Sidney B. Gifford, my great grandfather, was born August 18, 1832 in Chautauqua Co., New York. HIS PARENTS WERE STEPHEN AND LAURA (CASWELL) GIFFORD. HE CAME IN A COVERED WAGON AS A YOUNG BOY FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO (THEN A
SWAMP), HE SAID A MUD HOLE. This was probably sometime after 1843. THERE WERE NINE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY. ALL OF THE OLDER CHILDREN TOOK TURNS WALKING TO EASE THE CROWDED QUARTERS IN THE WAGON..FROM CHICAGO THEY WENT TO WALWORTH CO., WISCONSIN. THEY WERE IN THE 1850 CENSUS THERE. EARLY IN THE 1850'S THEY HAD RELOCATED AT MARQUETTE CO., WISCONSIN. IN HIS LATER LIFE HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO PORTAGE, COLUMBIA CO., WISCONSIN AND HE BUILT A HOME THERE.
COPY OF ROSTER:
HE ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE UNION IN SEPT. 1864.
HE WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 28, 1865.
HE WAS GUARDING WASHINGTON D. C., WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED...
Sidney B. Gifford was in Co. F, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
PAGE 173-275
HE WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MARIA HOUGH OR HUFF. He had 3 children by her. Ada, Edmond and Henry. IT IS TOLD THAT HIS FIRST WIFE DIED WITH A FOURTH CHILD, SOMETIME AFTER JULY OF 1866. I HAVE DEED OF SALE OF LAND WITH HER NAME ON IT IN THE YEAR OF 1866. HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE IN 1870. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, MARY ORVILLA SMITH. He had three children by her, Franklin Earl, my grandfather, Bernice, and Florence.
MARR PLACE PORTAGE, WI.,,VOL. 2, PAGE 103
[Brøderbund Family Archive #255, Ed. 1, Land Records AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI 1790-1907, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.255.1.22875.3]
Patentee Name: Gifford, Sidney
Accession Number: WI3640__.438
State: Wisconsin
Volume: 3640
Page: 438
Document Number: 1521
Land Office: Wausau
Aliquot Part Reference: NWNW
Section Number: 4
Township: 15 North
Range: 9 East
Meridian/Survey Area: Fourth Principal Meridian
Misc. Document Number: 2360
Act/Treaty Authorizing Sale: Homestead Entry Orig.
Date Signed: Feb 20, 1883
Acreage: 46.07
Signed: Yes, the document on file at the BLM contains a signature.
SWAMP), HE SAID A MUD HOLE. This was probably sometime after 1843. THERE WERE NINE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY. ALL OF THE OLDER CHILDREN TOOK TURNS WALKING TO EASE THE CROWDED QUARTERS IN THE WAGON..FROM CHICAGO THEY WENT TO WALWORTH CO., WISCONSIN. THEY WERE IN THE 1850 CENSUS THERE. EARLY IN THE 1850'S THEY HAD RELOCATED AT MARQUETTE CO., WISCONSIN. IN HIS LATER LIFE HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO PORTAGE, COLUMBIA CO., WISCONSIN AND HE BUILT A HOME THERE.
COPY OF ROSTER:
HE ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE UNION IN SEPT. 1864.
HE WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 28, 1865.
HE WAS GUARDING WASHINGTON D. C., WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED...
Sidney B. Gifford was in Co. F, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
PAGE 173-275
HE WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MARIA HOUGH OR HUFF. He had 3 children by her. Ada, Edmond and Henry. IT IS TOLD THAT HIS FIRST WIFE DIED WITH A FOURTH CHILD, SOMETIME AFTER JULY OF 1866. I HAVE DEED OF SALE OF LAND WITH HER NAME ON IT IN THE YEAR OF 1866. HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE IN 1870. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, MARY ORVILLA SMITH. He had three children by her, Franklin Earl, my grandfather, Bernice, and Florence.
MARR PLACE PORTAGE, WI.,,VOL. 2, PAGE 103
[Brøderbund Family Archive #255, Ed. 1, Land Records AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI 1790-1907, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.255.1.22875.3]
Patentee Name: Gifford, Sidney
Accession Number: WI3640__.438
State: Wisconsin
Volume: 3640
Page: 438
Document Number: 1521
Land Office: Wausau
Aliquot Part Reference: NWNW
Section Number: 4
Township: 15 North
Range: 9 East
Meridian/Survey Area: Fourth Principal Meridian
Misc. Document Number: 2360
Act/Treaty Authorizing Sale: Homestead Entry Orig.
Date Signed: Feb 20, 1883
Acreage: 46.07
Signed: Yes, the document on file at the BLM contains a signature.
Sidney B. Gifford, my great grandfather, was born August 18, 1832 in Chautauqua Co., New York. HIS PARENTS WERE STEPHEN AND LAURA (CASWELL) GIFFORD. HE CAME IN A COVERED WAGON AS A YOUNG BOY FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO (THEN A
SWAMP), HE SAID A MUD HOLE. This was probably sometime after 1843. THERE WERE NINE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY. ALL OF THE OLDER CHILDREN TOOK TURNS WALKING TO EASE THE CROWDED QUARTERS IN THE WAGON..FROM CHICAGO THEY WENT TO WALWORTH CO., WISCONSIN. THEY WERE IN THE 1850 CENSUS THERE. EARLY IN THE 1850'S THEY HAD RELOCATED AT MARQUETTE CO., WISCONSIN. IN HIS LATER LIFE HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO PORTAGE, COLUMBIA CO., WISCONSIN AND HE BUILT A HOME THERE.
COPY OF ROSTER:
HE ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE UNION IN SEPT. 1864.
HE WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 28, 1865.
HE WAS GUARDING WASHINGTON D. C., WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED...
Sidney B. Gifford was in Co. F, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
PAGE 173-275
HE WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MARIA HOUGH OR HUFF. He had 3 children by her. Ada, Edmond and Henry. IT IS TOLD THAT HIS FIRST WIFE DIED WITH A FOURTH CHILD, SOMETIME AFTER JULY OF 1866. I HAVE DEED OF SALE OF LAND WITH HER NAME ON IT IN THE YEAR OF 1866. HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE IN 1870. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, MARY ORVILLA SMITH. He had three children by her, Franklin Earl, my grandfather, Bernice, and Florence.
MARR PLACE PORTAGE, WI.,,VOL. 2, PAGE 103
[Brøderbund Family Archive #255, Ed. 1, Land Records AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI 1790-1907, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.255.1.22875.3]
Patentee Name: Gifford, Sidney
Accession Number: WI3640__.438
State: Wisconsin
Volume: 3640
Page: 438
Document Number: 1521
Land Office: Wausau
Aliquot Part Reference: NWNW
Section Number: 4
Township: 15 North
Range: 9 East
Meridian/Survey Area: Fourth Principal Meridian
Misc. Document Number: 2360
Act/Treaty Authorizing Sale: Homestead Entry Orig.
Date Signed: Feb 20, 1883
Acreage: 46.07
Signed: Yes, the document on file at the BLM contains a signature.
SWAMP), HE SAID A MUD HOLE. This was probably sometime after 1843. THERE WERE NINE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY. ALL OF THE OLDER CHILDREN TOOK TURNS WALKING TO EASE THE CROWDED QUARTERS IN THE WAGON..FROM CHICAGO THEY WENT TO WALWORTH CO., WISCONSIN. THEY WERE IN THE 1850 CENSUS THERE. EARLY IN THE 1850'S THEY HAD RELOCATED AT MARQUETTE CO., WISCONSIN. IN HIS LATER LIFE HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO PORTAGE, COLUMBIA CO., WISCONSIN AND HE BUILT A HOME THERE.
COPY OF ROSTER:
HE ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE UNION IN SEPT. 1864.
HE WAS DISCHARGED JUNE 28, 1865.
HE WAS GUARDING WASHINGTON D. C., WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED...
Sidney B. Gifford was in Co. F, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
PAGE 173-275
HE WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MARIA HOUGH OR HUFF. He had 3 children by her. Ada, Edmond and Henry. IT IS TOLD THAT HIS FIRST WIFE DIED WITH A FOURTH CHILD, SOMETIME AFTER JULY OF 1866. I HAVE DEED OF SALE OF LAND WITH HER NAME ON IT IN THE YEAR OF 1866. HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE IN 1870. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, MARY ORVILLA SMITH. He had three children by her, Franklin Earl, my grandfather, Bernice, and Florence.
MARR PLACE PORTAGE, WI.,,VOL. 2, PAGE 103
[Brøderbund Family Archive #255, Ed. 1, Land Records AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI 1790-1907, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.255.1.22875.3]
Patentee Name: Gifford, Sidney
Accession Number: WI3640__.438
State: Wisconsin
Volume: 3640
Page: 438
Document Number: 1521
Land Office: Wausau
Aliquot Part Reference: NWNW
Section Number: 4
Township: 15 North
Range: 9 East
Meridian/Survey Area: Fourth Principal Meridian
Misc. Document Number: 2360
Act/Treaty Authorizing Sale: Homestead Entry Orig.
Date Signed: Feb 20, 1883
Acreage: 46.07
Signed: Yes, the document on file at the BLM contains a signature.
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