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    Joseph Wilford

    1805 – 1854 • Cleveland Street Cemetery

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    Joseph Wilford

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    Birth
    1805
    Clipston, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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    1854 (aged 48–49)
    Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
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    The Buswell, Wilford and Medbourn(e) families migrated at about the same time from the area of Clipston, England, first to Lorain County, Ohio in about 1854 and some of them then migrated to Marmont (Culver, Indiana) in about 1867.
    The Buswell, Wilford and Medbourn(e) families migrated at about the same time from the area of Clipston, England, first to Lorain County, Ohio in about 1854 and some of them then migrated to Marmont (Culver, Indiana) in about 1867.

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    JOSEPH WILFORD
    S E N.
    BORN 1805
    IN ENGLAND
    DIED 1854
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    MARY WILFORD
    BORN 1805
    IN ENGLAND
    DIED 1877
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    GON BUT NOT
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    • Mary Griffen Wilford

      1805–1877

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    • Frederick Wilford

      1826–1893

    • Clara Wilford Buswell

      1828–1888

    • Ann Wilford Medbourn

      1829–1890

    • Joseph Wilford

      1831–1903

    • Martha Wilford Norton

      1835–1896

    • Capt. Thomas E. Wilford

      1841–1911

    • CPL Samuel G. Wilford

      1843–1899

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