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Jack Whitman Gifford 1905–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Sep 1905

Birth Location: Kemper County, Mississippi, United States

Death Date: 4 Jan 1979

Death Location: Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States

Father: George Gifford

Mother: Melissa Mathews

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Jack Whitman Gifford was born in 1905 in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States, the child of George Alexander Gifford And Melissa Josephine Mathews. Jack Whitman Gifford passed away in 1979 in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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Biography

  • Jack Whitman Gifford was born in 1905 in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States, the child of George Alexander Gifford And Melissa Josephine Mathews.
  • Jack Whitman Gifford passed away in 1979 in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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Jack Gifford's Ancestors

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Jack Gifford
1905–1979
Birth Place: Kemper County, Mississippi, United States
Parents
George Alexander Gifford
1858–1916
Noxubee, Mississippi, USA
Melissa (Josephine) Mathews
1866–1945
Texas, United States
Grandparents
Pvt (John Tipton) Gifford
1820–1862
Smith County, Tennessee, USA
Dicy (Ann) McKenney
1831–1905
Georgia, USA
Ralph (W) Mathews
1832–1873
North Carolina, United States
Susan (Ann) Parnell
1843–1923
Alabama, United States
Great-Grandparents
McKenney
1811–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jack Gifford's Timeline

2 Records

1905
4 Sep 1905
Birth of Jack Whitman Gifford in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States
Kemper County, Mississippi, United States
1979
4 Jan 1979
Age 74
Death of Jack Whitman Gifford in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1905
    Event Place: Kemper County, Mississippi, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Jan 1979
    Event Place: Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, United States

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