Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Gifford, Mrs Hattie E ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 February 5, 2008, 11:50 pm Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907 Mrs. Hattie E. Gifford, widow of the late Edson Gifford and one of the highly esteemed residents of Elwood, was born on the 1st of December, 1834, in Kendall county, Illinois, and is the only survivor in a family of four children, whose parents were Dr. Gillman and Lucy (Manning) Kendall. Her father was a pioneer physician of Illinois, having removed from Massachusetts to this state in 1831 and located in Greenville, Bond county, where he practiced his profession for three years. In 1834 he took up his residence in Kendall county, where he continued to engage in the practice of medicine up to the time of his death. On the 1st of March, 1874, Miss Hattie E. Kendall gave her hand in marriage to Edson Gifford, who was conducting a general store in Elwood and continued to engage in business here until called to his final rest January 21, 1894. He was twice married and by the first union had two sons. Charlie Gifford, the elder of these, lives in Elwood and now carries on the store, having taken charge of the business at the time of his fathers death. He married Miss Minnie Linebarger. Willard Gifford, who is holding a position in the county treasurer's office at Joliet and makes his home in that city, married Lydia Bryan and they have four children, Stella, Kate, Grace and Edson. By the second marriage there was one child, Earl H., who died in infancy. Mrs. Gifford has an adopted daughter, however, Fannie A., who is the daughter of a cousin and makes her home with her foster-mother in Elwood, where she is now acting as operator for the Chicago Telephone Company. Mrs. Gifford is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and also belongs to the Ladies Aid Society and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, taking an active part in the work of each. During her long residence in Elwood she has made a host of warm friends and is highly respected wherever known. Additional Comments: PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/gifford2493nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb