Daniel Lightfoot Jr ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

1909: Deed recorded 5 Oct 1909, between Daniel Lightfoot and Duncan McClarren; Block 16, Twp 79, Range 3. Daniel was probably the seller as this transaction appears to be the reverse of the sale by his father in 1858 also between the same person, Duncan McLarren or McClarren. I'm surprised that the Lightfoots still owned land in Cedar County, Iowa long after they had moved to Kansas. Daniel's mother had died 5 years earlier in 1904 so Daniel was probably the heir apparent of any of the Lightfoot estate. His married brothers and sisters that had remained behind in Iowa all had land holding of their own. His parents had owned their farm in Sumner County, Kansas but I'm not yet sure of when that land was sold or if Daniel were living there after both of his parents has died. This land parcel in Iowa remained in the Lightfoot name for over 50 years and I'm curious as to who was farming the land during the 30 years after the parents had moved on to Kansas.
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(Source: 30 Jul 2004 E-mail from Phyllis Harrison)
Don't know if the date is important to you but I found from an item in the Mulvane Record that Dan Lightfoot, Jr. went to Guthrie, Oklahoma to take a position there and his mother went to live with the Farnsworths in Arkansas City in Nov 1903 and he returned to Mulvane in May 1904. It didn't say what type of position it was but he returned to work at Shaw's Drug.
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  Death Notes:

Information from the Mulvane Funeral Home run by V. L. Gordon at the time and as listed on page 65 of their record book indicates that Daniel was buried September 6, 1920. The majority of records of the Mulvane Cemetery were destroyed by a fire in 1933 but this record shows that Daniel Lightfoot's internment was ordered by B. C. (Bert) Minnich, who ran a grocery store in Mulvane. Knowing that Daniel's occupation was listed in the census as "clerk", and that he apparently was the last Lightfoot around Mulvane, I believe that Daniel may have died while at work in B. C. Minnich's store, or perhaps he was a very close friend and that Minnich was the person who called for the doctor or arranged the funeral requirements. The record also indicates a total charge of $15 for hearse and services. Compared to other internment records of the time, Daniel's funeral was very simple and may indicate that he died without any other financial assets.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 12 July 1860. ¹

1860 US Census
Page 145-146, Dwelling 984, Family 1007
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Daniel Lightfoot...2..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 29 August 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 28, Dwelling 210, Family 211
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Daniel Lightfoot...12..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Gore Township, Sumner, KS on 9 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 8D, District 189, Roll 0398, Dwelling 64, Family 67
Gore Township, Sumner County, Kansas
Daniel Lightfoot...Son..22..IA..Farming

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared in the 1895 Kansas State Census in Mulvane, KS on 1 March 1895. ⁴

1895 Kansas State Census
Page 2, Volume 373
Mulvane, Sumner County, Kansas
D. J. Lightfoot..36..VA..Previous State=Iowa..Occupation=Clerk

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - Daniel, Jr.'s birth state was Iowa, not Virginia. Mistake is probably due to a transcription error in the records due to poor or illegible handwriting. The letters "Ia." for Iowa could have been mistaken for "Va." for Virginia.

The FamilySearch transcription shows his name as "D. J." whereas the Ancestry.com transcription shows his name as "D. Jun". I suspect the truth is that it should be "D. Jr.".
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mulvane, KS on 19 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Page 7B, District 329, Dwelling 144, Family 145
Mulvane, Sumner County, Kansas
Home owned no mortgage
Daniel Lightfoot...Head..Mar 1858..42..IA..Drug Clerk

(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - His occupation appears to be "Drug Clerk" which means he may have worked in the local drug store in Mulvane. Later information indicates this was probably "Shaw's Drugs" in Mulvane.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Guthrie, OK on 14 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 127, Family 37, Roll 1260, Ward 3
Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma
330 Harrison Avenue
Benjaman Lenard..Roomer..52..OH..Widowed..Farmer
Sires Brookman..Roomer..48..KS..Clerk, Sandwich Goods
Daniel Lightfoot..Roomer..52..IA..Waiter, Restaurant

NOTE - Apparently there was no business relationship between the three other than just "roommates".
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• He was buried on 6 September 1920 in the Mulvane Cemetery in Mulvane, KS.

Find A Grave Memorial #33135637
Daniel's gravestone is a relatively small gray granite stone with a polished sloped front face approximately 18" wide and 12" high. It is located immediately adjacent to his parents, Daniel and Susannah. The inscription reads "Daniel Lightfoot, Jr., Mar. 16, 1858 - Sept. 5, 1920". The stone has sunk slightly into the ground obscuring the death date which falsely leads observers to believe that there is no date of death.
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