The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Rufus Safford
1838 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Rufus Safford was born on 3 Aug 1838 in Pennsylvania, USA (son of Mercian O. Safford and Eliza Hoard).
2. Mercian O. Safford was born about 1810 in New York, USA; died on 2 Apr 1865. Mercian married Eliza Hoard on 24 May 1834 in New York, USA. Eliza (daughter of Elisha Hoard and Betsey (Unknown)) was born about 1814 in Bennington, Wyoming Co, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Eliza Hoard was born about 1814 in Bennington, Wyoming Co, New York, USA (daughter of Elisha Hoard and Betsey (Unknown)). Children:
- Ellen Safford was born on 19 May 1836; died on 25 Jun 1837.
- 1. Rufus Safford was born on 3 Aug 1838 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Alonzo Safford was born in Nov 1840 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Jan 1841.
- Oliver Safford was born on 11 May 1842 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Oct 1862.
- Olivette Safford was born on 11 May 1842 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Myron Safford was born on 11 Apr 1844 in Michigan, USA.
- Louis Safford was born on 10 Jun 1846 in Michigan, USA; died on 14 Dec 1871.
- Darius Safford was born on 14 Oct 1848 in Michigan, USA.
- Lyman W. Safford was born on 1 Jan 1851 in Michigan, USA; died on 1 Mar 1852.
- Ida A. Safford was born on 21 Aug 1855 in , Kalamazoo Co, Michigan, USA; died on 7 Apr 1945 in Independence, Buchanan Co, Iowa, USA.
- John Safford was born on 15 Jun 1858 in Michigan, USA.
- Ella Safford was born on 1 Jun 1860 in Michigan, USA.
Generation: 3
6. Elisha Hoard was born about 1795 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA (son of David Hoard and Lydia Gates). Elisha married Betsey (Unknown). [Group Sheet]
7. Betsey (Unknown) Children:
- Alonzo Hoard was born about 1810; died in in
- 3. Eliza Hoard was born about 1814 in Bennington, Wyoming Co, New York, USA.
- Alonzo Hoard was born about 1810; died in in
Generation: 4
12. David Hoard was born on 13 May 1757 in Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA (son of Dr. Edward Hoar and Martha Cole); died on 20 Jun 1805 in Sheldon, Wyoming Co, New York, USA; was buried in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA (Varysburg Cemetery). Notes:
Early Sheldon Family Honored - Markers Placed in Varysburg Cemetery for Two
Hoards - VERY EARLY SETTLERS
Warsaw NY Wyoming County Times 1937-1938 Grayscale - 0182.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times%20%201937-1938%20Grayscale/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times%20%201937-1938%20Grayscale%20-%200182.pdf
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Warsaw NY Wyoming County Times 1937-1938 Grayscale - 0187.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times%20%201937-1938%20Grayscale/Warsaw%20NY%20Wyoming%20County%20Times%20%201937-1938%20Grayscale%20-%200187.pdf
....homes, typical of their time, housed five generations of llic Hoard family in Sheldon. David Hoard married Lydia Gates. Henry Hoard married Sally Joslyn. November 1,
1815 at Sougerficld. N. Y. Of the living descendant* of. David and- Henry. Henry Harold Hoard receivinghis education in thc Varysburg Union School, thc East Aurora
high and the Weslcyan Seminary at Lima. N. Y., and having inherited his*forebcarcrs\\spirit of enterprise and progress, located in ?W Cleveland, O.. where he has become a successful business man.'
His daughter. Ruth, whose mother Alice McCray of Varysburg died about twenty years ago; a successful business woman of Cleveland.'
His present wife was Miss Christina Landareve, from a prominent Cleveland family.
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"David Hoard, I758-I8O4., has been reburied in Varysburg Cemetery
having been first buried on his farm in Sheldon? Records tell that
he enlisted in April 1776 for service in Col. Wynkoop's New York
Regulars, and the following spring served six months under Capt?
Harrison's company? In 1778, he was again under arms in command of
Lt? Hubbs and his New York troops, while the spring of I78O saw another
enlistment with service under Col? John Harper's New York regiment
? He married LIddy Gates, 1759-181|5P and In the spring of I804 he and his family left by ox team from Rensselaer 'County, N.Y. for
western New York0 They reached Bristol, N.Y. where he was obliged
to leave his team and family. With a son, Henry, then fourteen, and
Daniel Gates, he struck out on foot to the area of Buffalo Hill,
Sheldon, where he began to clear the forest. He built a cabin, but
in July l801|, he sickened of a fever and died, one of the first
pioneer deaths in this end of the state. The son and family settled
on the claim in October of that year."David married Lydia Gates on 6 Oct 1783 in Hoosick, Albany Co, New York, USA. Lydia (daughter of Joshua Gates and Anna Branch) was born on 3 Nov 1757 in Preston, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA; died in 1845 in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]
13. Lydia Gates was born on 3 Nov 1757 in Preston, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Joshua Gates and Anna Branch); died in 1845 in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA. Children:
- Henry Hoard was born on 4 Jul 1791 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 22 Apr 1880 in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA; was buried in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA (Varysburg Cemetery).
- David Hoard, Jr. was born about 1793 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 1814 or 1823; was buried in Varysburg, Wyoming Co, New York, USA (Varysburg Cemetery).
- 6. Elisha Hoard was born about 1795 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA.