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Samuel J. Gift was born in May 22, 1832 in Union Co. Pennsylvania the son of Daniel and Sophia Hassinger Gift. He was one of eight children two of his brother's served in the Civil War one died during the war in Kentucky. His sister Margaret married George Dibbler a farmer in Hampshire. Samuel worked on the family farm until age eighteen. He learned the trades of bricklaying, tanner and farming. He had dairy farm and sold his milk to the local creamery. He was a member of the United Evangelical church. Samuel served the township as a school director, road commissioner and various other official positions. He married three times as mentioned above. Samuel Gift died in 1903 his stone is one of the remaining stones in the cemetery.
Lusetta (Klick) Gift, third wife of Samuel Gift she was born1844 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The daughter of John and Katherine (Decker) Klick. They had one son Edwin Henry Gift.
Barbara (Frederick) Gift daughter of Mathias and Dora Fredrick married Samuel Gift January 5, 1865 in Kane County Illinois becoming his second wife. They would have two daughters: · Emma who married James Kemmerling · Dora who married Rueben Wright. Barbara Gift died in 1872, her headstone still stands today.
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