Uniontown, PA. Married Nancy Susan Maxey. Nancy was from Jasper County, MO. I have no idea how they met and decided to end up in Kansas. Children of Joseph and Nancy are: Descendants of Joseph Gifford Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH1 GIFFORD was born April 24, 1833 in Uniontown, PA, and died February 19, 1909 in Merriam, Johnson Co., KS. He married NANCY SUSAN MAXEY1 July 20, 1865 in Johnson, Kansas, daughter of WILLIAM MAXEY and ELIZABETH JOHNSON. More About JOSEPH GIFFORD: Census 1: June 21, 1870, Gardner Twp, Johnson, KS Census 2: June 03, 1880, Gardner Twp, Johnson KS Masonic: Kansas Notes for NANCY SUSAN MAXEY: In 1850 Census she is listed as Susanah, 1860 as Nancy S. and 1870 as Susan. Children of JOSEPH GIFFORD and NANCY MAXEY are: i. MARY J2 GIFFORD, b. April 22, 1866, Johnson, KS; d. July 09, 1921; m. WILLIAM JEFFERS, July 31, 1890, Wayne Co., IL. ii. ELIZA ELLEN GIFFORD, b. November 04, 1868, Kansas; d. February 09, 1963; m. MILTON BRUFFETT, June 28, 1888, Norborne,Carroll, MO. iii. ESTELLA G. GIFFORD, b. November 21, 1870, Kansas; d. October 01, 1961; m. CLINTON TERRY, November 07, 1892, Wayne Co., IL. Notes for CLINTON TERRY: Possible daughters or Granddaughters---Dorothy Terry, Rita Jean Terry. There is also a Jimmy Terry. iv. ETHIE E. GIFFORD, b. October 22, 1872, Kansas; d. April 04, 1945; m. CLOYD SENTER, February 09, 1891, Wayne Co., IL. Notes for CLOYD SENTER: There is one Cloyd Senter in the SSDI. Born May 18, 1887, died Nov, 1963. SSA issued in Texas. This MAY be the correct Cloyd, but he would have married a woman 15 years older than himself. v. SARAH ELIZABETH GIFFORD, b. August 31, 1874, Kansas; d. September 08, 1891. vi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GIFFORD, b. January 09, 1877, Johnson, Kansas; d. June 27, 1955, Collinsville, OK; m. AVRA LAETITIA LEE, November 28, 1900. vii. GEORGE WESLEY GIFFORD, b. September 21, 1879, Johnson Co., KS; d. March 15, 1916, La Cygne, KS; m. MINA PARSLEY, June 1912, Kansas City, KS. Notes for MINA PARSLEY: Mina was possibly called "Lula" viii. ROSA EUGENIA GIFFORD, b. October 26, 1882, Johnson Co., KS; d. October 18, 1965; m. JOE D. MILLER, January 26, 1910.