Michael Adam Gift (I24871)
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| Birth | 3 January 1816  24 24 , Snyder, Pa |
| Death of father | 12 October 1836 (Age 20) John Jacob Gift (I24909) (Age 44) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Marriage | 1843 (Age 27) Ann Elizabeth Kleckner - [View Family (F9902)]
, , Pa |
| Death of mother | 1 January 1864 (Age 47) Elizabeth Royer (I24885) (Age 72) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death | 12 February 1894 (Age 78) Orangeville, Stephenson, Il |
| Burial | February 1894 Orgville Cem, Stephenson, Il |
| Ancestral File Number (AFN) | 3MZX-54 |
| Universal Identifier | 55906949D0312048AC4530DDC31BB11BA864 |
| Last Change | 26 January 2007 - 10:04:34 Last changed by: dcoplien |
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to IL 1840 with the John Kleckner family - 6 week journey by wagon, approx 3 years after Isaac Kline MICHAEL GIFT, a retired, prosperous farmer, of Oneco Township, was born in Union County, Pa., Jan. 3, 1816, and is the son of John Jacob Gift, who was born and reared to manhood in that county. Mr. Gift’s grandfather, Anthony, was also a native of Pennsylvania, spending the last years of his life in Union County. The great-grandfather of our subject came from Germany to America and located in Lebanon County, Pa. Some of the family participated in the war with the Indians in 1779 in Pennsylvania, and Jacob, a brother of our subject’s grandfather, was killed at that time. The record of the family is kept in a very old Bible, where all the changes occurring in the family are faithfully entered. The father of our subject was born Nov. 11, 1791, and died Oct. 12, 1836. He married Elizabeth Royer, Jan. 19, 1812. She was born Jan. 5, 1791, and died in Pennsylvania June 1, 1864, in her seventy-fourth year. Her people were also Pennsylvanians, of German descent. Mr. Michael Gift’s father lived with his parents nearly all his life, working on the farm with his father, and he died on the old homestead, where his father had died before him. Our subject lived at home until he was twenty years old, when he learned the blacksmith’s trade, and three years later, which was in the spring of 1840, came overland to this county. His outfit of horses and wagon was all paid for by the sweat of his brow, Mr. Gift purchasing them with the wages earned by working at his trade. He landed first in Rock Grove Township, where he hired out by the month for two years then married, and three years later in 1846, bought a claim of 150 acres in Oneco township. His son lives on this old homestead now. Michael farmed his claim for twenty-three years, when tiring of the arduous duties of a farmer’s occupation, he moved to town and retired from farm life. Aside from his original claim. Mr. Gift now owns thirty acres of timber land in Wisconsin, and 160 acres on which his son, William H. Gift, lives. He also owns a half interest in a farm of 160 acres in Wisconsin, together with some town property. Mr. Michael Gift is a Republican, and has held many local offices. He was the School Director in Oneco Township. His early schooling was obtained under difficulties, the school being sustained by subscription. He attended school alternate weeks, going one week and remaining at home the other. He sold the produce of his farm at Galena, where he would peddle flour to the miners. Michael Gift was married, in 1842, to Miss Anna Kleckner, daughter of John Kleckner, who was from Pennsylvania, where all her people came from. John Kleckner was born in Northampton County, in 1820, and subsequently lived in Union County. Mr. Gift has had three children: William H., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Mary E., who is marriel to Samuel Buck, and George T. His varied career has resulted in success achieved by steady perseverance and industry, and he is held in much esteem in the community where he resides. |
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