Searching for Family
Searching for descendants of:
Levi Goodsil Todd (1829-1906) and Lydia Jones Todd (1833-1908), of Union, NE.
Levi, also know as L.G. and Goodie, was the first Todd in Nebraska, arriving in Cass County in the summer of 1853. He was a member of the Nebraska Legislature in 1862 and a Greenback candidate for governor. Levi and Lydia, along with two-year-old son Albert, are buried in Buck Cemetery two miles south of the farm.
Their children:
1. Albina Philinda Todd. Born 1856 in Plattsmouth, NE. Died 1889, buried in Plattsmouth, NE. Married Thomas J. Thomas.
2. Elizabeth Matilda Todd. Born 1858 in Plattsmouth, NE. Died 1886, buried in Lincoln, NE. Married Archer D. Eigenbroadt.
3. Lewis Caleb Todd. Born 1860 in Union, NE. Died 1939, buried in Long Beach, CA. Married 1. Florence Sheldon, 1887; 2. Jennie Mark, 1890; 3. Alice Ferguson, 1909.
4. Albert L. Todd. Born 1863 in Union, NE. Died 1864, buried in Union, NE.
5. Harry (Horace) G. Todd. Born 1864 in Union, NE. Died 1943, buried in Union, NE. Married Alice Mae Brown, 1891.
6. Jessie B. Todd. Born 1868 in Three Graves, NE. Died 1942, buried in Omaha, NE. Married Marcus L. McCleave, 1922.
7. John Payne Todd. Born 1870, in Union, NE. Died 1948, buried in Omaha, NE. Married Laura M. Barrett, 1894.
8. Levi Goodsil Todd Jr. Born 1873 in Union, NE. Died 1939, buried in Union, NE. Married Mary "Mamie" Snyder, 1903.
Please send names & addresses!
All descendants of Levi and Lydia Todd are invited to the 150th Anniversary Todd Family Reunion. If you are a Todd descendant, or know names and address of others, please email:
Beverly Todd
