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	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  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. 5 Apr 1796,   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	4 Jul 2015
  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.