Sarah Elizabeth Riffe ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Sarah was "Sallie" Riffe.⁶

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Wood Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. 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.)

2. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. 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.

3. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁴ 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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4. 1920 US Census, 6 February 1920, Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States. ⁵ 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.)

5. Obituary: Carrollton Daily Democrat, April 1929, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. 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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6. Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery, 8 April 1929, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial #73579548

Sarah married Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot, son of Isaac D. Lightfoot and Lydia Jones, on 28 April 1872 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States.^{1 2 3} (Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot was born on 25 April 1850 in Indiana, United States,^{2 3 7 8 9 10} died on 15 March 1917 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States ^{9 10} and was buried on 16 March 1917 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States ^{9 10}.). The cause of his death was Fibroid pneumonia.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Wood Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. 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

2. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. 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