1824-Born October 5 Ashtabula County, Ohio

1825-Empress Ogden was born April 8 (Wife 1)

1841-Clara E Ayers born,Addison,Vt. November 18 (Wife 2)

1848- Lawyer Ohio Bar

1848-Free Soiler

1848-Connected with Cleveland Press

1849-Married Empress Ogden(1),Franklin,OH September 26

1850-Harry Giddings born

1851-Practiced Law US Courts

1852 thru 1856 Where did I go? What did I do?Here is a possibility:

1852 and 1853 Purchased Federal Land in Illinois.Counties were Vermilion,Ford, and Champaign. Also noted at this time that a William Allen(William J Allen)* also purchase land in Vermilion County during this time.1855-Purchased Federal Lands in Illinois

1856-???

1857-Lawrence Giddings was born.

1857-Clara M Giddings born

1859-Florence Giddings born

1860 thru 1863 Where did I go? What did I do?

1864-Practiced law in Ohio and Illinois

1864-Secretary Cincinnati and Dayton Eastern Railroad

1865-???

1866-Arabelle Giddings (also name of Ann indicated) born

1867-Visited and moved to Newport News,VA.

1867-Purchased Spring Hill

1867-Married Florence Allen* February 2 Warren County, Illinois

1867-Married Clara E Ayers(2), Rockport, Ohio

1868-???

1870-???

1871-???

1872-Purchased Grove Farm adjoining Spring Hill.Lived in Henrico County just south of Richmond. Owned farm on the James River.

1872-Florence C Allen divorced William F Giddings, State of Kansas, Johnson County.Papers filed October 1872. Noted in divorce papers she made a diligent search for William F Giddings and was unable to find his whereabouts, had been willfully absent for more than one year, and had been guilty of habitual drunkeness for two years and had to support herself and children for past three years. Two children born as a result of this marriage, Christian Giddings aged four, and Maud Giddings, aged two at the time divorce papers were filed.

1873-???

1874-Commonwealth Attorney for Elizabeth City, Matthews, Gloucester and Middlesex Counties. Resigned on technical grounds.

1874-Elected to House of Delegates

1875- House of Delegates

1876-House of Delegates (Chesterfield County)

1877-House of Delegates (Chesterfield County)

1878-???

1879-Allied to Readjusters

1880-Delegate to Presidential Convention

1881-Delegate to State Convention

1881-House of Delegates

1882-House of Delegates (Chesterfield County)

1883-House of Delegates(Chesterfield County)

1884-This is where I vanished!

1916-Clara E Giddings died January 1, Malta, New York. Buried Ballston Spa Cemetery, Coon Lot, Section D.

The above is to the best of the writer's knowledge.

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