Catharine Anna Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5}

  Burial Notes:

Catharine and her husband, Luke, share the same vaulted obelisk monument of polished gray granite that is approximately 60" tall. On one side, her inscription reads "MOTHER, Catharine A. Corker, Aug. 20, 1820, July 7, 1866."

Find A Grave Memorial #88694006

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88694006/catherine_anna-corker: accessed April 10, 2025), memorial page for Catherine Anna Lightfoot Corker (20 Aug 1820\'967 Jul 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88694006, citing Pee Dee Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Jacie (contributor 47037786).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1822, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁴

2. Alt. Birth, 1823, Pennsylvania, United States. ³

3. 1830 US Census, June 1830, Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁶ 1830 US Census
Page 276, Roll 160
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania
Daniel Lightfoot

Age 5-10, 2 Females (probably Charlotte Lightfoot, actual age 5; probably Catharine Lightfoot, actual age 9)

(Living with parents.)

4. 1850 US Census, 27 July 1850, East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ³ 1850 US Census
Page 202A, Family 48
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Catherine Corker..27..PA

(Living with husband, 3 children, and sister.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Aug 1820, then her age should have been 29 instead of 27.

5. 1860 US Census, 10 July 1860, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1860 US Census
Page 140, Family 966
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Catharine A. Corker..38..PA

(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Aug 1820, then her age should have been 39 instead of 38.

6. Cemetery: Pee Dee Cemetery, After 7 July 1866, Springdale Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ Catharine and her husband, Luke, share the same vaulted obelisk monument of polished gray granite that is approximately 60" tall. On one side, her inscription reads "MOTHER, Catharine A. Corker, Aug. 20, 1820, July 7, 1866."

Find A Grave Memorial #88694006
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Catharine married Luke Corker on 1 October 1840 in Wayne, Ohio, United States.¹ (Luke Corker was born on 18 May 1818 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States,^{7 8 9 10} died on 4 April 1889 in Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹¹ and was buried after 4 April 1889 in Pee Dee Cemetery, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 27 July 1850, East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ³ 1850 US Census
Page 202A, Family 48
East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio
Luke Corker..34..PA..Blacksmith
Catherine Corker..27..PA
Emma Jane Corker..8..OH
Hester M. Corker..6..OH
Catharine Corker..4..OH
John W. (B)ook..12..OH
Esther Lightfoot..45..PA
Hiriam Burgan..21..OH..Blacksmith

NOTE - The first letter of the surname for John W. (B)ook is not easily distinguishable on the original census image. The previous 1840 Census also showed 1 male under 5 years of age living with Catharine and her sister, Esther.

Absent are the names of Agnes, Annetta, Lee, and William who apparently died young. It is not known if any of them were born and died before the 1850 census or born and died after it. Until further info shows up, I will list their birth years as "about 1841".

2. 1860 US Census, 10 July 1860, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1860 US Census
Page 140, Family 966
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Luke Corker..45..PA..Farmer
Catharine A. Corker..38..PA
Emma J. Corker..16..OH
Hesther M. Corker..14..OH
Elizabeth Corker..11..OH
Archey Corker...5..OH
Julius Corker..5m..IA

  Marriage Notes:

An early record of marriages in Wayne County, Ohio, shows the marriage of Luke Corker and Anna Lightfoot who apparently preferred the use of her middle name at that age. The official presiding over the marriage was James May, Justice of the Peace.
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Source: Arnsberger-Lightfoot-Wymer family documents. This info was printed on a single sheet of paper with no other source information provided:
Info from "Iowa Township Microfilm":
Luke Corker, blacksmith, sec 21; Born May 18, 1818, Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
Married Catharine Lightfoot, October 1, 1840 in Ohio; She was born August 20, 1821; She died July 7, 1867;

Children:
- Emma J. Corker
- Esther M. Corker
- Archibald Corker
- Julius Corker

Lost 4 children:
- Agnes Corker
- Annetta Corker
- Lee Corker
- William Corker

Records supposedly at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Springdale, Iowa. I have yet to locate the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Springdale. (Brian L. Lightfoot)

NOTE - This research apparently missed the name of Lillie Elizabeth Corker and perhaps Catharine Corker unless they were the same person. This means there was a total of 9 children, or 10 if Catharine was a different one.

I am fairly certain that Lily Elizabeth and Catherine were the same person. The name of Catharine appears on the 1850 US Census but the name of Lillie or Elizabeth does not. On the 1860 US Census, the name of Elizabeth does appear but Catharine does not nor is it found on any other census record other than 1850. This would suggest that they could be the same person but I cannot explain how one gets a name of Catharine from the given name of Lillie Elizabeth. One problem with this name association is that the age of Catharine as found on the 1850 US Census does not coincide with the expected age of Elizabeth on the 1860 US Census or even with the name of Lillie on her census records as an adult. Many of the ages given on the 1850 US Census for this family do not coincide with the ages from other census records.

It is possible that there was a separate daughter named Catharine born about 1846 and died shortly after the 1850 US Census but that does not explain the absence of the name of Lillie Elizabeth from that 1850 US Census.

One might think that her full given name could have been Catharine Elizabeth but once she was married she seemed to prefer the name of Lillie almost exclusively.
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