To the individual who is missing a Gifford: Did you check Iowa census? If not, I can do that for you. Too bad his name wasn't Alexander we could have declared him found. Said Gifford was hanged in Jackson Co. for murder. Two men in NY paid him because the victim saw the 2 commit a crime. (Iowa history book). We have an 1860 census index and Giffords will be listed alphabetically. I can give you names and you can pick and choose for me to look up in the census.