John Gaylord Girton ^{2 3}

   Another name for John was Gaylord Girton.^{1 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Perry Township, Wood County, OH on 8 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 115, Family 116
Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
Gaylord Girton..20..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with and working for George and Emma Cooper.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 19 Jul 1848, then his age should have been 21 instead of 20.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Fulton Township, Gratiot, MI on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 500B, Roll 0580
Fulton Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
Gaylord Girton..Head..31..OH..Servant
(Living with wife.)

NOTE - The occupational listing as "servant" is certainly puzzling. It was unusual for an adult male to be a servant; perhaps he served for another household but lived in his own house with his wife.

I'm not 100% positive that this is actually "John Gaylord Girton", although some sources give his middle initial as "G". In addition, he was living in the same township and county as several of his siblings which makes it highly probable that they were the same person.
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John married Mollie before 1880.¹ (Mollie was born in 1854 in Ohio ¹ and died after 1 June 1880.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Fulton Township, Gratiot, MI on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 500B, Roll 0580
Fulton Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
Gaylord Girton..Head..31..OH..Servant
Mollie Girton..Wife..26..OH..Keeps House
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