Mary Opal Lightfoot

Isaac D. Lightfoot
(1813-1895)

Lydia Jones
(1813-1902)

George W. Biggs Sr
(1820-1902)

Luvina Ann McCammon
(1823-1866)

King Anderson Lightfoot
(1854-1941)

Amelia Biggs
(1856-1944)

Mary Opal Lightfoot
(1895-1974)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Claude Barbee Sr.

Claude Barbee Jr.

Mary Opal Lightfoot ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: 19 December 1895, Missouri ³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Marriage (1): Claude Barbee Sr. on 20 September 1915 in Vinita, OK ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 2 September 1974, Craig County, OK at age 78 ⁸
Buried: After 2 September 1974, Vinita, OK ⁸

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Morris Township, Texas County, MO on 8 June 1900. ⁶

page 7A, District 142, Dwg 65, Family 65, T623-906
Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri
Opal Lightfoot...Daughter..Dec 1895..4..MO
(Living with mother. Father living with eldest son in Oklahoma.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on 6 May 1910. ⁷

Page 5B, District 30, Dwg 84, Family 87
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Mary O. Lightfoot...Daughter..14..MO
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - The handwriting is very difficult to understand and this may be a case of where Opal was a middle name and the first name appears to be Mary.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Afton, OK on January 1920. ²

Sheet 5B, District 108, Household 12
Afton, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Home owned
Opal Barbee...Wife..23..MO
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Dec 1895, then her age should have been 24 instead of 23.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Commerce, OK on April 1930. ³

Sheet 3A, Roll 1923, Household 55, District 0007
Commerce, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Opal Barbee...Wife..34..MO
(Living with husband and son.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 22 April 1940. ⁴

Sheet 7A, Family 133, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
Opal BarbeeF...Daughter..44..MO..8th grade..Housekeeper
(Living with husband and son at home of her parents.)
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• She resided in Kelso, OK in 1941.
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• She resided in Vinita, OK in 1944.
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• She was buried after 2 September 1974 in the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita, OK.

Plot: Halsell-Malone Section, Block 06, Lot 015, Space 004
Find A Grave Memorial #92304393
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Mary married Claude Barbee Sr., son of John Wesley Barbee and Della Augusta Boyd, on 20 September 1915 in Vinita, OK.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Claude Barbee Sr. was born on 30 March 1895 in Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory,² ³ ⁴ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² died on 12 December 1986 in Vinita, OK ¹¹ ¹² and was buried after 12 December 1986 in Vinita, OK ¹².)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Afton, OK on January 1920. ²

Sheet 5B, District 108, Household 12
Afton, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Home owned
Claude Barbee...Head..24..Indian Terr
Opal Barbee...Wife..23..MO
Claude Barbee...Son..3..OK
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Commerce, OK on April 1930. ³

Sheet 3A, Roll 1923, Household 55, District 0007
Commerce, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Claude Barbee...Head..35..OK
Opal Barbee...Wife..34..MO
Claude Barbee...Son..13..OK
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 22 April 1940. ⁴

Sheet 7A, Family 133, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
Claud Barbee...SonL..45..OK..8th grade..Barber
Opal Barbee...Dau..44..MO..8th grade..Housekeeper
Claud Barbee...GSon..23..OK..12th grade...Clerk at CCC Office
(Living with Opal's parents.)
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1 "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1709399 : accessed 20 Nov 2013); Name: Claude Barbee; Spouse's Name: Opal Lightfoot; Event Date: 20 Sep 1915; Event Place:, Craig, Oklahoma.

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Afton, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 5B, family 12, Claude Barbee and Mary Opal Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Commerce, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 0007, sheet 3A, family 55, Claude Barbee and Mary Opal Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1923.

4 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 18-19, sheet 7A, household 133, King Anderson Lightfoot and Amelia Biggs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 3287.

5 Henry Johns (E-mail messages in January 2004 concerning King Lightfoot and Millie Biggs.).

6 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 142, p. 7A, dwelling 65, family 65, King Anderson Lightfoot and Amelia Biggs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Apr 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 906.

7 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 5B, dwelling 84, family 87, King Anderson Lightfoot and Amelia Biggs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92304393.

10 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 18B, dwelling 142, family 148, John Wesley Barbee and Della Augusta Boyd; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

11 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 20 Nov 2013), Name: Claude Barbee; Event Date: December 1986.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 28 Apr 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120609593.

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