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Thomas Jefferson Gafford

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Birth	:	24 Mar 1844 Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	28 Apr 1919 Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Old Basil Cemetery, Baltimore, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.8452454, -82.6127472
Description	:	Thomas Jefferson Gafford married his mother's step-daughter, Mary Lamb March 1870. They had a daughter, Mary May, born May 15, 1876. There 2nd daughter was named Parthenia Gafford who died very young. http://www.perrycountyohio.us/fphhistory/fphfairfieldbiog.htm GAFFORD, THOMAS J., farmer. Walnut township. He was born in Baltimore, Ohio, March 24, 1844; the son of Joseph and Parthena Gafford. Joseph was born in Maryland in 1803. He came to Ohio with his relatives in 1813. He located in Lancaster and learned the trade of shoemaker. About 1824 he removed to Baltimore, Ohio, and kept grocery, also kept hotel, known as the Gafford House, for some thirty... Read More	Thomas Jefferson Gafford married his mother's step-daughter, Mary Lamb March 1870. They had a daughter, Mary May, born May 15, 1876. There 2nd daughter was named Parthenia Gafford who died very young. http://www.perrycountyohio.us/fphhistory/fphfairfieldbiog.htm GAFFORD, THOMAS J., farmer. Walnut township. He was born in Baltimore, Ohio, March 24, 1844; the son of Joseph and Parthena Gafford. Joseph was born in Maryland in 1803. He came to Ohio with his relatives in 1813. He located in Lancaster and learned the trade of shoemaker. About 1824 he removed to Baltimore, Ohio, and kept grocery, also kept hotel, known as the Gafford House, for some thirty years. He was an owner of canal boats in an early day. He raised a family of seven children, three sons and one daughter survive. He continued hotel keeping until his death, in 1861. His widow still survives him and is a resident of Baltimore, and wife of John Lamb, who was educated in the common schools. T.J.'s youth was passed in assisting his father in various occupations, until September 1, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K Seventeenth O. V. I., taking part in all battles in which his regiment was engaged, including Wild Cat, Kentucky, to Savannah, Georgia. He served over four years, until the close of the War, taking part in the review at Washington, and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, receiving his discharge at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, July, 1865. He was wounded in a raid, and disabled for some time. Returning to civil life he entered Duff's Commercial College, at Pittsburgh, for two terms, when he engaged in buying and shipping produce, at Keokuk, Iowa, where, with his brother. S. B. Gafford, he had removed in 1866. He returned to Ohio in 1869, and in March, 1870, was married to Miss Mary J., daughter of John and Mary (McNamee) Lamb. Mrs. Gafford was born in Walnut township, March 30, 1849. They are the parents of two children, one still survives, Mary May, born May 15, 1876. After marriage, in the spring of 1770, he settled on the Lamb place, since which time he purchased the same from W. M. Hutton, in 1878. It consists of one hundred and forty acres. They occupy the residence built by John Lamb in 1840. He is a prosperous citizen, industrious and energetic.

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Thomas Jefferson Gafford's memorial is located at: Old Basil Cemetery, Baltimore, Fairfield County, USA.
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Thomas Jefferson Gafford death on 28 Apr 1919 in Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.8452454
Longitude: -82.6127472

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Gafford

(1803 - 1860)

Parthenia Babcock Gafford Lamb

(1803 - 1890)

Spouse

Mary Jane Lamb Gafford

(1849 - 1926)

Children

Parthenia Gafford

(1881 - 1882)

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