Hiram H. Whitford

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1 Nov 1861, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; American Civil War (North) 57th PA Infantry, Co.K

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Kerr. Elizabeth (daughter of David Kerr and Fanny Alcron) was born on 30 May 1826 in Oil Creek Twp, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died on 15 Apr 1913 in Oil Creek Twp, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Union Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1910 and 1920 living with her sister, Eva Thayer in Crawford Co.,PA
(Titusville Herald, Oct 31, 1941, p.3)
"Miss Mary Ellen Whitford, aged 77, died at 12:20 pm Thursday at the home of her sister, Mrs Frank Thayer, RD 2, on the Spring Creek road. She had suffered from a heart ailment, but was seriously ill only about a week. The deceased was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram H Whitford and was born on the farm where she died on March 25, 1864. She spent most of her life on the farm and was a member of Hydetown Grange. The body will be taken from the Arnold funeral home to the Thayer residence today, where friends may call and where services will be held at 2 pm Sunday. Rev E W Mattison of Union City UB church will officiate and interment will be in the Henderson cemetery on the Church Run road."

Eva married Benjamin Franklin Thayer about 1900. Benjamin (son of John Nelson Thayer and Mary Ann Dilley) was born on 11 Sep 1876 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died on 16 Mar 1959 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Union Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]