John Mabie Kiff was a son of Erastus Kiff and Sarah Palmer.
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John M. Kiff was born in Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y., October 17th 1823, and came into Ward with his father in 1839. He was married October 25th 1854 to Miss Susanna Bascom, by whom he has seven children - Mettie; Jennie, wife of Charles Green, of Armenia; Willie, Harrison, Frank, George, and Delos. He now resides on Rathbone Creek and owns ninety-six acres of land. For over forty years he has been a resident of the township, and he was largely instrumental in its formation, circulating a petition for the same. For about twenty years he was engaged in lumbering. He was one of the first supervisors of the township. When he located in Ward there were no roads. Everything had to be brought on horseback from Troy or Canton, and the first lumber market was reached by going over a mountain and down its steep descent to Alba or Canton. Many settlers could not stand the hardships and moved away; but Mr. Kiff has remained and is very comfortably situated. (Excerpt from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania: with illustrations, portraits & sketches of prominent families and individuals, W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, 1883, p. 218.)
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John M. Kiff was born in Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y., October 17th 1823, and came into Ward with his father in 1839. He was married October 25th 1854 to Miss Susanna Bascom, by whom he has seven children - Mettie; Jennie, wife of Charles Green, of Armenia; Willie, Harrison, Frank, George, and Delos. He now resides on Rathbone Creek and owns ninety-six acres of land. For over forty years he has been a resident of the township, and he was largely instrumental in its formation, circulating a petition for the same. For about twenty years he was engaged in lumbering. He was one of the first supervisors of the township. When he located in Ward there were no roads. Everything had to be brought on horseback from Troy or Canton, and the first lumber market was reached by going over a mountain and down its steep descent to Alba or Canton. Many settlers could not stand the hardships and moved away; but Mr. Kiff has remained and is very comfortably situated. (Excerpt from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania: with illustrations, portraits & sketches of prominent families and individuals, W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, 1883, p. 218.)
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John Mabie Kiff was a son of Erastus Kiff and Sarah Palmer.
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John M. Kiff was born in Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y., October 17th 1823, and came into Ward with his father in 1839. He was married October 25th 1854 to Miss Susanna Bascom, by whom he has seven children - Mettie; Jennie, wife of Charles Green, of Armenia; Willie, Harrison, Frank, George, and Delos. He now resides on Rathbone Creek and owns ninety-six acres of land. For over forty years he has been a resident of the township, and he was largely instrumental in its formation, circulating a petition for the same. For about twenty years he was engaged in lumbering. He was one of the first supervisors of the township. When he located in Ward there were no roads. Everything had to be brought on horseback from Troy or Canton, and the first lumber market was reached by going over a mountain and down its steep descent to Alba or Canton. Many settlers could not stand the hardships and moved away; but Mr. Kiff has remained and is very comfortably situated. (Excerpt from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania: with illustrations, portraits & sketches of prominent families and individuals, W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, 1883, p. 218.)
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John M. Kiff was born in Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y., October 17th 1823, and came into Ward with his father in 1839. He was married October 25th 1854 to Miss Susanna Bascom, by whom he has seven children - Mettie; Jennie, wife of Charles Green, of Armenia; Willie, Harrison, Frank, George, and Delos. He now resides on Rathbone Creek and owns ninety-six acres of land. For over forty years he has been a resident of the township, and he was largely instrumental in its formation, circulating a petition for the same. For about twenty years he was engaged in lumbering. He was one of the first supervisors of the township. When he located in Ward there were no roads. Everything had to be brought on horseback from Troy or Canton, and the first lumber market was reached by going over a mountain and down its steep descent to Alba or Canton. Many settlers could not stand the hardships and moved away; but Mr. Kiff has remained and is very comfortably situated. (Excerpt from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania: with illustrations, portraits & sketches of prominent families and individuals, W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, 1883, p. 218.)
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