Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Gifford, Fred January 1, 1858 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

FRED GIFFORD, farmer, Brooks Township, section 11, was born in Parma Township, 
Jackson County, Mich., Jan. 

1, 1858, and is a son of Walter C. and Margaret (Spoor) Gifford.  The mother 
was born of German parentage, 

in 1831, and the father of Scotch ancestry, in 1829.  Both were natives of the 
State of New York and are 

still living, in Newaygo County, whither they came in 1865.

Mr. Gifford leved at home with his parents until he was 20 years old, when he 
entered the employ of Aaron 

Courtwright, of Newaygo.  a yer afterward he went to Muskegon, where he 
continued four years, operating 

summers as a saw-mill hand and spending the winters as a lumberman.  He is now 
a landholder, owning 160 

acres, on which he is industriously pursuing his chosen voaction of farming.

Mr. Gifford was married at Muskegon, July 4, 1883, to Sarah L., daughter of 
Elinus and Experience Patience 

(Peters) Mundy.  She was born May 7, 1863, in Newaygo County.  Mr. Mundy was 
born of Scotch parentage, 

Feb. 15, 1821, in New Jersey.  The mother was a native of New York and of 
Welsh descent, born Feb. 24, 

1822, and died March 28, 1876, in Brooks Township.

Mr. Gifford belongs to the National party in political affinity.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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