Lester Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

  General Notes:

From the Lightfoot-Arnsberger-Wymer Family Papers: Lester was a "retired well-to-do farmer".
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  Death Notes:

Name: Lester Lightfoot
Titles and Terms: Married
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 May 1932
Event Place: Liberty Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): West Liberty
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Father's Name: Dan Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Susan Encharger
Spouse's Name: Catherine Lightfoot
Certificate Number: 7054

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-RG2F : 8 November 2017), Catherine Lightfoot in entry for Lester Lightfoot, 26 May 1932, Liberty Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #7054, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101797050.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of July 1852 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He has alternate birth date of 24 July 1853 and a birth location of , Wayne County, OH.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1854 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 26 on the 1880 census. It was also referenced by his age of 76 on the 1930 census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 12 July 1860. ⁹

1860 US Census
Page 145-146, Dwelling 984, Family 1007
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Lester Lightfoot...6..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 29 August 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 28, Dwelling 210, Family 211
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Lester Lightfoot...16..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 1, District 354, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Lester Lightfoot..Head..26..IA..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter, Rellie.)

NOTE - Lester was born in Wayne County, Ohio not in Iowa. His parents did not move to Iowa until 1856 and his birth year is shown within family history papers as 1853 but without any supporting documentation. If his birth date was 3 Jan 1853, then his age should have been 27 instead of 26.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Manning, IA on 25 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 51, Family 285
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
House owned, with mortgage
Married 23 years
Lester Lightfoot..Head..July 1852..47..OH..Hotel Keeper

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - His birth date was 3 Jan 1853 instead of July 1852.
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• He appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Carroll County, IA on 1905. ¹¹

1905 Iowa State Census
Name: L Lightfoot
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1905
Event Place: Carroll, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Card Number579
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sisseton Township, Roberts County, SD on 19 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 374, Family 10, Roll 1487
Sisseton Township, Roberts County, South Dakota
Married 32 years
Farm owned, with mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..57..Ohio..Farmer

(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1915 South Dakota State Census in Sisseton, SD in 1915. ⁶

1915 South Dakota State Census
Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota
Farm owned
6 yrs in SD
Married 1877
Lester Lightfoot..62..OH..Farmer..Presbyterian..Card 62

(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 10 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 132, Family 328, Roll 504
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa
808 Columbus; Home owned, no mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..66..OH

(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 3 April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 0025, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Roll 671
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
home owned, $8000
Lester Lightfoot..Head..76..OH

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Jan 1853, then his age should have been 77 instead of 76.
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• Death Image: 26 May 1932, in West Liberty, IA. ¹²

• He was buried on 28 May 1932 in the Pedee Cemetery in Springdale Township, Cedar County, IA.

Lester and his wife, Catharine, share one large rose colored polished granite vertical face monument about 48" wide and about 24" tall. It sits up on another flat granite stone. The inscription reads "LIGHTFOOT, Catharine, 1853-1945, Lester, 1853-1932".

Find A Grave Memorial #88694029
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Lester married Catharine Mackie, daughter of Alexander Mackie and Catharine Mortimer, on 31 December 1877 in Tipton, IA.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} (Catharine Mackie was born on 23 February 1853 in Scotland,^{2 3 5 6 7 8 16 17 18 19} died on 11 July 1945 in West Liberty, IA ^{16 19} and was buried on 13 July 1945 in Pedee Cemetery, Springdale Township, Cedar, IA ^{16 19}.). The cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 31 December 1877, in Tipton, IA. ¹

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 1, District 354, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Lester Lightfoot...Head..26..IA..Farmer
Catharine Lightfoot..Wife..27..SCOT..Keeping House
Relia Lightfoot..Dau..1..IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Manning, IA on 25 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 51, Family 285
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
house owned, with mortgage
married 23 years
Lester Lightfoot..Head..July 1852..47..OH..Hotel Keeper
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..Feb 1853..47..SCOT..Immig. 1854..2/0
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• They appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Carroll County, IA on 1905. ⁴

1905 Iowa State Census
Name: L Lightfoot and Mrs. L. Lightfoot
Event Place: Carroll, Iowa, United States
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sisseton Township, Roberts County, SD on 19 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 374, Family 10, Roll 1487
Sisseton Township, Roberts County, South Dakota
Married 32 years
Farm owned, with mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..57..Ohio..Farmer
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..57..Scotland..2/0..Immig 1855
Albert Schenky..Servant..22..Germany
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• They appeared on the 1915 South Dakota State Census in Sisseton, SD in 1915. ⁶

1915 South Dakota State Census
Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota
farm owned
6 yrs in SD
married 1877
Lester Lightfoot..62..OH.Farmer..Presbyterian..Card 62
Catharine Lightfoot..62..SCOT..Presbyterian..Card 63
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 10 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 132, Family 328, Roll 504
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa
808 Columbus; Home owned, no mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..66..OH
Cathrine Lightfoot..Wife..66..SCOT..Immig. 1885..Naturalized 1879
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 3 April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 0025, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Roll 671
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
home owned, $8000
Lester Lightfoot..Head..76..OH
Katherine Lightfoot..Wife..77..SCOT
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Lester Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 31 Dec 1877
Event Place: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Kattie Mackie
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJNS-RZ9 : 5 September 2017), Lester Lightfoot and Kattie Mackie, 31 Dec 1877, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol. F P.266, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 986,806.
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Following the deaths of their two children in 1881, Lester and Catharine both were devastated by the loss. Lester gave up farming and they left Cedar County, Iowa to travel almost all the way across the state to settle into a small town named Manning, in Carroll County, Iowa. There they operated a boarding house for a number of years until 1909. They then moved on to Roberts County, South Dakota where they both operated a small farm for a number of years. By 1920 they were both back in neighboring Muscatine County, Iowa probably to be closer to Catharine's elderly parents who lived less than 30 miles away in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa. Lester's parents had moved to Kansas and both of them had died by 1904. Many of his siblings had also moved to Kansas with the exception of William and Eunice Lightfoot who had married and were both living in Muscatine.

When Lester died in 1932, he was buried in the small rural cemetery, Pee Dee, near Springdale, where Catharine's parents were buried. When Catharine died in 1945, she also was buried in the Pee Dee cemetery.
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Leslie Lightfoot of Manning are visiting their father Mackeys and other relatives of this vicinity.

(Source: West Branch Times, 3 Jan 1895, Page 1)
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