Correspondence. August 17, 1890. — Elisha Gifford married, not Loretta but Polly Washburn, a sister of the late Levi Washburn, of Carmel. He was among the first to enlist in the Revolutionary Army, being at the battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Like many other Putnam County people, he was a native of Barnstable County ((Cape Cod), Mass., from which he emigrated after the war. A devout Baptist, he settled in the eastern part of Putnam County, that he might be among those of his own faith. He is said to have been, physically, a very powerful man, standing six feet six inches tall, and up to his last sickness walked with as erect a carriage and firm a step as most men of half his age. He was, I believe, a lineal descendant of George Gifford, of Devonshire, England, "stipendiary preacher," of Queen Elizabeth's time, and was himself a "stickit minister." His widow, whom I remember as one of the kindest and most estimable of women, was among the last of the Revolutionary pensioners, surviving till about 1879. The remains of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford rest in the Raymond Cemetery in Carmel. — PUTNAM COUNTY REPUBLICAN, CARMEL, N.Y., AUG. 23, 1890.
Correspondence. August 17, 1890. — Elisha Gifford married, not Loretta but Polly Washburn, a sister of the late Levi Washburn, of Carmel. He was among the first to enlist in the Revolutionary Army, being at the battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Like many other Putnam County people, he was a native of Barnstable County ((Cape Cod), Mass., from which he emigrated after the war. A devout Baptist, he settled in the eastern part of Putnam County, that he might be among those of his own faith. He is said to have been, physically, a very powerful man, standing six feet six inches tall, and up to his last sickness walked with as erect a carriage and firm a step as most men of half his age. He was, I believe, a lineal descendant of George Gifford, of Devonshire, England, "stipendiary preacher," of Queen Elizabeth's time, and was himself a "stickit minister." His widow, whom I remember as one of the kindest and most estimable of women, was among the last of the Revolutionary pensioners, surviving till about 1879. The remains of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford rest in the Raymond Cemetery in Carmel. — PUTNAM COUNTY REPUBLICAN, CARMEL, N.Y., AUG. 23, 1890.
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