Emma Pearl Lightfoot

Isaac D. Lightfoot
(1813-1895)

Lydia Jones
(1813-1902)

George W. Biggs Sr
(1820-1902)

Luvina Ann McCammon
(1823-1866)

King Anderson Lightfoot
(1854-1941)

Amelia Biggs
(1856-1944)

Emma Pearl Lightfoot
(1891-1979)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Richard Clinton Cassel

2. Harold Andrew Waiss

Emma Pearl Lightfoot ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹

Born: 25 July 1891, Missouri ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
Marriage (1): Richard Clinton Cassel on 7 April 1910 in Craig County, OK ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (2): Harold Andrew Waiss before 1 April 1930 ⁵ ⁶
Died: November 1979 at age 88 ⁷ ⁹ ¹⁰
Buried: November 1979, Tulsa, OK ⁷ ⁹

bullet General Notes:

Usually went by her middle name of Pearl.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Morris Township, Texas County, MO on 8 June 1900. ⁸

page 7A, District 142, Dwg 65, Family 65, T623-906
Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri
Pearl Lightfoot...Daughter..Jul 1891..8..MO
(Living with mother. Father living with eldest son in Oklahoma.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Township 1, Craig County, OK on April 1910. ³

Sheet 7A, Household 122, District 25
Township 1, Craig County, Oklahoma
Wife..Purl Cassel..19..MO
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Jul 1892, then her age should have been 17 instead of 19.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on January 1920. ⁴

Sheet 7B, Household 128, District 8
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Wife..Pearl Castle..28..MO
(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Oklahoma City, OK on April 1930. ⁵

Sheet 7B, Household 186, Roll 1919, District 0060
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Wife..Emma P. Waiss..37..MO
(Living with 2nd husband and son from 1st husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Bartlesville, OK on 14 April 1940. ⁶

Sheet 18B, Family 222, District 74-5, Roll 3339
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma
1434 Jennings; home rented $45
Last Place of Residence: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Wife..Pearl Waiss..47..MO..8th grade
(Living with 2nd husband, son, and son from 1st husband.)
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• She resided in Bartlesville, OK in 1941.
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• She resided in Bartlesville, OK in 1944.
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• She was buried in November 1979 in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.

Plot: Annie Laurie Garden Section 32

Find A Grave Memorial #71679742
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Emma married Richard Clinton Cassel, son of Christopher Columbus Cassel and Eva May Clark, on 7 April 1910 in Craig County, OK.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Richard Clinton Cassel was born on 15 September 1883 in Urbana, IL,³ ⁴ ⁷ ¹² ¹³ died on 18 December 1959 in Muskogee, OK ¹³ and was buried after 18 December 1959 in Tulsa, OK ¹³.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Township 1, Craig County, OK on April 1910. ³

Sheet 7A, Household 122, District 25
Township 1, Craig County, Oklahoma
Head..Dick C. Cassel..26..IL
Wife..Purl Cassel..19..MO
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• They resided in Chetopa, KS in September 1918.
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on January 1920. ⁴

Sheet 7B, Household 128, District 8
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Head..Dick Castle..36..IL
Wife..Pearl Castle..28..MO
Daughter..Maxine Castle..8..OK
Son..Dale Castle..6..OK
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Emma next married Harold Andrew Waiss before 1 April 1930.⁵ ⁶ (Harold Andrew Waiss was born on 14 October 1899 in Chicago, IL,⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ died on 28 January 1988 ⁷ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ and was buried after 28 January 1988 in Tulsa, OK ¹⁴.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Oklahoma City, OK on April 1930. ⁵

Sheet 7B, Household 186, Roll 1919, District 0060
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Head..Harold A. Waiss..30..IL
Wife..Emma P. Waiss..37..MO
Stepson..Richard C. Cassel..7..OK
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Bartlesville, OK on 14 April 1940. ⁶

Sheet 18B, Family 222, District 74-5, Roll 3339
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma
1434 Jennings; home rented $45
Last Place of Residence:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Head..H. A. Waiss..40..IL..3 yrs college..Manager, ignition
Wife..Pearl Waiss..47..MO..8th grade
Son..Theodore H. Waiss..9..OK..2nd grade
Stepson..J. R. Cassel..19..OK..11th grade
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1 "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1709399 : accessed 20 Nov 2013); Name: Dick C Cassel; Spouse's Name: Pearl Lightfoot; Event Date: 07 Apr 1910; Event Place:, Craig, Oklahoma.

2 Eddene Hightower to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, California.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 1, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 7A, family 122, Richard Clinton Cassel and Emma Pearl Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 7B, family 128, Richard Clinton Cassel and Emma Pearl Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

5 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 0060, sheet 7B, family 186, Harold Andrew Waiss and Emma Pearl Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1919.

6 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 74-5, sheet 18B, household 222, Harold Andrew Waiss and Emma Pearl Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 3339.

7 Henry Johns (E-mail messages in January 2004 concerning King Lightfoot and Millie Biggs.).

8 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 142, p. 7A, dwelling 65, family 65, King Anderson Lightfoot and Amelia Biggs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Apr 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 906.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71679742.

10 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 20 Nov 2013), Name: Emma Waiss; Event Date: November 1979.

12 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Nov 2013); Name: Dick C Cassel; Event Place: Craig County, Oklahoma.

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71679675.

14 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71679762.

15 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 20 Nov 2013), Name: Harold A Waiss; Event Date: 28 January 1988.

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