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Isaac D. Lightfoot
(1813-1895)
Lydia Jones
(1813-1902)
Abraham Riffe
(Abt 1819-)
Mary Cooley
(Abt 1819-)
Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot
(1850-1917)
Sarah Elizabeth Riffe
(1849-1929)
William Lewis Lightfoot
(1879-1958)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Williams

William Lewis Lightfoot 1 2 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 16 October 1879, Carroll County, MO 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Williams between 1900 and 1903 1 2 3 4
  • Died: 14 January 1958, Carrollton, MO at age 78 5 7
  • Buried: 16 January 1958, Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, KY 5 7

bullet   Cause of his death was Myocardial Insufficiency.

bullet   Other names for William were "Willie" Lightfoot 8 and William Louis Lightfoot.9

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

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

1880 US Census
Page 343B, Roll 0678, District 143, Dwelling 6
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Willie Lightfoot..Son..8M..MO..At Home..born in Oct
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 6 June 1900. 6

Page 8B, District 3, Dwelling 167, Family 183
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
house rented
William Lightfoot...Son..Oct 1879..20..MO..Painter
(Living with parents.)
.

• His occupation in September 1918 was a Mill Worker at C H E Stipp in Carrollton, MO. 9

• He resided at 302 North Green in September 1918 in Carrollton, MO.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Carrollton, MO.

Name:Willie Louis Lightfoot
Birth Date:16 Oct 1879
. 9

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 8 January 1920. 1

Page 9B and 10A, District 2, Dwelling 260, Family 267
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
302 Green Street, house owned
W. L. Lightfoot...Head..40..MO..Painter
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Carrollton, MO on April 1930. 2

Sheet 2A, Roll 1181, District 0002, Household 33
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Will L. Lightfoot..Head..50..MO
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Jefferson City, MO on 10 April 1940. 4

Sheet 7A, District 26-6, Line 34, Roll 2099
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States
Missouri State Penitentiary
Last Place of Residence: Carrollton, Carrollton, Missouri
William L. Lightfoot...Inmate #50600..60..MO..8th grade
.

• He was buried on 16 January 1958 in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton, MO.

Find A Grave Memorial #107732458
. 5 7 10


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William married Mary Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Zachariah Williams and Sarah E. Jones, between 1900 and 1903.1 2 3 4 (Mary Elizabeth Williams was born on 3 February 1879 in Carrollton, MO,1 2 3 11 12 died on 15 January 1969 in Carrollton, OH 5 12 and was buried after 15 January 1969 12.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 27 April 1910. 13

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 2, Dwelling 230, Family 241, Roll 775
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
214 Green Street; home rented
Z. Williams..Head..68..OH..married 41 years..Drayman
Sarah..Williams..Wife..59..IL..11/9..married 41 years
Mary Lightfoot..Daughter..32..MO..Widowed(???)..Laundress, at home
Margrete Lightfoot..Granddaughter..6..MO
Louis Lightfoot..Grandson..2..MO

NOTE - Mary was living with her two children at the home of her parents. The whereabouts of her husband, William, is not known. Also living in the household were her 4 brothers (sons of Zachariah Williams and 1 of his granddaughter other than the Lightfoot granddaughter.)
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 8 January 1920. 1

Page 9B and 10A, District 2, Dwelling 260, Family 267
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri
302 Green Street, house owned
W. L. Lightford...Head..40..MO..Painter
Mrs. W. L. Lightford...Wife..40..MO
Margarite Lightford...Dau..15..MO
Lewis Lightford...Son..11..MO
Viola Lightford...Dau..7..MO
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Carrollton, MO on April 1930. 2

Sheet 2A, Roll 1181, District 0002, Household 33
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Will L. Lightfoot..Head..50..MO
Mary E. Lightfoot..Wife..51..MO
Lewis Lightfoot..Son..22..MO
Viola Lightfoot..Daughter..17..MO
Fay Lightfoot..Daughter..8..MO
.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Carrollton, MO on 5 April 1940. 3

Sheet 3A, Roll 2094, District 17-2, Family 56
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Mary E. Lightfoot..Head..61..MO
Marguerite Lightfoot..Daughter..36..MO
Harvey Williams..Lodger..56..MO
Lewis Lightfoot..Son..31..MO

NOTE - Mary was listed as Head of Household yet still married. The reason was that William was an inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary.
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Jefferson City, MO on 10 April 1940. 4

Sheet 7A, District 26-6, Line 34, Roll 2099
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States
Missouri State Penitentiary
Last Place of Residence: Carrolton, Carrolton, Missouri
William L. Lightfoot...Inmate #50600..60..MO..8th grade
.


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Sources


1 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 9B and 10A, dwelling 260, family 267, William Lewis Liughtfoot and Mary Elizabeth Williams; index and images (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0002, sheet 2A, family 33, William Lewis Lightfoot and Mary Elizabeth Williams; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1181.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 17-2, sheet 3A, household 56, Mary Elizabeth Williams; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 2094.

4 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 26-6, sheet 7A, household Line 34, William L. Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 2099.

5 Karen Valenzuela, "Shearer, Rice, Jones, Zeek, Parks, Lightfoot," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=karensu : accessed 11 May 2014).

6 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.

7 Missouri death certificate 533 (1958), William Lewis Lightfoot; digital image, "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1963," Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ : accessed 12 May 2014).

8 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.

9 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); Name: Willie Louis Lightfoot; Event Place: Carroll County, Missouri, United States.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 12 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107732458.

11 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, p. 10A, dwelling 196, family 205; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 13 May 2021, memorial page for Mary E Williams Lightfoot (3 Feb 1879-15 Jan 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205032057, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, USA

13 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 10B, dwelling 230, family 241, Mary Elizabeth Williams; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 775.


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