Thomas Byrd Florida
(1835-1905)
Sarah E. Crawford
(1849-After 1880)
Viola Florida
(1879-After 1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edgar Vance Lightfoot

Viola Florida 1 2 3

  • Born: May 1879, , Texas County, MO 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Edgar Vance Lightfoot in 1899 1 2
  • Died: After 10 September 1910

bullet   Another name for Viola was Ola Florida.

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bullet  General Notes:

Researcher Karen Valenzuela shows her name to be Viola F. Walker instead of Viola Florida. She provides no source citation on her information posted on RootsWeb.
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bullet  Death Notes:

Was listed as a surviving spouse on the obituary for her husband who died on 10 Sep 1910.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Piney Township, Texas County, MO on 15 June 1900. 1

page 12A, District 144, Dwg 213, Family 213
Piney Township, Texas County, Missouri
farm owned no mortgage
Viola F. Lightfoot...Daughter..May 1879..21..AR..m 1 year..1/1
(Living with husband and daughter with her widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Carterville, MO on 23 April 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 59, Family 373, Roll 791, Ward 2
Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri
425 North Kentucky Street; house rented
Married 11 years
Viola F. Lightfoot..Wife..30..MO..7/5
(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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Viola married Edgar Vance Lightfoot, son of Eli A. Lightfoot and Evaline Matilda Stover, in 1899.1 2 (Edgar Vance Lightfoot was born on 25 December 1873 in Kansas,1 2 3 4 5 6 died on 10 September 1910 in Carterville, MO 5 6 and was buried on 12 September 1910 in Carterville, MO 5 6.). The cause of his death was Pulmonary Hemorrhage from Tuberculosis.

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 4 June 1892. 3

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Piney Township, Texas County, MO on 15 June 1900. 1

Page 12A, District 144, Dwelling 213, Family 213
Piney Township, Texas County, Missouri
farm owned no mortgage
Martha Walker...Head..Apr 1840..60..IL..Wd..11/8..Farmer
Edgar Lightfoot...SonL..Dec 1873..26..KS..m 1 year..Farm Laborer
Viola F. Lightfoot...Dau..May 1879..21..AR..m 1 year..1/1
Dessie O. Lightfoot...GDau..May 1900..2m..MO

NOTE - The mother of Viola, Martha Walker, was listed as the Head of Household.
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Carterville, MO on 23 April 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 59, Family 373, Roll 791, Ward 2
Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri
425 North Kentucky Street; house rented
Married 11 years
Edward V. Lightfoot..Head..36..KS..Teamster at Lead Mine
Viola F. Lightfoot..Wife..30..MO..7/5
Beulah M. Lightfoot..Dau..8..MO
Eulah B. Lightfoot..Dau..8..MO
Herman C. Lightfoot..Son..5..MO
Madge V. Lightfoot..Dau..3..MO
Ruby F. Lightfoot..Dau..1..MO
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Sources


1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Piney Township, Texas County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 12A, dwelling 213, family 213; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 16B, dwelling 358, family 373, Edgar Vance Lightfoot and Viola Florida; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 791.

3 Lightfoot Family Association Newsletter; Volume III, Number 1 (Dallas, Texas: Mrs. Stanley A. Williams, January 15, 1980), page 6. Detailed the children of Eli A. Lightfoot and Evaline Matilda Stover.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 143, p. 343B, dwelling 7, Eli A. Lightfoot and Evaline Matilda Stover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0678.

5 Missouri death certificate 27569 (1910), Edgar Vance Lightfoot; digital image, "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1963," Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ : accessed 20 May 2014).

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42056076.


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