Gazlay Family History
Luther Ingersoll Tefft
Parents
| Father | John G. Tefft (3 June 1849 - 8 January 1914) |
| Mother | May Belle Snyder (7 January 1864 - 11 July 1955) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 February 2021; Last Edited: 1 March 2021 |
| Person ID | 10568 |
| Name | Luther Ingersoll Tefft |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 30 October 1885 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 27 March 1907 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington to Flora ‘Flossie’ MacMichael4, 7 |
| Died | 24 August 1954 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan2, 8 |
| Buried | in Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Flora ‘Flossie’ MacMichael (daughter of Arthur MacMichael and Anna Clarke) |
| Born | 10 March 1887 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas |
| Married | 27 March 1907 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington to Luther Ingersoll Tefft |
| Died | 2 September 1953 in Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Children | of Luther Ingersoll Tefft and Flora ‘Flossie’ MacMichael: |
| +1. | Arthur Robert Tefft |
| Born | 12 January 1908 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington |
| Married | to (unidentified) |
| Married | 20 July 1940 in Wood County, Ohio to Edith Rose Griese (née McNeill) |
| Died | 15 June 1957 |
| +2. | Marion Lucia Tefft |
| Born | 15 December 1913 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan |
| Married | December 1939 to Frank H. Freeman |
| Died | 24 October 1965 in Oakland County, Michigan |
Sources
- Draft Registration Card, World War I, Luther Ingersoll Tefft, Serial Number 1627, Order Number 2275; age 32 years, born: 30 October 1885; asst. engineer; nearest relative: Flossie S. Tefft (wife).
- Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, Luther I. Tefft, born: 30 October 1885; died: 24 August 1954 (from record, which provides the names and links for his spouse and child).
- 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.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Washington, Spokane County, Spokane City, E.D. 178, Sheet No. 9B, Luther I. Tefft, 24, Michigan, engineer, civil; wife of 3 years Flossie S. Tefft, 23, Kansas, 1 child, 1 living; Arthur R. Tefft, 2, Washington. (All three are borders in a household of apparently unrelated people).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Plymouth, E.D. 776, Sheet No. 1B, Luther I. Tefft, 34, Michigan, civil engineer, surveyor; wife Flora M. Tefft, 32, Kansas; son Arobert [sic, his name is A. Robert] Tefft, 14, Washington; daughter Marion L. Tefft, 5, Michigan [middle initial is sometimes mistaken for an “S.”]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Plymouth Village, E.D. 82-1033, Sheet No. 4A, Luther I. Tefft, 44, Michigan, first married age 21, civil engineer, surveying; wife Flora M. Tefft, 43, Kansas, first married age 20; son A. Robert Tefft, 22, Washington; daughter Marion Lucia Tefft, 16, Michigan.
- Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, County of Spokane, Certificate of Marriage, License No. A.4073, Luther I. Tefft, age 21, born in Michigan, first marriage, civil engineer, father: John G. Tefft, born in New York; mother: May Snyder, born in Michigan; Flossie Mac Michael, age 20, born in Kansas, first marriage, father: Arthur Mac Michael, born in New York; mother: Anna Clarke, born in Michigan; married on 27 March 1907 in Spokane.
- Obituary, The Plymouth Mail, Plymouth, Michigan (available at news-archive.plymouthlibrary.org), 2 September 1954, Luther I. Tefft, died in Ann Arbor, Michigan; funeral services on 31 August 1954. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his mother, wife, two children, sister and two brothers, and indicated he had five grandchildren.