Hon. Samuel Hafford

1790 - 1871  (81 years)

• Name	Samuel Hafford
  Prefix	Hon.
  Born	6 Apr 1790	Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Dec 1871	Ballville, Sandusky Co, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I35631	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Hafford,   b. 18 Jun 1751, Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 22 Sep 1839, Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Booth,   b. 28 May 1755, Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1806, Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Married	12 May 1776	Middleboro, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Graves,   b. 15 Jun 1792, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1838, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1816	Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA
  Children	1. Capt. James Harvey Hafford,   b. 12 Sep 1816, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1886, Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 69 years)   2. Ebenezer Hafford,   b. 30 Mar 1818, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 20 Sep 1838  (Age 20 years)   3. Eveline Hafford,   b. 22 Nov 1819, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1898, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. Harriet Hafford,   b. 7 Jun 1821, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1861  (Age 40 years)   5. Esther Ann Hafford,   b. 11 Sep 1823, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1887, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 64 years)   6. Louisa Hafford,   b. 12 Aug 1825, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1889, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 63 years)   7. Samuel Hafford,   b. 15 Dec 1828, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1909  (Age 80 years)   8. Warren Graves Hafford,   b. 11 Jun 1830, Hoosick Falls, , New York, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1895, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F13585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Betsy Lay Griswold,   b. 17 Jul 1798, Pawlet, Rutland Co, Vermont, USA ,   d. 25 Jul 1849, Fremont, , Ohio, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Married	20 Jun 1840	Fremont, , Ohio, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F13586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Smith Griswold,   b. 10 Jun 1804, Pawlet, Rutland Co, Vermont, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1892  (Age 88 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1852	Fremont, , Ohio, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F13587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Fremont Journal, 8 Dec. 1871; AN OLD PIONEER GONE. Mr. Samuel Hafford, who resided at Ballville, departed this life, on Saturday last, at noon. His death had been expected for some time, owing to his advanced age, and at the time stated he passed peacefully away. Mr. Hafford was born in Massachusetts, April 6th, 1790, and he was therefore in his 82d year. In 1836 he removed to this vicinity where he resided ever since. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church of this place, with which he connected himself by letter, immediately after moving here. In 1841 he was elected one of the Elders of the Church, and continued in that capacity until the time of his death, having served the church over thirty years. Notwithstanding the blustering weather of Monday, his funeral was well attended. The funeral discourse was preached by the Rev. Dr. Bushnell, at the Presbyterian Church, after which the body was taken in charge by the Masonic fraternity, and buried with the imposing ceremonies of that order. Brother Hafford was said to be one of the oldest if not the oldest Mason in the country, he having connected himself with the order in 1811, the night he was twenty-one years of age. He had therefore been a member of the order for nearly 61 years. He was one of the charter members of Fort Stephenson Lodge of this city, but sometime after the organization of Brainard Lodge, he withdrew and connected himself with the new lodge in which he retained his membership up till the time of his death. He was widely known, much loved and respected and has passed to his reward at a old age, leaving a rich legacy in his good name, to his surviving family.