Joseph Gilman Lyford

LYFORD, SHANNON, BROWN

Posted By: Anne Higham (email)
Date: 9/1/2003 at 15:58:07

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JOSEPH GILMAN LYFORD 1830-
Mayor of Wilton Twp, Muscatine Co,Iowa

Born 8 Jul 1830 Northfield,NH s/o Thomas Dearborn & Sally (Gilman) Lyford
m1. 13 May 1856 @ Tazewell,Illinois = Mary Ann Shannon (9 Feb 1829-7 Feb 1865)
m2. 17 Dec 1866 @ (unknown) = Ann Maria Brown (aka Annie M)

KNOWN CHILDREN by 1st wife

1. John Thomas Lyford 1 Aug 1859-4 Ap 1860

2. Clarence Eugene Lyford 23 Jun 1861 - 6 Feb 1862

KNOWN CHILDREN by 2nd wife

3.Jay Brown Lyford 23 Jul 1871

m. 1 Jan 1895 = Gertrude Marguerite Jones(12 Aug 1873)

4. Laura May Lyford “May” 21 Aug 1874

m. = F.H.Smith of Quincy MA

5. Fred Hancock Lyford 20 May 1876

NB; alive at 1880 Census

6. Anna Belle Lyford aka Belle 1 Sep 1878

NB; alive at 1905

** Source: pp217-218: History of Northfield NH Part II - genealogies, by Lucy R.H.Cross.
1905
“....He resided in several parts of the Far West until 1885. Mrs Lyford was a member of the
school board of Hebron, Nebraska and was its president for a term of years. She was a
graduate of New Hampshire Conference Female College, class of 1860....”

“...Mr Lyford has always been a Republican and active in local affairs. He served as mayor
of Wilton,Iowa and was county commissioner while at Hebron, Nebraska...”

**Source "Revised History of Wilton, Iowa", by Henry Wildasin 1947
page 24
“.....The first event of the year 1869, was the burning of J. G. Lyford & Co's
elevator, in January, which took fire about four o'clock in the morning and by
day-break was a heap of smoking ruins together with several thousand bushels of
grain......”

** at the time of the 1880 Census Joseph Gilman Lyford was a Grain Merchant. He
and his family, were living Union Twp, Hardin Co, Iowa