Hiram Danford was the son of William Danford and Elizabeth Moore. He married Rachel Groves on 29 February 1820 in Belmont Co., OH.
The Caldwell Press, Caldwell OH, Feb 13, 1890.
Obituary
Hiram Danford an old risident (sic) of Seneca Township, this County died on the 5th day of this month at 8 o'clock p.m. and was buried at the Glady cemetery on the 7th inst. Rev. McRa (sic) officiating assisted by Rev. Wm. Danford.
Mr. Danford, if we are not misinformed, was born in Belmont county Ohio, in 1802, and removed to the farm on which he died in 1825. He was the father of fourteen children - 9 boys and 5 girls; one of them dying in infancy. For the last 33 years of his life he was a staunch and consistent member of the M.E. church, and was eminently a man of strong moral conviction, and was noted for his love of peace, and his great, good qualities as a friend and neighbor. In his last sickness, besides his extreme old age, he had a dropsical swelling on one leg and foot which at times was extremely aggravated (sic) and very painful. He leaves a widow (his second wife) who, we understand will go back to Monroe county where she lived when they were married.

History of Noble County, Ohio
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One of the oldest residents and best informed citizens of the township is Hiram Danford. He was born in Belmont County in 1802, and settled in 1823 on the farm which he now occupies. (Seneca Twp) He has the only stone house in the township. In 1820 he married Rachel Groves. Fourteen
children were born of this union, all of whom lived to be men and women,except one, who died in infancy. Their names were William, Jonas,Samuel, Isaac and David (twins), Lewis, Nancy (hathaway), Elizabeth (Lashley), Joseph, John B. Bathsheba (Hiatt), Peter and Rachel R.(Shepherd). Mrs. Danford died in 1865. In the same year he married Mrs.
Danford (nee White), a native of Jefferson County. Mr. Danford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has served twenty years as township trustee.
When he came to the township, Mr. Danford bought eighty acres of land of Jacob Dailey. He has owned, all told, over one thousand acres. The story of one land entry is here given. Shortly after the War of 1812, when he was fourteen years of age, he and his brother entered 160 acres of land. At that time there was a great scarcity of money, and in order to relieve those who had entered lands and had not been able to make the final payment, a law was passed through the instrumentality of
General Harrison, to divide all tracts entered by a north and south line throught the center, and permit the settler to take his choice of the two lots, and by paying fifty dollars in addition to the first payment secure title to eighty acres. A limited time was set for the payment, and in order to take advantage, Mr. Danford rode from Washington Township (Then Wayne Township), Belmont County, across swollen creeks, through the winderness to Marietta. He was about a week on the trip, but reached
Marietta in time to save the land. This tract he sold to Lemuel Rucker and it is now owned by Isaiah Rucker.