Samuel Lightfoot ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

  General Notes:

Found within the LIGHTFOOT Surname folder at the Genealogy Department of the Wayne County public library: The following was written by Charles Carr of Chicago, now deceased:

The original Lightfoot home stood on the southeast corner of US Route 30 and Apple Creek Road (Wayne County Road 44). The old barn and summer kitchen still stands; they were built sometime before the Civil War by Grandpa (Samuel) Lightfoot. He was a wagon maker and came from Pennsylvania via the Erie Canal. A man of honor and integrity, he had an underground station for Negroes during slave days. Samuel owned the farm from 1849 to 1883.
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Also found within the LIGHTFOOT Surname folder at the Genealogy Department of the Wayne County public library: The following obtained from Mr. Charles Herman and Mrs. Francis (Martha) Beckett:

The original house burned down and was replaced by the one that is now on the property at present (May 1969). It is owned and being lived in by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herman. They have lived there 51 years; he is 87 and she, 84 years old. Her maiden name was Nora Herman. They did not buy the property from the Lightfoot's, but say that the neighbors still talked of them when they moved there. Mrs. Herman was a school mate of Mrs. James Ernest McClarren, whose maiden name was Malinda Musser. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beckett (Martha McClarren) lived on a part of the farm; their home is east of the original home on US Route 30.

Mrs. Miller and myself visited the Beckett's. They then made us acquainted with the Hermans. Mr. Herman took us through the house, summer kitchen, and barn. We were glad to make their acquaintance and hope to visit them again. (April 1969).
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The following appears on a typewritten paper also found in the LIGHTFOOT Surname folder at the Genealogy Department of the Wooster, Ohio Public Library. This appears to be some random bits of information and is a compilation from several sources, none of which were named.

Reference: "Orrville News", 1 Feb 1900. Correspondence "The Republican".
Samuel Lightfoot was born in York County, Pennsylvania, 28 Jun 1817. In the fall of 1834, the elder Lightfoot family, less the mother, who died several years prior, removed to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in the neighborhood of what was then known as Stibbs Factory or Stibbs Mills, near Wooster, where Samuel served his apprenticeship as a carriage and wagon maker. After which time he traveled extensively through the south and west during slavery days, taking a position at his trade for a period of three to six months at a time, while at the same time observing the condition of the slave master and sentiment on slavery which, even at that time, caused extreme sectional feeling. Continuing in travels as far south as New Orleans, not in Pullman Palace cars, but flat boats, Stage Coach and on foot, covering a period of about two years.

Samuel was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mitchell at Dalton, Wayne County, Ohio, on 25 Nov 1841, residing there for a short time they thence removed to State Road, East Union, purchasing a farm there in addition to a shop, living there for a period of 34 years, after which, wishing to retire from active business, he removed to his late residence, South Main Street, Orrville, in the spring of 1883. Their period of married life passing 58 years. This union was blessed with ten children.

Samuel passed away on 24 Jan 1900, aged 82 years, 6 months, 27 days. He was survived by his wife Mary, two sons and five daughters, two sons and one daughter having preceded him in death, seventeen grand children and twelve great-grandchildren.

Samuel died very suddenly on Wednesday morning. Although in feeble health for some time, his death was caused from a rare disease, resulting from an accident. He got up sometime during the night and fell over an obstruction, rupturing an air cell of the lung. The medical term of the injury is Emphysema, the air escaping from the ruptured cells penetrated the tissue of the body, causing his death few hours later. When the accident occurred, the family aroused Joseph Knapp, their neighbor, who summoned Dr. Greenamyer, but the venerable old gentleman was beyond relief. His age was 82 years, 6 months, and 27 days. The funeral took place on Friday forenoon, Rev. C. A. Boory, preaching an appropriate funeral sermon. Samuel is buried in the "Old Cemetery" at Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio.

Reference: Wooster Historical Museum 1960. Lutheran Church Members, East Union, Ohio. Rev. F. L. Ruth started 1832-1835. Rev. Andrew Samuel was a member of the English Lutheran Church, of East Union, Wayne County, Ohio. His membership No. was 358.

Reference: Wooster, Wayne County Court House Records. Marriage Records, Book 4B, 1843-1851. Wayne, Page 54. Lightfoot, Samuel - Mitchell, Mary. 1841
Samuel Lightfoot and Mary Mitchell were joined together in marriage on the 25th of November, 1841 by me. A. S. Belsell (or Befsele). M. S.

Reference: Record of Deaths. Probate Court for and in Wayne County, Ohio. Book 2, 1886-1908.
Page 137: Lightfoot, Samuel. 24 Jan 1900. Age 82, married, farmer, consumption, born in Pennsylvania, died Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio.
Page 150: Lightfoot, Mary. 8 Sep 1900. Age 79 years, 5 months, 17 days, widowed, housewife, paralysis, born Pennsylvania, died Orrville, lived in Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio.

Reference: Library at Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. Atlas of Wayne County 1897. Author, Caldwell. Pages 98 and 99: East Union Township, Rage 12 W. Samuel Lightfoot owned 7 acres in section 9, approximately one and three quarters miles east of East Union Cemetery.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Samuel Lightfoot
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Jan 1900
Event Place: Orrville, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Orrville, Wayne, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): white
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Reference ID: v 2 p 137

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6N1-8MF : 9 March 2018), Samuel Lightfoot, 24 Jan 1900; citing Death, Orrville, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 137, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 579,409.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1830 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on June 1830. ¹²

1830 US Census
Page 276, Roll 160
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania
Daniel Lightfoot

Age 5-10, 2 Males (probably William Lightfoot, actual age 11; probably Samuel Lightfoot, actual age 12)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 27 July 1850. ⁷

1850 US Census
Page 202B, Family 50, Roll 739
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..33..PA..Wagon Maker..$1600

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on June 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 26, Family 185, Roll 1050
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Samuel Lightfort..42..Pennsylvania

(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 1 June 1870. ⁹

1870 US Census
Page 3, Family 20
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..52..PA..Wagon Maker

(Living with wife and 6 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 24 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 42B, District 230, Family 409, Roll 1076
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..Head..62..PA..Retired Wagon Maker

(Living with wife and 3 daughters.)
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in January 1900 in , Wayne County, OH.

The Wayne County public library has an excellent Genealogy Department which holds a surname folder for the name LIGHTFOOT. Inside this folder can be found a Family Group Sheet #1-11-4A & B which has many facts of the Samuel Lightfoot family. The name of the compiler for this sheet was left blank. The following information appears on a handwritten piece of paper inside of the Lightfoot Surname and appears to be a draft copy of the final obituary which follows.

Orville, Feb 1, 1900
Samuel Lightfoot, an aged and highly esteemed citizen of Orrville, died suddenly at 1 AM Wednesday. He arose to get a drink of water and while in the act of drinking, fell over and expired in a few minutes.

Irvin McClarran and wife were called to Orrville by the death of Samuel Lightfoot, father of Mrs. McClarran.

Samuel Lightfoot, one of our most worthy and respected citizens passed away on January 24, 1900, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 27 days.

Mr. Lightfoot was born in York County, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1817. In the fall of 1834, the elder Lightfoot's family, less the mother who had died several years prior, removed to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in the neighborhood of what was then known as the Stibbs factory, where Mr. Lightfoot served his apprenticeship as a carriage and wagon maker.

After which time he traveled extensively through the south and west during slavery days, taking a position at his trade for a period of 3 to 6 months while at the same time observing the conditions of slave masters and sentiment on slavery which even at that time caused extreme sectional feeling. He continued in his travels as far south as New Orleans, not in a Pullman Palace car but by flat boat, stage coach, and on foot, covering a period of about 2 years.

On Nov 25, 1841, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mitchell at Dalton, residing there for a short time, thence moved to Paradise, carrying on a shop at that for about seven years, thence removed to State Road, East Union, purchasing a farm there in addition to his shop, living the re for a period of 34 years after which wishing to retire from active business, he removed to his residence on South Main Street in the spring of 1883. This period of married life passing 58 years, the aged widow surviving him. This union was blessed with 10 children, three of whom are dead. The two sons of his remaining seven children are Warren residing at Orrville, and Lee, on part of the old homestead in East Union. The five daughters are Mrs. Mowry of San Bernardino, California, Mrs. Martha Carr of Toledo, Mrs. Irvin McClarran of near Wooster, Misses Ella and Viola of Orrville, 17 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Mr. Lightfoot was a faithful member of the English Lutheran Church for many years.

Footnote: Mr. Lightfoot had an underground railroad station at his farm during the Civil War.

John Lightfoot, Pike Township,
Elizabeth Lightfoot married Simon Robinson in 1820, John Newkirk, J.P.
Thomas James married Mary Lightfoot at the same ceremony.
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• He was buried after 24 January 1900 in the Orr Cemetery in Orrville, OH.

Samuel and his wife Mary share one common gravestone in the Orrville Presbyterian Church Cemetery which is a large vaulted top block monument of gray granite. On the front face there is a decorative area with the letters S and L on top of each other. Along the base of the monument carved in relief are large block letters with the name LIGHTFOOT. The inscription on the polished face reads "Samuel Lightfoot 1817 - 1900; Mary, his wife, 1821 - 1900".

The Orrville Presbyterian cemetery was also called the "Old Cemetery", and later called the Lutheran Cemetery. It is also known as "Orr's Cemetery" and was founded 1852 by Judge Smith Orr. The cemetery is at the corner of Mill Street and East Church Street in Orrville.

Find A Grave Memorial #51037129
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• His obituary was published in the Wooster Daily Record after 24 January 1900 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States.

¹³ Samuel Lightfoot, one of our most worthy and respected citizens passed away on January 24, 1900 aged 82 years 6 months and 27 days.

Mr. Lightfoot was born in York County, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1817. In the fall of 1834 the elder LIGHTFOOT family, less the mother, removed to Wayne county, Ohio locating in the neighborhood of what was then known as the Stebbs factory where Mr. Lightfoot served his apprenticeship as a carriage and wagon maker. After which time he traveled extensively through the South and West.

On November 25, 1840, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mitchell at Dalton, residing there for a short time, then removed to Paradise, carrying on a shop at that place for about 7 years, then removed to State Road (U.S. 30) East Union, purchasing a farm there in addition to his shop -- living there for a period of 34 years after which wishing to retire from business, he moved to his residence on South Main Street in the Spring of 1893.

Their period of married life passing 58 years, the aged widow surviving him.

This union was blessed with 10 children, three of whom are dead. The two sons of the remaining children are Warren, residing in Orrville and Lee on part of the old homestead in East Union.

The five daughters are: Mrs. Mowry of San Bernardino, California, Mrs. Martha Carp of Toledo, Mrs. Irvin McClarran of near Wooster. Misses Ella and Viola of Orrville, 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Lightfoot was a faithful member of the English Lutheran Church for many years.

(Source: Wooster Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio, Jan 1900)
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Samuel married Mary Mitchell, daughter of Samuel Mitchell and Elizabeth, on 25 November 1841 in Dalton, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (Mary Mitchell was born on 26 March 1821 in , Lancaster County, PA,^{4 7 9 14} died on 10 September 1900 in Orrville, OH ¹⁴ and was buried on 12 September 1900 in Orrville, OH ^{2 14}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 25 November 1841, in Dalton, OH.

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 27 July 1850. ⁷

1850 US Census
Page 202B, Family 50, Roll 739
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..33..PA..Wagon Maker..$1600
Mary Lightfoot..28..PA
Elizabeth Lightfoot..8..OH
Emily Lightfoot..6..OH
Martha Lightfoot..4..OH
Warren Lightfoot..3..OH
Francis L. Lightfoot..9m..OH
John M. Dormae(?)..17..PA

NOTE - The spelling of the last name of John McDormae is not easily distinguished on the original image of the census form. Although there is no occupation listed for him, he could be an apprentice helper for Samuel in the wagon shop which Samuel owned.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on June 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 26, Family 185, Roll 1050
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Samuel Lightfort..42..Pennsylvania
Mary Lightfort..38..Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Lightfort..17..Ohio
Emily Lightfort..16..Ohio
Martha Lightfort..14..Ohio
Warren Lightfort..12..Ohio
Francis Lightfort..11..Ohio
Harriet Lightfort..8..Ohio
Ella Lightfort..2..Ohio
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 1 June 1870. ⁹

1870 US Census
Page 3, Family 20
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..52..PA..Wagon Maker
Mary Lightfoot..48..PA..Keeping House
Emily Lightfoot..26..OH..School Teacher
Martha Lightfoot..24..OH..School Teacher
Francis L. Lightfoot..20..OH..Wagon Apprentice
Harriet Lightfoot..18..OH
Ellen Lightfoot..12..OH
Viola Lightfoot..9..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 24 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 42B, Family 409, District 230, Roll 1076
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Samuel Lightfoot..Head..62..PA..Retired Wagon Maker
Mary Lightfoot...Wife..59..PA..Keeping House
Emily Lightfoot...Daughter..35..OH..Assists at Home
Ella Lightfoot...Daughter..22..OH..Assists at Home
Viola Lightfoot...Daughter..18..OH..Assists at Home
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Samuel Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Nov 1841
Event Place: Wayne, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Mitchel
Spouse's Gender: Female
Record Number: 336
Reference ID: 54

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDV-DLT : 26 August 2019), Samuel Lightfoot and Mary Mitchel, 25 Nov 1841; citing Marriage, Wayne, Ohio, United States, 54, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Pertaining to a photograph entitled "Sam Lightfoot's Children" from the Ruhama Esther Burnett estate, Photo courtesy of Phyllis Storey-Harrison:

The photo was part of many letters and photos left in the Mulvane, Kansas area in the estates of Daniel Lightfoot and his children to include the estate of Ruhama Esther Burnett. The photo is unmarked other than the statement "Sam Lightfoot's children". I strongly suspect that this name Samuel marked on the photo would have been Daniel's brother who remained in Wayne County, Ohio when Daniel and Susannah left in about 1856 eventually bound for Iowa and then Kansas.

Because Samuel's third-born son, Smith, died in 1856, this photo must be of Samuel's remaining sons, "Samuel Jr, Francis, & Warren (youngest boy to oldest), and probably his two youngest daughters, Viola & Ella (youngest girl to the oldest). It's not known where the next oldest daughter, Harriet, would have been as she was born in 1851 and did not marry until 1874.

If this photo were taken after her marriage date in 1874, that would mean the boys should be much older. That should therefore date the photo to about 1865-1870 in Wayne County, Ohio.
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