John G. Tefft

Person/Family

Spouse 1

May Belle Snyder

1.	Orpha L. Tefft

+2.	Luther Ingersoll Tefft

3.	Franklin John Tefft

+4.	Winnifred E. Tefft

5.	Grace Tefft

+6.	Helen M. Tefft

+7.	Robert Bill Tefft

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Saginaw County, Michigan, John G. Tefft, born: 3 June 1860 in New York [sic, he was born 3 June 1849; he appears in the 1850, 1855 and 1865 census records with his parents, so he could not have been born in 1860]; died: 8 January 1914 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan (from record, which provides the text of a brief death notice giving biographical details and the names of five children; and the name and link for his spouse).
2. Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995, available at familysearch.org. City of Saginaw, 1914, John G. Tefft, died: 8 January 1914 in Saginaw; age 64 years 7 months 5 days [so constructed birth date is 3 June 1849]; born in New York; surveyor; father: Ronald Tefft, born in Rhode Island; mother: Lucy Bell, born in New York.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Images 11 and 12 of 48, Rowland D. Tefft, 43. R.I., farmer; Lucy Tefft, 40, NY; Arathusa Tefft, 14, NY; Charles Tefft, 10, NY; R. D. Tefft, 7, NY; H. C. Tefft, 6, NY; E. O. Tefft, 6, NY; Infant Tefft, [age unreadable], NY.
4. New York State Census, 1855, Chenango County, Smyrna, Image 2 of 41 (right side), Rowland Tefft, 48, Rhode Island, farmer; wife Lucy Tefft, 45, Chenango; daughter Arthusa C. Tefft, 19, Chenango; son Charles B. Tefft, 15, Chenango; son Rowland D. Tefft, 12, Chenango; son Henry C. Tefft, 11, Chenango; daughter Emily O. Tefft, 11, Chenango; son John G. Tefft, 5, Chenango.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Page 112, Rowland Teft, 53, Rhode Island, lumberman; Lucy Teft, 50, New York; Arathusa Teft, 24, New York; Charles R. Teft, 20, New York, lumberman; Rowland R. Teft, 17, New York, lumberman; Henry C. Teft, 16, New York, gardener; Emily O. Teft, 16, New York; John G. Teft, 10, New York.
6. New York State Census, 1865, Chenango County, Smyrna, Image 26 of 80, Rowland Tefft, 58, R.I., lumber dealer, Terryburg, O[hio]; wife Lucy B. Tefft, 55, Chenango, parent of 6 children; child Arethusa C. Tefft, 29, Chenango, teacher; child Charles B. Tefft, 25, Chenango, married, farmer; child Rowland D. Tefft, 22, Chenango, married, student, Toledo, O[hio]; child Henry C. Tefft, 21, Chenango, student, Albany, NY; child John G. Tefft, 14, Chenango; child Emily O. Tefft, 21, Chenango; daughter-in-law Emogene Tefft, 20, Chenango [she is the wife of Charles B. Tefft].
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Saginaw County, Swan Creek, Page 4, C. B. Tefft, 30, New York, works in saw mill; Emogene M. Tefft, 25, New York; Jennie H. Tefft, 4, New York; Bertie S. Tefft, 2, New York; Henry C. Tefft, 26, New York, works in saw mill; John G. Tefft, 20, New York, works in saw mill.
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Saginaw County, Swan Creek Township, E.D. 310, Page No. 3, Rowland Tefft, 73, R.I., farming; wife Lucy B. Tefft, 70, New York; son John G. Tefft, 29, New York, head sawyer. Living next door is their son: Chas. B. Tefft, 40, New York, bookkeeper; wife Emma H. Tefft, 35, New York; daughter Jenny H. Tefft, 14, New York; son Bertie S. Tefft, 12, Michigan; daughter S. Esther Tefft, 7, Michigan.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Saginaw County, St. Charles, E.D. 74, Sheet No. 7B, John G. Tefft, 49, New York, June 1850, surveyor; wife of 18 years May Tefft, 36, Michigan, January 1864, 6 children, 4 living; son Luther Tefft, 14, Michigan, October 1885; son Franklin Tefft, 12, Michigan, February 1888; daughter Winnefred Tefft, 9, Michigan, January 1891; daughter Hellen Tefft, 3, Michigan, May 1897. [Note: John’s entry is given as first-middle-last name, the reverse of all other entries, possibly explaining why he does not show in the index for this census.]
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Saginaw County, St. Charles Township, E.D. 74, Sheet No. 17A, John G. Tefft, 59, New York, civil engineer; wife of 27 years May B. Tefft, 46, Michigan; son Frank J. Tefft, 22, Michigan, civil engineer; daughter Helen M. Tefft, 13, Michigan; son Robert D. Tefft, 3, Michigan.
11. Early Years in Smyrna and Our First Old Home Week, by George Albert Munson. Chenango Union Presses, 1905. Exact facsimile, First Reprint Edition: June 4, 1997 by RSG Publishing, Bainbridge, New York. Page 66, biographical sketch of Ezekiel Tefft and family. Available at books.google.com.
12. Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Saginaw County, Michigan, May Belle Snyder Tefft, born: 7 January 1864 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan; died: 11 July 1955 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (from record, which includes notes: Age 91 years. Widow of John G. whom she married July 25, 1882. Devoted mother. Saginaw Obit Index; and the name and link for her spouse).
13. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Page 153, John G. Tefft, age 32, born in New York, lumberman; and May B. Snyder, age 18, born in Michigan; married on 25 July 1882 in Saginaw.