STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1880, p.8, c.4

JAMES W. JEFFERDS, 22 Aug 1809 - 31 Oct 1880

   DIED---JEFFORDS---At the residence of his daughter, in 
Franklin township, DeKalb county, Ind., Oct. 31, 1880, James 
W. Jeffords, in the 72nd year of his age.
   Mr. Jeffords was one of the oldest settlers in Franklin 
Township.  He was born in Brunswick, Herkimer county, N.Y., 
Aug. 22, 1809.  He was married to Jane Ann Day at Medina, 
N.Y., in 1834.  Two years later they moved to Toledo, Ohio, 
and from there to Hamilton, this county, in 1837.  Soon after 
they removed to the farm known as the Jeffords farm, in 
Franklin township.  Mr. Jeffords made the first coffin and 
helped to dig the first grave for the burial of a white 
person, at Hamilton.  Eleven days after the death of Mr. 
Jeffords his wife died, her age being 69 years.
(This obituary spells the last name as Jeffords. Other 
sources cited including the biographies say Jefferds.)

OTHER INFORMATION:

   James W. Jefferds, 22 Aug 1809 - 31 Oct 1880, married Jane 
Ann (Day) Jefferds, 08 Jul 1811 - 11 Nov 1880 (per obituary, 
cemetery book states 10 Jul 1880.  www.familysearch.org also 
states Jane died before her husband.

CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE:
   James Mortimer Jefferds, 28 Aug 1835 - 28 Nov 1907 (1920 
per Krontz Cemetery listing), married Pauline (Welch) 
Jefferds, 1840 - 1915.  They are buried at Krontz Cemetery, 
DeKalb County, Indiana.  Pauline was the daughter of Eli and 
Elvira Welch.
   Harriet E. (Jefferds) Egnew, May 1842 - died before 11 May 
1918, on 27 Dec 1860 in Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, 
married William Wallace Egnew, 23 Apr 1838 - 11 May 1918.  
Harriet's burial place unknown.  William is buried at Kansas 
City, Jackson, Missouri, which is where he died.  He was the 
son of George and Alice (Harding) Egnew.
   Jay Wellington Jefferds, 1845 - 18 Apr 1869, buried at 
Hamilton Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Mary Jane (Jefferds) Huyck, 04/14 Feb 1847 - 01 Jun 1915, 
on 23 Mar 1870, in DeKalb County, Indiana, married John Tidd 
Huyck, 14 Mar 1840 - 11 Mar 1915.  They are buried at 
Waterloo, DeKalb County, Indiana.  John was the son of John 
T. and Lucinda (Basil) Huyck.

"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," page 468 lists 
James W. Jefferds as the Postmaster at Enterprise (later 
Hamilton), 20 Jun 1839 - 14 Apr 1842.

"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," page 287, Sixth 
Reunion.
"History of DeKalb County, Indiana, 1885," pages 621, 622, 
biography of son-in-law, John T. Huyck.
Krontz Cemetery listing (www.rootsweb.com/~indekalb/index.html) 
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 979.
www.familysearch.org: 
   1880 United States Census, John Huyck, Franklin, DeKalb, 
Indiana, Family History Library Film #1254273, NA Film#T9-
0273, page #34C.  This census lists J. W. Jefferds, age 73, 
and Mary J. Jefferds, age 71,in the household of their 
daughter and son-in-law.
   1880 United States Census, Eli Welch, Wilmington, DeKalb  
County, Indiana, Family History Library Film #1254273, NA 
Film #T9-0273, page #125B.
   IGI Individual Record, James W. Jefferds.
   Family Group Record, James W. Jefferds, William Wallace 
Egnew, John Tidd Huyck.

Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net