Wells, age 50 and under age
60, residing beside Whiting Gifford family. Elizabeth wife of Samuel Gibson
d. 25 Oct 1849 72y (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery, and is
buried within fenced enclosure of Gifford lot. There was an Elizabeth
Gibson, age 67, b. New Jersey residing with Whiting Gifford family in 1850.
Elizabeth Gibson, 74, married, b. New Jersey, d. Dec 1859 of typhoid fever (1860 Wells township, Bradford County mortality schedule). Perhaps she is the Elizabeth Gibson, age 67 b. New Jersey residing with Whiting Gifford family in 1850.
GIFFORD
Alpheus Gifford b. 28 Aug 1793 Berkshire, Massachusetts son of Noah
Gifford and Mary Bowerman m. 27 Apr 1817 in Butternuts, Otsego County,
New York, Anna Nash b. 17 Feb 1800 Butternuts daughter of Azor Nash and
Lucy Shaw. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
in 1820 with one male under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age sixteen
and under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804), one male of age forty five and
over (b. before 1775), one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female
of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). Alpheus appears
on the 1825 (compiled fall of 1824) assessment list of Wells with a daughter
Mary, age 6, unable to pay for her schooling. They do not appear on other
assessment lists. They removed to New York state. They returned to Pennsylvania
and were enumerated in Rutland Township, Tioga County in 1830 with three
males of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age thirty
and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), two females under age five (b. 1826-30),
one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), and one female
of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). The family was enumerated
next to brother Levi Gifford and two households from the Enos Curtis family.
Alpheus appears on the 1832 and 1833 assessment lists of Sullivan Township,
Tioga County.
In an address given by Ross G. Watkins at the Old Rutland Hill Church on August 16, 1942 he stated – “One item which has seemingly escaped attention was the coming of two Mormon Elders and their flock to the scene. They strewed the countryside with their propaganda and soon the excitement was intense. Then more of them came until quite a colony was formed. After a bit, some opposition arose and they, with some of the settlers who embraced their faith, moved to near Liberty, Pa, where they founded the village of Nauvoo. (Meaning the beautiful.) There, more persecution arising, they moved to Illinois and founded a city also called Nauvoo in the year 1839. During a riot in 1844, Joseph Smith, the leader and his brother were killed and the building of their temple was stopped. Then Brigham Young led them on to Utah. During their stay here it seems they occupied this farm as I remember it, they left four of their number, two adults and two children to mingle with the dust on that knoll up there. As long as George Tanner owned this farm, he kept some field stones in place to mark their final resting place and inplaying around the old orchard as children, my cousin and I came upon them and were told by the old folks why they were there. What their names were or where they came from is all conjecture now but perhaps some older and abler historian might be able to find out and if so, I would like to hear from them (History of the Old Rutland Church, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Ross G. Watkins, 1942).
They embraced the Mormon faith as did the Enos Curtis and Ruth Franklin family and others in Rutland Township and removed west. Alpheus d. 25 Dec 1841 Morley, Hancock County, Illinois. Anna d. 5 Sept 1879 Springdale, Utah.
1. Mary Elizabeth Gifford b. 23 Apr 1818 Tioga County (perhaps
that portion that became Chemung), New York.
2. Icabod Bowerman Gifford b. 14 Sept 1819 Covington, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania.
3. Samuel Kendall Gifford b. 11 Nov 1821 Milo, Yates County,
New York.
4. William Pitts Gifford b. 14 Aug 1823.
5. Henry Dill Gifford b. 28 Apr 1825 Reading, Steuben (that portion
that became Schuyler) County, New York.
6. Rhoda Gifford b. 28 Apr 1827 Canandaigua, Ontario County,
New York.
7. Rachel Gifford b. 21 Feb 1829.
8. Moses Gifford b. 16 May 1833 Round Grove, Jackson County,
Missouri.
9. Enos Curtis Gifford b. 14 Feb 1837.
10. Heber Chase Kimball Gifford b. 16 July 1839.
Elisha A. Gifford b. 1785 and wife Mary b. c. 1794 were enumerated in Hector, Tompkins (now Schuyler) County, New York in 1830, removed from Hector to the Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York in the 1840’s and were enumerated there in 1850 and 1860. Elisha was a cooper. Elisha d. 17 May 1865 79y 9m 10d (ts), his funeral preached by Rev. Joel Jewell at Judson Hill. Will (Bradford County probate 3678) of Mary dated 21 June 1877 named daughter Martha wife of Jesse Gifford, entire estate. Executor, Jesse Gifford. Mary signed by mark. Admitted to probate 25 Oct 1881. Affidavit of death filed, d. 3 Oct 1881. Maria L. Gifford, Sarah R. Carson, Henry D. Gifford, and Martha S. Austin, grandchildren of Mary, objected to the Will and stated that Mary “was not of sound mind and memory and was procured by duress, fraud, and imposition and undue influence by Martha Gifford, her daughter, and others,” filed 3 Apr 1882. Mary d. 3 Oct 1882 89y 6m (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery. Her marker gives an incorrect date of death as she d. 1881.
1. Whiting Gifford b. 20 Mar 1812 New York.
2. Henry D. Gifford b. 1813 New York.
3. Martha M. Gifford b. 12 Sept 1819.
4. son b. 1821-25 (1830 census).
5. son b. 1821-25 (1830 census).
Second Generation:
1. Whiting Gifford b. 20 Mar 1812 m. Martha Bolton b. 6 July
1812 New Jersey. Whiting purchased property in Hartland Township, Huron
County, Ohio from Eli Hubbard and Chancy Bush on 25 May 1835 (Book of Transfers
December 16, 1835). In the Oct 1836 minutes of the Methodist Church at
Judson Hill, Whiting was listed as a class leader. Enumerated 1840 census
of Wells. In the 1850 census, Elizabeth Gibson, age 67, b. New Jersey,
in household. Martha d. 16 Sept 1871 (ts) and Whiting d. 26 July 1876 (ts)
Judson Hill Cemetery. Will of Whiting (Bradford County filed 2880) dated
18 May 1874 Wells named brother Henry Gifford’s children, Maria, Martha,
Sarah, and Henry; Bolton relatives of deceased wife; bequeaths to Judson
Hill Church and Judson Hill Cemetery; remainder to mother, Mary Gifford,
widow; Martha Gifford, wife of Jesse Gifford; Mary Elizabeth Gifford, eldest
daughter of Martha and Jesse Gifford; Adaline Gifford, youngest daughter
of Martha and Jesse Gifford. Executor, brother in law, Jesse A. Gifford
of Enfield, Tompkins County, New York and Myron Capron of Wells. Admitted
to probate 3 Aug 1876. Jesse renounced 3 Aug 1876 and requested Myron Capron
administer estate. Affidavit of Jesse stated Whiting d. 25 July 1876.
The wife of Whiting Gifford, of Wells township, hung herself with a quantity of yarn, on Saturday morning last. She was a very estimable lady, of about fifty-five years, and a member of the Methodist church in the town. In the morning she complained of a feeling of pain in her head, and did not rise and take breakfast with the rest of the family, but got up about 8 o’clock, and then took breakfast, and after that, went to an old building standing near the house, and committed the rash act. No cause is assigned, but it was probably a case of temporary insanity (Northern Tier Gazette, Troy, Pennsylvania, Thursday, September 21, 1871).
Mary Elizabeth Gifford b. 1837 d. 22 Aug 1841 4y 6m 2d (ts) Judson Hill
Cemetery.
Hermon D. Gifford b. 1840 d. 29 June 1865 25y 6m (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery.
His funeral preached by Rev. Jewell 1 July. Probate dated 30 Nov 1865 (Bradford
County file 1846). Wife, Sarah renounced her right to administer the estate
and requested Samuel H. Ingersoll.
2. Henry D. Gifford b. 1813 m. Maria Wolfe daughter of Michael Wolfe and Elizabeth Furman. Enumerated in Columbia Township in 1840. Maria d. 7 Jan 1841 21y 9m 20d (ts) Wolf Settlement Cemetery, Columbia Township. Henry enumerated in Columbia Township in 1850 with wife Mary b. 1811 Vermont. Enumerated in Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1860, farmer. Henry d. 1867 (ts) Delmar and Mary d. 1901 (ts) Wellsboro Cemetery.
Died on the 6th instant during a severe thunder storm, Mr. Henry Gifford of Delmar. He leaves a family. His funeral was held at the Presbyterian church in Wellsboro Sunday afternoon (Tioga Agitator, September 11, 1867).
Henry Gifford of Delmar Township killed by lightning on the 6th (Northern Tier Gazette, Troy, Pennsylvania, Thursday, September 19, 1867).
Mary Ann Gifford b. c. 1842.
Maria L. Gifford b. c. 1844.
Sarah R. Gifford b. 1846 m. Fleming Carson and she d. 1912 (ts) Wellsboro
Cemetery.
Martha S. Gifford b. 1848 m. an Austin and she d. 1920 (ts) Wellsboro
Cemetery.
Henry D. Gifford b. 1852 was a member of the Methodist Class at Judson
Hill in 1872. m. 2 Aug 1876 (Wellsboro Gazette, August 10, 1876) in Delmar,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Laura A. Russel b. 1855. Henry d. 1925 (ts)
and Laura d. 1932 (ts) Wellsboro Cemetery.
3. Martha M. Gifford b. 12 Sept 1819 m. Jesse Allen Gifford b. 22 Feb 1830. Jesse listed on 1851 military roll of Southport, Chemung County, New York. Martha d. 24 Dec 1884 65y 3m 12d in Wells Township buried Judson Hill Cemetery, no marker. Jesse m. 25 Nov 1885 town of Southport, Chemung County, New York, (2)Maria J. Little b. 5 Feb 1843 daughter of Selah Tuttle Little and Rebecca Remer and she d. 8 Nov 1908 buried Judson Hill Cemetery, no marker. Jesse d. 24 July 1929 Breesport, New York buried Judson Hill Cemetery, no marker.
Mary Elizabeth Gifford b. 8 July 1852 m. 25 Dec 1878 (Methodist Church
Record) Albert Winfield Little b. 7 Dec 1848 son of Selah Tuttle Little
and Rebecca Remer. Albert d. 6 June 1932 (ts has year of death) and Mary
d. 31 July 1933 (ts has year of death) buried Mosherville Cemetery.
Eliza Jane Gifford b. 23 Aug 1854 d. 25 Feb 1857 2y 9m 2d (ts) Webb
Mills Cemetery.
Sarah Louise Gifford b. 3 Oct 1858 d. Apr 1859.
Adelaide Gifford b. 30 Oct 1860 m. Franklin W. Husted b. 1849 d. 1922
and she d. 1950 buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
Caroline Gifford b. c. 1827 Pennsylvania daughter of Jeremiah Gifford and Eliza King of Wysox, Pennsylvania m. 3 Nov 1847 Alden Swayze, both of Wells.
Martha Gifford b. c. 1843 New York residing with Alden Swayze and Caroline Gifford in 1850.
GOFF
Solomon Goff b. c. 1764 enlisted at East Haddam, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. He is perhaps a son of Solomon Goff, but further research is needed. In the Early History of Berlin, Vermont by Mary Green Nye, 1795 is the first year that names were listed in the Town Meeting Record Book of persons taking the Freeman's Oath and among the names was Aaron Goff (father of Bethuel Goff who also removed to Wells Township). A footnote appended to the record of 1797 gives a list of names from the former town clerk as having taken the Freeman's oath prior to 1797, which had not been recorded, and included Solomon Goff, which is perhaps the Solomon Goff b. c. 1740 and possibly the father of Solomon b. c. 1764.
Solomon had a wife, Huldah b. c. 1776 (age 44 in 1820) baptised 20 Jan 1800 Eastbury, Connecticut. Removed in the spring of 1800 from Eastbury, Connecticut to Fabius, Onondaga County, New York and was enumerated there in 1800 with one male under age ten (b. 1791-1800), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1756-74), one male over age forty five (b. before 1755), one female under age ten (b. 1791-1800), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1756-74). Enumerated in Fabius in 1810 with one male under age ten (b. 1801-10), one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male of age forty five and over (b. before 1765), four females under age ten (b. 1801-10), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84). The History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897, states that Solomon Goff settled north of Roseville in 1815. In Mar 1818 (pension application), resided Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Related to have removed to Wells from Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania between 1818 and 1820. Sullivan and the future Rutland township, which had not yet been created bordered each other in Tioga County. Solomon does not appear on the 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819 or 1820 assessment lists of Jackson Township, which included part of the future Rutland Township. Solomon does not appear on the 1818 or 1819 assessment lists of Sullivan Township. The deposition for a pension would indicate he lived in Tioga County in 1818.
Pennsylvania Tioga County Sr.
Personally appeared before me Ira Thilburn one of the associate judges
in and for said County Solomon Goff who upon his solemn oath declares and
says that he was a revolutionary soldier in the revolutionary war of the
United States and that he inlisted under Capt Reed, at Saybrook and Colonel
Butler in the Connecticut line that at the time of inlistment he thinks
in the fall of 1781 for three years -- served till
the close of the war, and after, living detained to keep garison till
after those who inlisted during the war were discharged --- served
the three years in full and discharged but lost his discharge some time
after.
Solomon Goff (signed)
April 10th 1818
The above named Solomon Goff swore to and inscribed his name to the
above instrument in my presence -- Ira Thilburn associate judge The deponant
further declares and says that he is fifty five years old and that he served
three years in the Continental establishment in the revolutionary war of
the united states and that he is poor and destitute and needs the assistance
of his country for support - And I am sattisfied that the above applicant
did serve nine months and more, in the continental establishment of the
United States, in the revolutionary war, and that he is poor and stands
in need of assistance from his Country
for support -- Ira Thilburn associate Judge
The above depossant claims under the act of March 12th 1818
Ira Thilburn
District of Pennsylvania So.
On this Eleventh of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court
of common pleas held in the
County of Bradford being a Court of record, proceeding according to
the Court of common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount,
and keeping a record of proceedings, Solomon Goff aged fifty six years,
resident in Bradford County in said district, who being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the act of congress of the Eighteenth of
March 1818 and 1st of May 1820. That he served in the revolutionary war
in the Com-
pany ocommanded by Capt John Reed, in the regiment commanded by Colonel
Butler in the Line of the State of Connecticut fourth regiment; and he
obtained a pension under the act of the 18 of March 1818; his certificate
being numbered (12206). And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I
have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my
property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as
to being myself within the Provision of an Act of Congress, entitled [to]
An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval services
of the United States in the revolutionary war and that I have not, nor
has any Person in [t__t] for me any property or securities, contracts or
debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in
the schedule hereto amassed, and by me subscribed.
Schedule of Property.
I have besides [reuso__y] clothing and bedding.
two Cows, two Calves, seven Shots, four chairs, one table, one tea
kettle;
4 forks and knifes, 3 plates, 2 tin bassins.
Debts due to me I have none.
I am indebted in the following sums.
One debt of five Dollars.
Another of five Dollars.
Another of five Dollars.
one debt of eighty Dollars.
one debt of eleven Dollars
I have no trade, and follow farming, but by age I am not not able to
perform that occupation to advantage.
I have living with me my Wife Huldah, aged forty four years and very
infirm; one son William aged eighteen years, and daughter Hannah aged fifteen
years, another daughter Asenath aged fourteen years; another Huldah aged
twelve years; a son Oliver, aged nine years; a son Daniel aged six years;
& a daughter Nancy aged one year.
Solomon Goff
Sworn this
11th day of Sept 1820
Enumerated 1820 census of Wells with one male under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age sixteen and under age eighteen (b. 1802-04), one male of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-1794), one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), two females of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). Solomon first appears on the 1821 Wells assessment list (compiled fall of 1820). Appears on 1823 assessment unable to pay for schooling of children, Olive age 10 and Daniel age 8. Enumerated 1830 census of Wells with one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), one male of age sixty and under age seventy (b. 1761-70), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90). On the 1830 assessment, unable to pay for schooling of son Solomon. Solomon last appears on the 1831 assessment list of Wells (compiled fall of 1830). Pension application dated 8 July 1833 Medina County, Ohio, stating two daughters had married and moved to Medina County and removed there to be near them (file 42749).
The state of Ohio
Medina County Tp.
on this 8th day of July 1833, before me, the subscriber a Justice of
the Peace for the said County
of Medina personally appeared Solomon Goff, a revolutionary pensioner,
who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged
to the company commanded by Captain Reed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Butler in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on
the pension rolls of the State of Pennsylvania, from whense he has lately
removed; that he now resides in the County of Medina in the State of Ohio
where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable
in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of
Ohio - that having two daughters who had married & removed to said
County of Medina, he has removed also into said County for the purpose
of residing near them; also that he beleives that it would be easier to
support himself in the State of Ohio, than it was at the place where he
formerly resided in the State of Pennsylvania.
Solomon Goff
Sworn & subscribed to, before me, the day & year aforesaid
Solomon appears on the 1835 pension list in Medina County, Ohio, age 70 with an annual allowance of $90, sum received to date $1,526.66.
On 11 Nov 1837 in Geauga County, Ohio, Huldah Goff signed as widow of former private Solomon Goff who died 27 Sept 1837, witnessed by S. S. Osborn (Final Pension Payment Voucher).
1. Elisha Goff b. c. 1797 Connecticut.
2. Sarah Goff b. 1799 bpt 20 Jan 1800 Eastbury, Hartford, Connecticut
m. Daniel Ray.
3. William R. Goff b. 24 Mar 1803 Fabius, Onondaga County, New
York.
4. Hannah Goff b. c. 1804 Fabius.
5. Asenath Goff b. c. 1806 Fabius.
6. Huldah Goff b. c. 1808 Fabius.
7. daughter b. c. 1810 (1810 census enumeration) d. young.
8. Olive Goff b. c. 1812.
9. Daniel R. Goff b. c. 1814 Pennsylvania.
10. Nancy Goff b. c. 1819 Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
11. daughter b. c. 1821-22 Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
12. Solomon Goff b. c. 1824 Wells Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
Second Generation:
1. Elisha Goff b. c. 1797 first appears on the 1822 assessment
list of Wells, m. 3 Feb 1825 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
Clorinda Doud b. c. 1799 Vermont daughter of Zina Doud and Sally Hamlin.
Elisha last appears on the 1825 assessment list of Wells. Elisha appears
on the 1829 tax assessment list of Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Enumerated in Pike, Allegany County, New York in 1830 with two males under
age five (b. 1826-30), one maleof age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800),
one female under age five (b. 1826-30), one female of age five and under
age ten (b. 1821-25), and one female of age thirty and under age forty
(b. 1791-1800). There would appear to be a child in the 1830 census enumeration
older than Elisha and Chlorinda’s marriage date indicating a child of a
first marriage perhaps. Enumerated in Hume, Allegany County in 1840 with
one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten
and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age
fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1836-30),
one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one female
of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age
forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated 1850 census of Shirland,
Winnebago County, Illinois, clothier. Enumerated in Shirland in 1860, residing
with daughter Loretta and family. Elisha d. 7 Sept 1869 Shirland. Clorinda
was enumerated with daughter Loretta in Shirland in 1870.
13. Orrin Doud Goff b. 26 Jan 1826 Hume, Allegany County,
New York.
14. son b. c. 1828 d. young.
15. Loretta A. Goff b. c. 1830.
16. John Quincy Goff b. c. 1833.
17. son b. c. 1831-35.
3. William R. Goff b. 24 Mar 1803 m. 20 Nov 1821 Sarah Ann Bates b. 12 Sept 1805. William first appears on the 1825 assessment list of Wells. Enumerated 1830 census of Wells, last appearing on the 1833 assessment list of Wells. They followed other family members to Ohio and were enumerated in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio in 1840. Enumerated in Knox County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Copley Township, Knox County in 1860, 1870, and 1880, farmer, grandsons Homer and Henry residing with them in 1870 and 1880. Sarah d. 26 Apr 1884 and William d. 20 Nov 1884 buried Victoria Cemetery, Victoria Township, Knox County, Illinois. Parents of fourteen children, five living in 1886 (Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois).
I William Goff of the Town of Copley County of Knox and State of Illinois Being aware of the uncertainty of Life and in failing Health, But of Sound Mind and Memory do make and Declare this to be my Last Will and testament in manners following to wit: I give and Bequeath to my Oldest Sons child James R Goff the sum of five Dollars. I give and Bequeath to my Son Rockwell Goff or his Heirs Each one of them five Dollars. To my son Royal F Goff I give and Bequeath the sum of two Hundred Dollars. To my Daughter Rheuhama N Goff wife of Isaac Rose I give and Bequeath the Sum of five Dollars. To my Daughter Maryott Goff wife of E.A. Howard I give and Bequeath the Sum of two Hundred Dollars. To my sons Marvin H. Goff and Warren F. Goff I give and Bequeath my Home place after My Death Containing forty Acres of Land known and described as the North West quarter of the North west of Section (no) fourteen (14) in the town of Copley Knox County also ten acres of timber land Known and described as ten acres off the West side of Lot (no) (2) in the Subdivision of the North west quarter of Section (no) twenty nine (29) in twelve (12) North Range (no) three 3 East of the fourth (4) Principal Meridian also all my personal property that I may Be (uncertain) of at my Death after paying all of my debts and funeral Expenses and they shall pay off all the Heirs out of this land and personal property and Shall Erect or cause to Be Erected Suitable grave stones at my grave and also Mothers grave also I want the two said Sons to take good Care of me or See that it is done and I revoke all former wills and lastly I Nominate and appoint as Executors of this my last will and Testament My Sons Marvin H Goff and Warren F Goff without Bond. In note thereof, I William Goff that this is my last will and Testament have hereunto (unc) Seal this third (3d) day of June AD, 1884.
18. son b. 1821-25.
19. son b. 1826-30.
20. Rheuhama Naomi Goff b. 1830.
21. Rockwell Goff b. c. 1836 Ohio.
22. Marvin Hopkins Goff b. 17 Oct 1839 Ohio.
23. Willis Goff b. c. 1841 Ohio.
24. Royal Ferdinand Goff b. 14 Mar 1843.
25. Mariette Goff b. c. 1848 Illinois.
26. Warren T. Goff b. 1851 Illinois.
4. Hannah Goff b. c. 1804 m. Henry Batterson b. c. 1799. He was perhaps a son of Joseph Batterson and Rebecca Dodd of Columbia Township, later Ridgebury, and then Unadilla, New York. Henry first appears on the 1829 assessment list of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania along with Silas Batterson who first appears on the 1825 assessment list. On the 1830 assessment list (compiled fall of 1829) is the notation “gone.” Enumerated in Wells in 1830 as Harry Buttison next to household of Silas Buttison. Silas and Henry last appear on the 1831 assessment list. They removed to Ohio. Enumerated in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). They removed to Illinois about 1844. Enumerated in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois in 1850, laborer.
27. William Henry Batterson b. 5 July 1829/30.
28. Solomon E. Batterson b. 26 Aug 1830/1 Hume.
29. Horace Batterson b. c. 1833 Hume.
30. Charles Batterson b. c. 1837 Ohio.
8. Olive Goff b. c. 1812 m. 15 Nov 1833 in Medina County, Ohio, Benjamin Van Norman, as his second wife, b. 22 Oct 1801 son of Isaac C. Van Norman. Benjamin m. 4 July 1820 (1)Nancy Bacon. Enumerated in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio in 1840 with two males under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Benjamin d. Sept 1841 Granger, Medina County.
son b. 1836-40.
son b. 1836-40.
9. Daniel R. Goff b. c. 1814 m. 11 Oct 1837 in Morgan County, Illinois, Rebecca Hickey, a widow, b. 14 May 1800 Tennessee. Daniel was enumerated in Cass County, Illinois in 1840 with one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). Enumerated in Mason County, Illinois in 1850, farmer, Rebecca, unable to read and write. Enumerated in Johnson County, Nebraska Territory in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Spring Creek, Johnson County in 1870, farmer, with Alvinia Goff, age 10 and Jane Goff, age 8, both born Illinois. Rebecca d. 30 July 1870 (ts) Spring Creek Cemetery. Enumerated in Lincoln Precinct, Johnson County in 1880 with wife Mary Elizabeth Rutter, age 42, born Ohio and widow of John Switzer. Daniel d. June 1886 (ts) buried Spring Creek Cemetery, Lincoln Precinct, Johnson County with Rebecca. His marker may not be correct, since he is not enumerated in the 1885 state census when Mary was enumerated in Tecumseh, widow, age 47, with James Switzer, age 19, John Goff, age 12, Myrtle Goff, age 8.
31. John Burdett Goff b. 25 June 1872 Nebraska
32. Myrtle Goff b. c. 1877 Nebraska.
12. Solomon Goff b. c. 1824 m. 27 Dec 1846 in Cass County, Illinois, Sarah Brockway and 15 Oct 1852 in Winnebago County, Illinios, Ann Ferguson.
Third Generation:
13. Orrin Doud Goff b. 26 Jan 1826 m. Nancy Fassett b. 21 June
1822 Centerville, Allegany County, New York. Nancy d. 2 June 1893 Ruthven,
Palo Alto County, Iowa and Orin d. 4 June 1907 Bagly, Grant County, Wisconsin
buried Ruthven, Palo Alto County, Iowa with Nancy.
Albert Wilbur Goff b. 6 May 1844 Hume, Allegany County, New York m.
3 July 1867 Harriet McLaughlin.
Ann Goff b. c. 1847 Illinois.
Warren Goff b. Mar 1849.
Dwight Alvin Goff b. 10 Feb 1851.
Orville Wood Goff b. 16 Sept 1853.
Walter Goff b. c. 1857.
Nettie Goff b. c. 1862 m. Truman Needham.
15. Loretta A. Goff b. c. 1830 m. Orville Wood.
16. John Quincy Goff b. c. 1833 m. 1 July 1856 Sophia Babbitt.
20. Rheuhama Naomi Goff b. 1830 m. 24 Mar 1849 in Knox County, Illinois, Isaac Rose.
21. Rockwell Goff b. c. 1836 m. 7 Dec 1854 in Knox County, Illinois, Catherine Fulmer.
22. Marvin Hopkins Goff b. 17 Oct 1839 m. 4 Feb 1858 Mary E. Smith.
24. Royal Ferdinand Goff b. 14 Mar 1843 m. 12 Nov 1865 in Knox County, Illinois, Harriet Greenwood Mitchell.
25. Mariette Goff b. c. 1848 m. 7 Nov 1864 in Knox County, Illinois, Edwin A. Howard.
26. Warren T. Goff b. 1851 m. 21 Aug 1872 in Henry County, Illinois, Martha Lane.
27. William Henry Batterson b. 5 July 1829/30 m. 22 July 1846 in Cass County, Illinois, Sylvia Elizabeth Robbins b. c. 1832 New York. Enumerated in Cass County, Illinois in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Jordan, Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Chatfield, Fillmore County in 1870, carpenter. Enumerated in Chatfield in 1800, farm laborer. William enumerated in Chatfield in 1900, farmer, with wife Agnes b. Mar 1828 Scotland.
Catherine Batterson b. c. 1849 Illinois.
Martha Batterson b. c. 1853 Illinois.
James Batterson b. Jan 1855 Minnesota (1860 census) Illinois (1870
census) Iowa (1900 census).
Henry Batterson b. c. 1857 Minnesota (1860 census) Iowa (1870 census).
Ida Batterson b. c. 1861 Iowa.
Julia Batterson b. c. 1864 Minnesota.
Harriet E. Batterson b. c. 1866 Minnesota d. 15 Apr 1873 3y scarlet
fever (Fillmore County death record).
Carrie Batterson b. c. 1868 Minnesota.
Rose Batterson b. Mar 1870 Minnesota.
William Batterson b. c. 1874 Minnesota.
28. Solomon E. Batterson b. 26 Aug 1830/1 m. c. 1852 Mary L. Fassett b. 6 Feb 1833 Allegany County, New York daughter of John Fassett and Sarah Henry. Enumerated in Livermore, Larimer County, Colorado in 1880 and 1900, farmer. Mary mother of three children, two living in 1900.
SOLOMON BATTERSON is to-day one of the most substantial and prominent stockmen of Larimer County, having acquired his large property with the help of his brave and energetic wife since their advent here some twenty-eight years ago. He came to Livermore in 1870, his only capital being two good wagons, harness, five horses, eight head of cattle and $65 after the expenses of the trip were paid. He paid $40 for a stove in Cheyenne, and the remaining $25 went for groceries and other provisions. He had his gun and it played a prominent part in their struggle during their first years of western life. He is a great hunter and a good shot, and has traveled all over the mountains of this state, killing deer, and would take the venison by wagon to Greeley or Cheyenne, selling it in a short time, but it would take about six weeks to make the trip and get home with the provisions, clothing, etc. He tanned the hides and then helped his wife convert them into buckskin suits. During this time she made butter for sale and kept such boarders as could be found in that locality, visitors to the mountains and people who were traveling through. By their untiring zeal they have acquired a considerable fortune, but the habit of industry still clings to them and to-day she has the best garden on North Park road. Mr. Batterson was born in the town of Hume, Allegany County, N. Y., August 26, 1830, his parents being Henry and Hannah (Goff) Batterson, of the same state. His grandfather came from Pennsylvania and settled in New York state, where the father was for some years a farmer. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was in the same business for twelve years, and from there went to Chicago. After a short time he settled on the Illinois River in Cass County, in the "Pecan Bottom," about fifteen miles northwest of Springfield. Later he moved to Chatfield, Minn., where he died. He married Hannah Goff, whose grandfather served in the Revolutionary war. She died in Illinois. They had three sons who grew to manhood: William, now a resident of Minnesota, and a soldier in the Civil war, from that state; Solomon, whose history is given in this sketch; and Horace, who was burned in the Chicago fire. The parents of Mr. Batterson moved to Cleveland when he was two years of age, and there he received his education in the public schools. When he was fourteen they moved to Chicago, and he worked out on the farm, first for Amos Deck, for four years, receiving $13, which was good wages for that time. The following four years he worked for Josh Morris. He remained at home until he was twenty-two and then went to Rockton, Winnebago County, and stopped at Harrison, Ill., on the Sugar River. He remained here two months, and then went to Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, Iowa, from there to New Oregon, same state, where he lived for five years. Going back to Harrison, Ill., he bought teams, wagons, etc., and in the fall set out for Necedah, Wis., to take up land. As he was not favorably impressed with the country, he went on through LaCrosse, and located ten miles from Owatonna, Steele County, Minn., where he engaged in farming for eight years. While living there the massacre of Blue Earth County occurred, and he moved his family to Riceville, Iowa, and from there to Algona, on the Des Moines River. However, not liking it there, he moved to Clear Lake and rented a farm of Judge George Frost and farmed for three years. The next two years were spent in teaming and railroading, and in 1870 he brought his family and teams, and drove his cattle through to Colorado. They had started for California, but stopped at the old Sherman place, near Fort Collins, to look around for a week, and then came to what is now Livermore Park, in August of that year, to locate. He homesteaded one hundred and six (Portrait and Biographical Record, Denver and Vicinity, 1898).
William Batterson b. Aug 1853 Iowa m. Lillian E. Aldrich.
Adelia Batterson b. c. 1858 m. Ogden.
Alomina Batterson b. c. 1864 Minnesota.
29. Horace Batterson b. c. 1833 m. 25 July 1856 in Mason County, Illinois, Sarah Wilcans.
31. John Burdett Goff b. 25 June 1872 m. 13 Dec 1892 in Tecumseh, Olive Janet Searl b. 18 July 1875 Illinois daughter of George A. Searl and Rebecca Neely Fales. Enumerated in Tecumseh, Johnson County in 1900. Removed to Cody, Wyoming in 1915. John d. 24 Oct 1930 Cody and Ollie d. 17 Mar 1950 Cody buried Cody.
son b. 12 May 1893 d. age 2 days (Tecumseh Chieftan, May 20, 1893).
Arthur Goff b. 1894.
Mamie Lorene Goff b. 1900.
Mary Evalee Goff b. 1907.
Bethuel Goff b. 27 Aug 1774 Glastonbury, Connecticut son of Aaron Goff and Jemima Kilborn m. 17 Oct 1799 in Northfield, Vermont, Mary Fox b. 1775 Connecticut. Enumerated in Berlin, Vermont in 1810 and 1820. Bethuel first appears on the 1821 Wells assessment list, enumerated 1830 census of Wells. Bethuel taught school in Wells and in neighboring Jackson Township. Bethuel last appears on the 1834 assessment list of Wells. In 1834 Bethuel was commissioned a justice of the peace in Columbia Township. Removed to Medina County, Ohio and were enumerated in Homer, Medina County in 1840. Bethuel was a justice of the peace in Medina County. Enumerated in Homer Township in 1850, farmer. Bethuel d. 2 Apr 1859 84y 7m 6d (ts). Mary was enumerated in Homer in 1860 in the household of son Luman. Mary d. 11 Aug 1861 86y 7m (ts) buried with Bethuel in McCoy Cemetery, Homer Township.
1. Lovina Goff b. c. 1800 Berlin, Vermont.
2. Clarissa Goff b. c. 1802 Berlin m. Isaac Judson.
3. Orrin Goff b. 1804 Berlin.
4. Luman Goff b. c. 1806 Berlin.
5. Aurora Goff b. c. 1808 Berlin m. Ananias Rowley.
6. daughter b. c. 1810.
7. Mary Goff b. c. 1815 m. Charles Voorhees.
8. daughter b. 1821-25.
Second Generation:
3. Orrin Goff b. 1804 first appears on the 1827 assessment list
of Wells and appears on the 1828 list, but not thereafter, m. Eunice Emma
Stanclift b. 10 July 1804 Erie County, Pennsylvania daughter of Lemuel
Stanclift and Mehitable Goff. Orrin d. 5 Mar 1842 McKean, Erie County,
Pennsylvania and Eunice d. 26 Oct 1887 Fremont, Indiana.
Azro Goff b. c. 1828 Erie County.
Ausman Goff b. 1831 Erie County.
Orrin F. Goff b. c. 1833 Medina County, Ohio.
Bethuel J. Goff b. 27 June 1834 McKean, Erie County.
4. Luman Goff b. c. 1806 Berlin enumerated with parents in 1850 and in Homer Township in 1860 with Maria A. Goff b. c. 1833 New York and several others in the household. Luman d. 20 Feb 1864 Medina County.
GOODRICH
St. John Goodrich b. 27 Dec 1809 son of Elnatha Goodrich and Mary Sawyer of Columbia Township m. 24 Dec 1833 Julia Ann Burgess. St. John appears in the account book of Peter Price French of Wells in an entry dated May 1836 “going to Southport for Doctor.” St. John appears on the 1837 assessment list (compiled fall of 1836) of Wells Township. St. John m. 1838 (2)Ann Maria Burgess b. June 1817 Pennsylvania. Enumerated in Towanda borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1840 engaged in “learned profession and engineer.” Enumerated in Warren borough, Warren County, Pennsylvania in 1850, printer. Enumerated in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska in 1860, printer. St. John d. 14 Feb 1878 Omaha. Ann enumerated in Omaha in 1900 residing with grandson Fred and his wife.
1. Julia M. Goodrich b. 16 Jan 1840 Pennsylvaia d. 24 May 1863
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
2. Charles S. Goodrich b. 5 July 1842 Pennsylvania m. Della Cole.
GORDON
James Gordon b. 1787 New York, perhaps Warwick, Orange County, m. Esther Owens b. Apr 1789 daughter of Israel Owen and Jane Ferrier. Enumerated in Orange County, New York in 1810. Enumerated in Warwick, Orange County in 1820. They are related to have arrived in Wells in 1823 but James does not appear on the tax assessment lists until 1830, which was compiled in the fall of 1829. Enumerated in Wells in 1830. They located in southeast Wells. The Reed family had chopped a fallow of about four acres and erected a log house into which the Gordon family moved in to. James was a carpenter by trade, built the Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall (now Coryland) in 1839 for $900. James and Esther Gordon received as members of the church in 1832 when meetings were held before the church was built. Enumerated in Wells in 1850, farmer, with real estate valued at $500, daughter Elizabeth and her son residing with James and Esther. Enumerated in Wells in 1860, residing with daughter Sarah Queal and family. James d. intestate in Wells (probate file 1443) 22 Sept 1861 74y 2m 28d (ts). Esther and children Sarah Jane Queal, Rachel Knapp, and Elizabeth Baker renounced their right to administer the estate and requested Thomas Owens brother to Esther be appointed administrator, dated 8 Oct 1861. Esther d. 10 Mar 1864 74y 10m 21d (ts) buried with James in Coryland Cemetery.
From Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1885:
James Gordon came to the township in 1823 from Warwick, Orange County,
N. Y., and located upon the farm now owned by Dunning Killgore. Nathaniel
Reed had chopped a fallow of about four acres and erected a log house into
which Mr. Gordon moved his family. Mr. Gordon was a carpenter by trade,
and worked at that business the most of the time, having his land cleared.
Mr. Gordon was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and died in the township
in 1862, at the age of seventy-four years. His children were Samuel, Joseph,
Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachael. Samuel is dead; Joseph is living in
the township; Sarah married Robert Queail, and lives in Rutland, Tioga
County; Elizabeth married Hiram Baker, and lives in Chemung, N. Y.; Mary
married Peter Knapp, and lives with her son on the homestead; Rachael married
Ananias Knapp, and is living in the township.
1. Sarah Jane Gordon b. 18 July 1808 m. Robert Queal.
2. daughter b. c. 1810 (1810 census; not enumerated with family
in 1820).
3. Joseph Owen Gordon b. 26 July 1812 New York.
4. Samuel Gordon b. 1814 New York.
5. Mary Ann Gordon b. 28 Sept 1816 m Peter R. Knapp.
6. Elizabeth Gordon b. 8 Aug 1819.
7. Rachel Gordon b. Mar 1822 m. Ananias W. Knapp.
8. son d. 17 Nov 1829 4m 22d (ts) Coryland Cemetery.
Second Generation:
3. Joseph Owen Gordon b. 26 July 1812. One of fifteen original
members of Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall, 22 Feb 1832. Joseph m. Eliza
Ann Seeley b. 28 Dec 1816 daughter of William Seeley and Fanny Gray. Enumerated
in Ridgebury Township, Bradford County in 1840 with one male under age
five (b. 1836-40), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20),
one female under age five (b. 1836-40), and one female of age twenty and
under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Eliza d. 4 July 1845 buried Hanlon Hill
Cemetery, Ridgebury Township. Joseph m. (2)Sarah Ann VanWert b. c. 1814
New Jersey daughter of John and Hannah VanWert of Wells. Enumerated in
Wells Township in 1850, farmer, with real estate valued at $1,000. Enumerated
in South Creek Township in 1860, farm laborer, no real estate. Joseph served
in Civil War. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1870, farmer. Enumerated
in Wells in 1880, farmer, daughters Hannah and Harriet and grandson Charles
Gordon, age 3, in household. Joseph d. 10 Jan 1886 buried Lower Gillett
Cemetery, South Creek Township and Sarah Ann d. 11 Dec 1893 78y Wells Township
(Bradford County death record) buried Gillett.
Children of Joseph and Eliza Ann:
9. son b. 1836-40.
10. Melissa Gordon b. 7 July 1840.
11. Sarah J. Gordon b. 1842.
12. James Randall Gordon b. 22 Nov 1843.
Children of Joseph and Sarah Ann:
13. William H. Gordon b. c. 1846.
14. Joseph O. Gordon b. c. 1848.
15. John Gordon b. Apr 1849.
16. Charles E. Gordon b. Dec 1850 d. 23 Mar 1871 20y 3m 14d (ts)
Coryland Cemetery.
17. Hannah M. Gordon b. c. 1855.
18. Samuel J. Gordon b. c. 1857.
19. Harriet Gordon b. c. 1859.
20. Emma Gordon b. c. 1861.
4. Samuel Gordon b. 1814 m. Julia Seeley b. c. 1813 (census) 1815 (ts) Pennsylvania daughter of James Seeley. Enumerated 1840 and 1850 census of Wells, farmer. Julia became member of Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall in 1853. Samuel d. 1853 (ts). Julia renounced her right to administer the estate (Bradford County probate 911) 10 June 1853. Letters of administration granted to James Gordon on estate of Samuel Gordon, late of South Creek, 10 June 1853. Administrative bond by James Gordon, P. R. Knapp, Robert Queal. Inventory 18 June 1853 by Ebin Dunning and Jesse Edsall. Julia enumerated in South Creek Township in 1860, farmer. Julia enumerated in South Creek Township in 1880 in household of son William and family. Julia d. 1899 (ts) buried with James in Gillett Cemetery.
21. William R. Gordon b. 25 Mar 1840.
22. Esther Gordon b. c. 1846.
23. Wilmot Gordon b. Feb 1849.
24. James Seeley Gordon b. 9 Aug 1851.
6. Elizabeth Gordon b. 8 Aug 1819 was the mother of a son James Gordon b. Sept 1842. Elizabeth was was received as a member of the Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall (now Coryland) in 1846 as “Betsey Gordon,” Betsey often the nickname for Elizabeth. She was enumerated in Wells Township in 1850, residing in the household of her parents, son James also in household. Elizabeth m. before the 1860 census enumeration, Hiram Baker b. 24 July 1817 who had m. 7 Mar 1846 (1)Eleanor Kennedy and she d. 24 Apr 1858 38y (ts) Baptist Hill Cemetery, Columbia Township. Hiram and Elizabeth enumerated in Wells Township in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1870, lumberman, residing in the household of Elizabeth’s son James Gordon. Enumerated in Southport, Chemung County, New York in 1880, stone mason, adjacent to the household of Elizabeth’s son James Gordon and family. Hiram d. 24 Apr 1894 (ts). Elizabeth was enumerated in Southport in 1900, in household of son James, mother of three children, two children living. Elizabeth is not known to have any other children besides James and the children included on the 1900 census enumeration were probably George and Harriet Baker, children of Hiram and Eleanor that she raised. Elizabeth d. 25 Jan 1901 (ts) Pine City Cemetery.
25. James B. Gordon b. Sept 1842.
Third Generation:
10. Melissa Gordon b. 7 July 1840 m. 10 Mar 1858 Calvin Buell
of Ridgebury Township b. c. 1836. Enumerated in Ridgebury Township in 1860,
day laborer, personal estate of $100, no real estate. Calvin enlisted 16
Mar 1865 in Company A, 194 New York Infantry during the Civil War discharged
3 May 1865. Enumerated in Columbia Township in 1870, farmer, residing at
or near Baptist Hill, no real estate, personal estate of $500. Enumerated
in Wells Township in 1880, farmer. Enumerated in 1890 veteran census of
Wells Township. Calvin d. 5 Mar 1896 age 59 Elmira, New York buried Woodlawn
Cemetery. Melissa m. (2)Heverly and she d. 5 Feb 1906 65y 6m 29d (cemetery
record) Horseheads, New York buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
26. Frances L. Buell b. 10 Dec 1858 Ridgebury.
27. Harriet Ella Buell b. 1 Mar 1864 New York.
28. Jud Orven Buell b. c. 1867 Pennsylvania d. 31 Oct 1895 age
28 buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
12. James Randall Gordon b. 22 Nov 1843 served in Company D, 161 Regt, 16th Cavalry during the Civil War. James m. c. 1866 Elizabeth Whipple b. Nov 1847 (ts). Enumerated in Springfield Township, Bradford County in 1880, stone mason. Residence was near Berrytown. James R. Gordon on 1883 list of pensioners, epilepsy, Columbia Cross Roads, P.O. Enumerated in Springfield Township in 1900, grocer, Elizabeth mother of five children, three living. Enumerated in Springfield Township in 1910, farmer, Elizabeth mother of five children, two living. James d. 1915 (ts) and Elizabeth d. 1927 (ts) Checkerville Cemetery, South Creek Township.
29. Mary E. Gordon b. 30 June 1867.
30. Sarah Gordon b. c. 1869.
31. Jennie V. Gordon b. Aug 1870.
32. Cora B. Gordon b. 1882 d. 5 Apr 1897 15y 2m 10d (ts) Checkerville
Cemetery.
33. Ranney Gordon b. June 1883.
15. John Gordon b. Apr 1849 served in Company A, 207 PA during Civil War, enlisting 8 Sept 1864. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1880, dealer in general merchandise, with wife Ida A. perhaps Berry b. Mar 1856 Pennsylvania. On 1883 list of pensioners, P.O. Gillett, gun shot wound to right lung and shoulder. Enumerated McCanns Blvd, Elmira, New York in 1900, pensioner, Ida mother of seven children, seven living.
34. Bessie Gordon b. July 1875.
35. Burton B. Gordon b. c. 1878.
36. Gertie Gordon b. c. 1879.
37. Manley R. Gordon b. May 1886.
38. Mable Gordon b. July 1891.
39. Berry Gordon b. Sept 1897.
21. William R. Gordon b. 25 Mar 1840 served Company G, 171 Regiment during Civil War and attained the rank of Corporal, also served in Company A, 207 Regiment, m. 24 Oct 1865 by Rev. Joel Jewell, Lina Gordon b. 29 Feb 1844. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1900, farmer. William d. 9 Feb 1916 (ts) and Lina d. 9 Feb 1929 (ts) Gillett Cemetery.
40. Frank D. Gordon b. 4 June 1874 d. 30 Jan 1909 (ts) Gillett
Cemetery.
41. Emmet George Gordon b. May 1877.
22. Esther Gordon b. c. 1846 m. John Dailey b. 1844. Esther d. 1893 and John d. 1922.
42. Fred Dailey.
43. Charles Dailey b. 1875 d. 1892.
23. Wilmot Gordon b. Feb 1849 m. 30 Sept 1879 (Methodist Church record) Neriva (church record) or Mariva (1880 census) Beers. In 1880 she was age 28, divorced, residing in Foster Garrison household in South Creek Township. Wilmot had second wife Hannah b. Oct 1862 and they were m. c. 1884. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1900, farmer. Wilmot d. 1933 (ts) and Hannah b. 1862 d. 1936 (ts) Gillett Cemetery.
44. Earl R. Gordon b. Feb 1885.
45. Jesse Merle Gordon b. Dec 1889.
46. Ethel May Gordon b. Nov 1893.
47. Sanford Wilmot Gordon b. 1900.
48. son b. Mar 1900.
49. Russell Ford Gordon b. 1905.
24. James Seeley Gordon b. 9 Aug 1851 m. Edith Malinda Elliott b. 20 Feb 1858. Enumerated in Springfield Township, Bradford County in 1880, farm laborer. Edith d. 12 July 1914 (ts) and Seeley d. 15 Sept 1925 (ts) Gillett Cemetery.
50. Dora May Gordon b. 22 Apr 1877.
51. Julia Ann Gordon b. 15 Oct 1881.
52. Charles Wilmot Gordon b. 13 Jan 1883.
53. Ray Elmo Gordon b. 19 Feb 1888.
54. Merton Seeley Gordon b. 1890.
55. Harry Arnold Gordon b. 11 Apr 1895.
25. James B. Gordon b. Sept 1842 was enumerated with his Gordon grandparents in Wells Township in 1860, m. 20 Oct 1868 (Northern Tier Gazette, Troy, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1868) Emer Jane Gustin of Ward Township, Tioga County, b. 26 Feb 1843 daughter of Samuel Knapp Gustin and wife Hannah. James served in Company A, 207 PA Vols during Civil War, enlisting 27 Aug 1864 wounded Petersburg, Virginia, 2 Apr 1865. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1870, lumberman, his mother and her husband Hiram Baker residing with them. Enumerated in Southport, Chemung County, New York in 1880, working on railroad and in household adjacent to his mother and her husband Hiram Baker. Enumerated in Southport in 1900, farmer, Emer mother of one child, his mother Elizabeth residing with them. James d. 13 June 1913 Pine City, New York buried Pine City Cemetery, removed to Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira in 1922. Emer d. 21 Apr 1924.
James Gordon, a member of the 207th Pennsylvania Volunteers, died at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the family home in Pine City, where he had resided for the past 38 years. He was seventy years old and had been in ill health eight years. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. John C. Ham, both of Pine City. The funeral will be held at the home Monday at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. I. P. Ripley will officiate. Burial in the Pine City Cemetery (obituary).
Mrs. Emer Jane Gordon, widow of James Gordon, died Monday at 10:45 p.m. at the family home at Pine City, aged eighty-one years. Mr. Gordon had been a resident of Pine City since 1876 and was a woman of sterling character who was highly respected by many friends. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Nattie G. Ham of Pine City; three grandchildren, Gordon, Bernice and Ruth Ham of Pine City; a sister, Mrs. C. T. Moore of Fassett, Pa.; three brothers, Daniel W. Gustin of Terra Haute, Ind.; John and Jesse N. Gustin of Gillett, Pa.; the funeral will be held at the family home, Friday at 1:30 o’clock. The Rev. G. W. Burrows will officiate. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery (obituary).
56. Nettie Gordon b. 1 Sept 1869.
Fourth Generation:
29. Mary E. Gordon b. 30 June 1867 m. Cecil R. Shoemaker and
she d. 13 Feb 1900 (ts) buried Checkerville Cemetery, leaving two children
who were raised by James and Elizabeth.
33. Ranney Gordon b. June 1883 d. 1949 (ts). Wife, Adda E. b. 1884 (ts). Checkerville Cemetery.
35. Burton B. Gordon b. c. 1878 m. Edna Rackett.
38. Mable Gordon b. July 1891 m. Charles Hogan.
41. Emmet George Gordon b. May 1877 m. Rebecca Stubbs b. 1882 and he d. 1936.
Kenneth William Gordon b. 1906 d. 1909.
Betty Gordon b. 1911 d. 1911.
Emmet Francis Gordon b. 1912.
45. Jesse Merle Gordon b. Dec 1889 d. 1957 (ts). Wife, Hannah L. b. 1890 d. 1946 (ts) Gillett Cemetery.
Ethel Gordon m. Delos Thorp reside Wells Township.
47. Sanford Wilmot Gordon b. 1900 m. Viola May Mott b. 1901. Sanford d. 1954 and Viola d. 1981.
Dean Wilmot Gordon b. 1939 m. Shirley Ann Marie Fitzpatrick b. 1947.
June Elizabeth Gordon b. 1941.
50. Dora May Gordon b. 22 Apr 1877 m. 25 Nov 1896 Louden Bud Dunning.
53. Ray Elmo Gordon b. 19 Feb 1888 d. 1974 (ts) Gillett Cemetery. Wife, Harriet A. b. 1886 d. 1938 (ts).
56. Nettie Gordon b. 1 Sept 1869 m. John Chancey Hamm b. 1868. Resided Pine City, New York. John d. 1922 and Nettie d. 4 Mar 1950.
William Gordon enlisted 26 Aug 1864 during Civil War in Company A 207 PA. This refers to William H. or William W. Gordon.
GRAY
Daniel Gray b. c. 1808 New York and wife, Parmelia b. c. 1809 New York enumerated 1860 census of Wells. Resided northeastern Wells near Bird Creek.
1. Joseph Gray b. c. 1835 New York was among a list of men from
Wells drafted at Towanda on 16 Oct 1862 during the Civil War.
2. Albert Gray b. c. 1845 New York.
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