FOURTH GENERATION

8. * Oscar Edward GIFFORD ⁽³²⁾ was born on 11 Sep 1833 in Ohio. ^(33)(34) Found him listed as born in Sullivan County, New York. (IGI) He was a Farmer in 1870 in Kansas. He died on 12 Feb 1912.⁽³⁵⁾ On September 16, 1893, 12 o'clock noon, in the city of Caldwell, Kansas, Cordon and Charles were on horseback and in the line for the race to stake their claims for land in the "Cherokee Strip" in Oklahoma. The race started with the shot of a gun. In the meantime, Oscar, drove a team and wagon with their equipment to a location at Ponca City, Oklahoma, where his sons met him after staking their claims near the North Canadian River. Near the claim, there was a small country post office and store by the name of "Pearl". The foundation still stands. He was married to * Mary Ann GASKILL on 10 May 1855. Also have 01 May 1855 as a wedding date.

9. * Mary Ann GASKILL was born in 1831 in Illinois. ^(8)(36) She died in 1881 in Kansas.⁽³⁷⁾ She was buried in 1881 in ElDorado Cemetery, Butler County, KS. Children were:

i. Emma Alice GIFFORD was born on 19 May 1856 in Illinois. ^{(38)(8) (39)}
ii. Elmetta Lucinda GIFFORD was born on 6 Jun 1858 in Illinois. ^{(40)(8) (41)}
iii. Sarah Sedillia GIFFORD^{(7) (7)} was born on 14 Mar 1862 in Illinois. ^{(42)(8) (43)}
iv. Mary Florence GIFFORD^{(7) (7)} was born in Jan 1865 in Illinois. ^{(44)(8) (45)}
4 v. * Cordon Elsworth GIFFORD.
vi. Charles Oscar GIFFORD⁽⁴⁶⁾ was born on 14 Sep 1870 in Spring Hill, Miami, KS.^{(47) (48)} He died on 27 Jan 1940. ⁽⁴⁹⁾ He was buried in Miller Cemetery, Woodward County, OK. Charles and Sarah met in Butler County, Kansas. Soon after they were married they started the long journey to Woodward County, Oklahoma. They took several weeks to complete the journey in a covered wagon. They moved into the sod house which Charles had prepared, with the help of his brother, Cord, after he had staked his claim in the race for land in 1893 in the Cherokee strip. (location near North Canadian River). About two years later they changed their claim for one several miles north in the hill country, where they built "The Shanty on the Claim", a pretty location with large oak trees.
Many years later, their son Ray and his family, made their home on that first claim for several years.