My name is Chester Gifford. The name of this site is a reference to the common way people referred to my grandfather and namesake, Theodore Chester Gifford. He pastored and studied the Bible in his pre-civil war era home in Brush Creek Arkansas. His wife was Jessie Gifford. Together they had 8 children, and those children multiplied in like. I grew up having holidays with dozens of cousins and have always enjoyed my large family. These are the collected stories of the Gifford family.