John Lightfoot ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

If the three census records for 1850, 1860, and 1870 are all for the same John Lightfoot, then his age is inconsistently reported on each record. He appears to be a poor farm laborer with only minimal property values. I can find no further census records beyond 1870.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1832 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1838 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Ripley Township, Holmes County, OH on June 1840. ⁴

1840 US Census
Page 254, Roll 404
Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Males
under 5: 4 = (John, son, age 4; Edward, son, age 2; Levi, son, age 1; Unknown person)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, IN on 26 September 1850. ¹

1850 US Census
Page 369, Dwelling 109, Family 109, Roll 156
Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
John Lightfoot..18..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Washington Township, Kosciusko County, IN on June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 187A, Dwelling 1332, Family 1338, Roll 273
Washington Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
John Lightfoot..22..OH..Farm Laborer

(Living as a boarder in the George and Rebecca Ryerson house.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1832, then his age should have been 27 or 28 instead of 22.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Pierceton, IN on 19 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 18, Roll 332, Dwelling 162, Family 160
Pierceton, Kosciusko County, Indiana
John Lightfoot..34..OH..Civil Engineer

(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1832, then his age should have been 37 or 38 instead of 34.
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John married Amanda about 1863. (Amanda was born in 1838 in Ohio ² and died after 1 June 1870.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Pierceton, IN on 19 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 18, Roll 332, Dwelling 162, Family 160
Pierceton, Kosciusko County, Indiana
John Lightfoot..34..OH..Civil Engineer
Amanda Lightfoot..32..OH..Keeping House
Della M. Lightfoot..6..IN
Sarah Hite..12..IN
John Hite..10..IN

NOTE - Unknown as to who the two Hite children were. Possibly from a previous marriage of Della?
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