Thomas S. Lightfoot ^{1 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

After the divorce from Sierra Nevada Stateler, Thomas Lightfoot went to Anderson City, Indiana. He was a lodger at the home of Mollie Wright. Thomas Lightfoot eventually married Mollie J. Hendren on 12 March 1902 in Madison County, Indiana.

When Thomas died in 1925, for some reason he was not buried in a local cemetery in or near Madison County, Indiana but rather his body was shipped back to his home town of Findlay, Ohio where he is buried next to his sister, parents and grandmother.

Mollie J. Hendren Lightfoot, 1860 - 1952 and is buried at the Carey Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. They had no children.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of March 1867 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Findlay, OH on 5 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 53, Dwelling 444, Family 460
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Thomas Lightfoot..4..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Findlay, OH on June 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 610C, District 190, Roll 1021
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Thomas S. Lightfoot..Son..13..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Anderson, IN on April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 87, Household 2
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, United States
Thos. S. Lightfoot..Head..43..OH

(Living with 2nd wife and stepdaughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Anderson, IN on January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 104, Household 333
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, United States
Thomas L. Lightfoot..Head..54..OH

(Living with wife in an apparent rooming house they managed.)
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• His obituary was published in the Anderson Herald on 10 May 1925 in Anderson, IN.

Thomas S. Lightfoot dies at home here. Death due to paralysis. Burial will be at Fostoria, Ohio

Thomas S. Lightfoot, age 58, died early Saturday evening at the family residence, 504 W 7th. St. after a several week illness of paralysis. The body was removed to Sells Bros. undertaking establishment pending completion of funeral. (microfilm is bad shape here) ... body will be ... for burial preferably Monday. Mr Lightfoot had lived here several years and was a mechanic. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Mollie J. Lightfoot, and a son, Arthur Lightfoot, of Fostoria, Ohio.

(Source: The Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, Sunday, May 10, 1925)
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• He was buried on 13 May 1925 in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, OH.

Grave is unmarked. His grave is in the same plot with his sister, parents and grandmother.
Find A Grave Memorial 23277306
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• His obituary was published in the Findlay Morning Republican on 14 May 1925 in Findlay, OH.

Lightfoot, T. S. -- Interment was made in Maple Grove cemetery yesterday afternoon. Services were held in Anderson, Ind., before the body was sent here.

(Source: The Findlay Morning Republican, Findlay, Ohio, May 14, 1925 p.7)
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Thomas married Sierra Nevada Stateler, daughter of Phillip Stateler and Dorothy Lutz Wells, on 22 September 1889 in , Hancock County, OH.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Sierra Nevada Stateler was born on 13 June 1867 in Ottawa, OH,^{10 11} died on 14 October 1961 in Tiffin, OH ^{10 11} and was buried on 17 October 1961 in Fostoria, OH ^{10 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 22 September 1889, in , Hancock County, OH. ¹

• Thomas S. Lightfoot and Sierra Nevada Stateler were divorced about 1895.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Thomas Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Sep 1889
Event Place: Hancock, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Nevada Stateler

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5B-Q78 : 8 December 2017), Thomas Lightfoot and Nevada Stateler, 22 Sep 1889; citing Marriage, Hancock, Ohio, United States, Vol.7A P514 No.274, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Thomas next married Mollie J. Hendren on 12 March 1902 in Anderson, IN.^{4 5 9 10} (Mollie J. Hendren was born in 1860 in Indiana,^{4 5 9 11 12 13} died on 28 February 1952 ^{9 11} and was buried after 28 February 1952 in White River Township, Hamilton County, IN ^{9 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Anderson, IN on April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 87, Household 2
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, United States
Thos. S. Lightfoot..Head..43..OH
Mollie Lightfoot..Wife..50..IN
Ott McCarty..Stepson..31
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Anderson, IN on January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 104, Household 333
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, United States
Thomas L. Lightfoot..Head..54..OH
Mollie Lightfoot..Wife..59..IN
(13 additional Roomers)
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Thomas S. Lightfoot
Spouse's Name: Mary Hendren
Event Date: 12 Mar 1902
Event Place: Anderson, Madison, Indiana

Citing this Record
"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFW7-GMQ : 9 March 2018), Thomas S. Lightfoot and Mary Hendren, 12 Mar 1902; citing reference 191; FHL microfilm 2,108,304.
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