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| Husband: Warren E. TEFFT Birth Date: 1834 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Death Date: April 4, 1924 Death Place: Rochester State Hospital; Rochester, Olmsted County,MN Burial Place: April 15, 1924; Rochester State Hospital Cemetery; Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota Father: Jeremiah TEFFT Mother: Rhoda HOXSIE | Wife: Martha Janett "Nettie" BURKE Birth Date: 1844-45; New York Birth Place: Death Date: 1920/1930 Death Place: Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Burial Place: Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown |
| Marriage Date: January 16, 1862 | Marriage Place: Methodist Episcopal Church of Stockton, ChautauquaCnty, NY |
| Child No. 1: Otis Porter TEFFT Sex: Birth Date: July 10,1868 Birth Place: Dover, Lenawee County, Michigan Death Date: September 19, 1943 Death Place: Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota Burial Place: September 22, 1943; St. John's Cemetery; Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota Marriage Date: November 26, 1901 Marriage Place: Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota Spouse's Name: Edith Degrusch ALLEN | Child No. 2: Claudia TEFFT Sex: Birth Date: June 16,1879 Birth Place: Chatfield, Fillmore County,Minnesota Death Date: Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Benjamin BROWN |
| Sources: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, 1920, 1930 U.S. Census; Marriage Records of Methodist Episcopal Church of Stockton, ChautauquaCounty, New York; Marriage Records of Fillmore County, Minnesota; Admission Recordsof Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota; Obituary and Funeral Notice in September 20 & 22, 1943 Red Wing DailyRepublican Eagle Red Wing, Minnesota ============================================================== |
| Documentation: Warren & Martha "Nettie" TEFFT moved from ChautauquataCounty, New York to Dover, Lenawee County, Michigan between January 1862 and July of 1868. Warren worked on the railroad. They moved from Michigan to Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesotain 1872. By 1910, they had separated, with Martha residing with their daughterClaudia in Winona, Minnesota and by 1920 in Mankato, Minnesota. By 1920 Warren was living in Red Wing, Minnesota with his son Otis. Warren was commited to the Rochester State Hospital; Rochester,Minnesota on November 13, 1923 because he was harming others as a resultof psychosis due to cerebral arterioclerosis. He died of "psychotic exhaustion" on April 4, 1924 at the age of89 years. His 4th great-grandfather, John TEFFT was first recorded in NorthAmerica in 1643 in Rhode Island. He was my great-grandfather. |