Levi Gifford

1789 - 1860  (70 years)

• Name	Levi Gifford
  Born	15 Aug 1789	Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Mar 1860	Moroni, Sanpete, Utah   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I8516	Nielsen Hayden genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Noah Gifford,   b. Abt 1759, of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Mother	Mary Bowerman,   b. 10 Oct 1758, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Between 1834 and 1835, Pennsylvania  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Aft 5 Jun 1784	Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F4525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Wing,   b. 29 May 1796, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York ,   d. 15 Mar 1877, Weston, Franklin, Idaho  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1816	Tioga, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Priscilla Gifford,   b. 3 Mar 1818, Covington, Tioga, Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Aug 1876, Weston, Franklin, Idaho  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2017 21:30:33
  Family ID	F3448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptized into the Mormon church in 1831. He baptized Eleazar Miller, who in turn baptized Brigham Young. His brother Alpheus Gifford baptized Heber C. Kimball. He was a participant in Zion's Camp, 1834. In 1835, he was ordained a Seventy and called to serve in the First Quorum of the Seventy, thus becoming one of the earliest General Authorities of the church. More about him here.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Rootsweb tree of The Wing Family of America. [S511] Almon E. Daniels and Maclean W. McLean, ed. Anne Borden Harding, "William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687)." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 128 (1974): 239-261; 129 (1975): 30-44, 221-237, 335-346; 130 (1976): 40-45, 130-141, 284-291; 131 (1977): 51-57, 133-141, 214-220, 294-298; 132 (1978): 211-217, 293-301; 133 (1979): 49-56, 134-140, 211-215, 294-298; 134 (1980): 59-64, 121-134, 237-241, 310-315; 135 (1981): 45-56, 138-147, 307-321; 137 (1983): 137-162; 138 (1984): 203-222.