Abraham Riffe
(Abt 1819-)
Mary Cooley
(Abt 1819-)
Sarah Elizabeth Riffe
(1849-1929)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot

Sarah Elizabeth Riffe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 31 December 1849, Carrollton, MO 2 3 4 5 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot on 28 April 1872 in Carrollton, MO 1 2 3
  • Died: 7 April 1929, Carrollton, MO at age 79 7
  • Buried: 8 April 1929, Carrollton, MO 7

bullet   Another name for Sarah was "Sallie" Riffe.7

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Wood Township, Carroll County, MO on 8 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 343B, Roll 0678, District 143, Dwelling 6
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..30..MO..Keeps House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 6 June 1900. 3

Page 8B, District 3, Dwelling 167, Family 183
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
house rented
married 27 years
Sarah Lightfoot...Wife..Dec 1850..50..MO..11/10
(Living with husband and 7 children.)

NOTE - It is believed that her birth year was 1849 instead of 1850.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Carrollton, MO on April 1910. 5

Sheet 14B, District 2, Household 44
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
Sarah Lightfoot...Head..60..MO..Widowed (???)
Richard Lightfoot...Son..18

NOTE - Sarah indicated that she was widowed but her husband, Thomas, did not die until 7 years later in 1917. Perhaps they were separated at the time and Thomas was living elsewhere but he does not show up in any records discovered so far. The obituary for Thomas mentions that he was survived by a wife.

Thomas did die at the home of his daughter, Rosa, so perhaps his elderly wife, Sarah, was unable to care for him during his final years and he was living with his married daughter where his health care might have been provided more readily.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Blue Township, Jackson, MO on 6 February 1920. 6

Sheet 13B, District 287, Dwelling 323, Family 324
Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri
home owned with mortgage
Sarah E. Lightfoot..Mother..70..MO
(Widowed and living with 2 sons, Homer and Ricard. Homer was listed as the head of house.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Carrollton Daily Democrat in April 1929 in Carrollton, MO.

Sara Elizabeth Lightfoot died at the home of her daughter in Carrollton, Sunday morning at 9:00 o'clock at 209 S. Hale.

Funeral services in her memory were held from the Willis Brothers Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Sara Elizabeth Riffe was born in Carroll County December 31, 1849 and departed this life April 7, 1929.

She was married to Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot on April 28, 1872 and to this union eleven children were born four of whom have preceded her in death; also by her husband who died March 17, 1917. She is survived by the following sons; of Kansas City, MO, Richard, Homer; Gilbert and William, of the city. One daughter Mrs. C. C. Mirick of Ft. Worth, TX. Mrs. L. M. Hahn of Keokuk, IA, and by Mrs. Charles Young of this city at whose home she died. Mrs. Lightfoot was a Christian woman, well known and beloved by all of her acquaintances."

(Source: Carrollton Daily Democrat, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri)
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• She was buried on 8 April 1929 in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton, MO.

Find A Grave Memorial #73579548
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Sarah married Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot, son of Isaac D. Lightfoot and Lydia Jones, on 28 April 1872 in Carrollton, MO.1 2 3 (Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot was born on 25 April 1850 in Indiana,2 3 4 8 9 10 11 died on 15 March 1917 in Carrollton, MO 10 11 and was buried on 16 March 1917 in Carrollton, MO 10 11.). The cause of his death was Fibroid pneumonia.

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Wood Township, Carroll County, MO on 8 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 343B, Roll 0678, District 143, Dwelling 6
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
T. J. Lightfoot..Head..30..IN..Farmer
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..30..MO..Keeps House
L. P. Lightfoot..Dau..7..MO..At School
Rosa Lightfoot..Dau..6..MO..At Home
Oscar Lightfoot..Son..4..MO..At Home
Willie Lightfoot..Son..8M..MO..At Home..born in Oct
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 6 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 3, Family 183
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
House rented
Married 27 years
Thomas J. Lightfoot..Head..Apr 1850..50..IN..Steam Engineer
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..Dec 1850..50..MO..11/10
Rosa Lightfoot..Daughter..Jun 1875..25..MO
William Lightfoot..Son..Oct 1879..20..MO..Painter
Myrtle Lightfoot..Daughter..Dec 1882..17..MO
Gilbert Lightfoot..Son..Sep 1885..14..MO
Victor Lightfoot..Son..Nov 1887..12..MO
Daisy Lightfoot..Daughter..Jun 1890..9..MO
Richard Lightfoot..Son..Feb 1892..8..MO
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Sources

1 "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680838 : accessed 10 May 2014), Name: Thomas G. Lightfoot; Spouse's Name: Sarah E. Riffe; Event Date: 28 Apr 1872; Event Place: Carroll, Missouri.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 143, p. 14, dwelling 6, Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot and Sarah Elizabeth Riffe; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0678.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 8B, dwelling 167, family 183, Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot and Sarah Elizabeth Riffe; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Karen Valenzuela, "Shearer,Rice,Jones,Zeek,Parks,Lightfoot" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=karensu; Updated: 2009-06-20 20:59:10 UTC (Sat)).

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 14B, family 44, Sarah Elizabeth Riffe; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

6 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 287, sheet 13B, dwelling 323, family 324, Homer Austin Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73579548.

8 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, p. 398, dwelling 205, family 205; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

9 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri, p. 27, dwelling 186, family 194; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 766.

10 Missouri Death Certificate 9505 (1917), Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot; digital image, "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1963," Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ : accessed 10 May 2014).

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73579514.

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