Napoleon B. Lightfoot ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

   Another name for Napoleon was "Nep" Lightfoot.¹²

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1853 and a birth location of Indiana.

This birth year of 1853 was referenced by his age of 7 on the 1860 census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 18 September 1860. ¹⁰

1860 US Census
Page 153-154, Roll 289, Dwelling 1162, Family 1128
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Napoleon Lightfoot..7..IN
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Jan 1854, then his age should have been 6 instead of 7.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 29 June 1870. ¹¹

1870 US Census
Page 21, Roll 351, Dwelling 169, Family 166
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Napoleon Lightfoot..15..IN..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth year was 1 Jan 1854, then his age should have been 16 instead of 15.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 8 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 550B, District 145, Family 94, Roll 0305
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
N. B. Lightfoot..Head..26..IN..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Pleasant Township, Porter County, IN on 15 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 89, Dwelling 171, Family 173
Pleasant Township, Porter County, Indiana
farm rented
married 25 years
Nepotian Lightfoot..Head..Jan 1854..46..IN..Farmer
(Living with 2nd wife, son from 1st wife, and step-son.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Eagle Creek Township, Lake, IN on 29 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 5B, Roll 362, District 43, Dwelling 82, Family 83
Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Napolien B. Lightfoot..Head..56..IN..married twice..Farmer, general farm
(Living with 2nd wife.)

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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Keener Township, Jasper County, IN on 21 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, Roll 440, District 20, Dwelling 115, Family 115
Keener Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States
Home rented
N. B. Lightfoot..Head..66..IN..Farmer
(Living with wife.)

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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Morgan Township, Porter County, IN on 2 May 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, Roll 622, District 0013, Dwelling 166, Family 168
Morgan Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States
home rented
Napolean Lightfoot..Head..76..IN
(Living with wife.)
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• He was buried on 3 November 1930 in the Cornell Cemetery in Hebron, IN.

His son, William, from his first wife is buried on the other side of Napoleon. Buried next to William is Lauraett Dye, daughter of Ira J. Dye and Mary Lightfoot.

Find A Grave Memorial #31430112
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• His obituary was published in The Vidette Messenger on 3 November 1930 in Valparaiso, IN.

¹² Nep B. Lightfoot, aged 76 years and 10 months, died Friday afternoon at the family home 4 miles southeast of Valparaiso, following an illness of 5 years. Since August the deceased had been confined to his bed with hardening of the arteries. Practically all of his life Mr. Lightfoot had been engaged in farming.

Born January 1, 1854, near Kouts, he has lived in and near that vicinity most of his life. On March 8, 1873, he was married to Deepie Gray (sic) who preceded him in death August 13, 1886. They were the parents of five children, only two children of whom are living, Earl Lightfoot of Hammond, and Charles of Hebron. Forty-three years ago he married Euphama Brody who survives besides two stepchildren, Fred Brody and Nettie Brody Kelly, also two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home near Malden. Rev. Leland Brown officiating. Burial was in Cornell cemetery.

(Source: The Vidette Messenger, Valparaiso, IN, 3 Nov 1930)
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• His obituary was published in The Vidette Messenger on 5 November 1930 in Valparaiso, IN.

¹² The death of Nep B. Lightfoot was a shock to his many friends of Kouts and vicinity. He was a resident of Kouts for many years. Mrs. Lightfoot was a man of pleasing genial personality, who made friends. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, two sons, Earl, of Hammond and Charles of Hebron, two step-children, Fred Brody, Indiana Harbor and Mrs. Nettie Kelly of Hammond, besides a host of other relatives and friends. The bereaved families have the sympathy of this entire community.

(Source: Vidette Messenger, Valparaiso, IN, 5 Nov 1930)
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Napoleon married Cecelia Deete Gray on 16 March 1873 in , Porter County, IN.^{1 2} (Cecelia Deete Gray was born on 8 October 1856 in Indiana,^{1 2 8 13} died on 13 August 1886 ^{1 13} and was buried after 13 August 1886.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 8 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 550B, District 145, Family 94, Roll 0305
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
N. B. Lightfoot..Head..26..IN..Farmer
Deitt Lightfoot..Wife..23..IN..Keeps House
Giles J. Lightfoot..Son..4..IN
Earl Lightfoot..Son..1..IN
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  Marriage Notes:

There is a major problem with this marriage date and the name of the bride. The marriage license lists the name of the bride as Cicley D. Gray instead of Deete Casbon.

The name of Deete Casbon seems to originate from another researcher's web page at http://www.aylesworth.net/Confidence_family_DWT_CSS/Porter/porter_john5_giles_1.htm but that source provides a marriage date almost 1 year earlier than the actual marriage license shows (1872 instead of 1873). Owen R. Aylesworth provides no source citation for his marriage information.

Would it have been possible that the original marriage to Deete Casbon was very short lived and Napoleon was remarried to Cicley D. Gray in 1873 as shown on the marriage license? The answer is probably no because the 1880 census record shows Napoleon living with Deette (her name spelled as Deitt on the census form). It appears that the Aylesworth web site has the year incorrectly as 1872 instead of 1873.

So now the question becomes if it is possible that Cicley D. Gray might actually be Cicley Deete Gray which would mean that she might have been married to someone named Gray before her marriage to Napoleon Lightfoot. That seems very unlikely because she was only 16 years of age at the time of her marriage to Napoleon.

The obituary for Napoleon as published in the Vidette Messenger on 3 Nov 1930 say "On March 8, 1873, he was married to Deepie (sic) Gray who preceded him in death August 13, 1886." While the exact day is not correct, it does show the marriage was in 1873 and that her surname was Gray instead of Casbon.

For some yet unknown reason, it appears that Deete Casbon's name at the time she married Napoleon Lightfoot was indeed Cicley Deete Gray. I can find no record of any marriage between a Casbon and Gray anywhere in Indiana at anytime in the 1870s.

So consideration must be given to the thought that she might have been an orphaned daughter born with the surname of Gray and who was raised by Sylvester and Adeline Casbon. Records show that Deete was born in 1856 but Sylvester and Adeline did not marry until 1860.

The 1870 census for Giles Ellsworth (Aylesworth) show that he and his wife, Mary, had a "Cicelia Gray", age 13, living with them and her occupation was listed as "Domestic Servant". Unfortunately the 1870 census did not list any relationships but this information from this 1870 census would appear that Cicelia Gray was probably an orphaned girl that was initially living with Giles and Mary Aylesworth who were already in their 60s. They had a daughter, Adaline, who married Sylvester Casbon in 1860. I suspect that as Giles and Mary got older, Cicelia Gray may have been a servant between the household of the elderly Giles and Mary Aylesworth and the household of Sylvester and Adeline Casbon. In 1873, Cecilia (which is likely the proper spelling) married Napoleon Lightfoot. She probably was of no relationship to the Casbon or the Aylesworth families other than maybe Sylvester Casbon sponsored her or stood up for her at the time of her marriage to Lightfoot. I can find no official records which ever listed her with a Casbon surname.
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Name: Napoleon Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 16 Mar 1873
Event Place: Porter, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 11 Mar 1873
Spouse's Name: Cicley D Gray
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: D Tucker
Page: 151
GS Film Number: 001686156
Digital Folder Number: 005014494
Image Number: 00569
Number of Images: 1

Citing this Record:
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDH3-TBC : accessed 23 March 2016), Napoleon Lightfoot and Cicley D Gray, 16 Mar 1873; citing Porter, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,156.
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Napoleon next married Euphany Brody, daughter of Lewis K. Brody and Neoma Dye, on 5 August 1887 in , Porter County, IN.^{1 3 4 5 6 7} (Euphany Brody was born in October 1861 in Indiana,^{1 4 5 7 14} died on 7 December 1949 in Gary, IN ¹⁴ and was buried on 9 December 1949 in Hebron, IN ¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Pleasant Township, Porter County, IN on 15 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 89, Dwelling 171, Family 173
Pleasant Township, Porter County, Indiana
farm rented
married 25 years
Nepotian Lightfoot..Head..Jan 1854..46..IN..Farmer
Euphama Lightfoot..Wife..Oct 1861..38..IN..2/2
Charles Lightfoot..Son..Apr 1883..17..IN
Fredrick Brody..SSon..Oct 1883..16..IN

NOTE - They indicated that they had been married for 25 years but about 13 would be the correct number. Perhaps both Napoleon was thinking about his 1st marriage and Euphany also if she were previously married. But a previous marriage for her is unknown especially when her son, Fredrick, has the same surname as Euphany's supposed maided name. Later, Euphany indicated on the 1910 census that she had been married only once so it appears that the child, Fredrick Brody, was born to her out of wedlock.
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Eagle Creek Township, Lake, IN on 29 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 5B, Roll 362, District 43, Dwelling 82, Family 83
Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Napolien B. Lightfoot..Head..56..IN..married twice..Farmer, general farm
Euphama Lightfoot..Wife..48..IN..married once
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Keener Township, Jasper County, IN on 21 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, Roll 440, District 20, Dwelling 115, Family 115
Keener Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States
Home rented
N. B. Lightfoot..Head..66..IN..Farmer
Einphama Lightfoot..Wife..55..IN
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Morgan Township, Porter County, IN on 2 May 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, Roll 622, District 0013, Dwelling 166, Family 168
Morgan Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States
home rented
Napolean Lightfoot..Head..76..IN
Euphama Lightfoot..Wife..68..IN

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