Chester Raymond Lightfoot ^{2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11}

  General Notes:

Chester apparently was married at least three times and perhaps 4 times if the Beulah that appears with him in the 1930 census was really his wife.

Marriage 1:
A marriage license shows that Chester was married to Mary Ella Marsh on 4 Oct 1919 in Craig County, Oklahoma. She was born in Illinois and they both show up together on the 1920 census in Craig County, Oklahoma. They were divorced in 1927. No children.

Marriage 2:
The 1930 census for Craig County, Oklahoma shows Chester married to a Beulah born about 1901 in Oklahoma. No marriage license has yet been found to prove this was a valid marriage. No children.

Marriage 3:
A marriage license indicates that Chester was married to Peggy Marie Hood on 17 Feb 1935 in Craig County, OK. No children.

Marriage 4:
A marriage license indicates that Chester was married to Patsy Harrison on 29 Jan 1939 in Benton County, Arkansas. They both show up together on the 1940 census with Patsy's daughter, Barbara Jo Brookshire, from Patsy's previous marriage to Drake Brookshire. Barbara Jo was listed on the 1940 census as Barbara Jo Lightfoot. Eight known children: Sidney, Sondra, Mary, Butch, Carol, Ballary, Debbie, and Pearl.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 4 June 1900, Waukomis, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States. ⁷ page 4B, District 63, Dwg 87, Family 91, T6230-136
Waukomis, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Chester Lightfoot...Son..Mar 1898..2..MO
(Living with parents and paternal grandfather.)

2. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Township 4, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ⁸ Sheet 5B, Family 91, District 30
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Chester R. Lightfoot...Son..12..MO
(Living with parents.)

3. Occupation: Farmer, September 1918, Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. ⁹

4. Residence: Route 5, September 1918, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ⁹

5. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 12 September 1918, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ⁹

6. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Township 4, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ² Sheet 7B, Family 126
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Chester Lightfoot...Head..21..MO..Farmer
(Living with wife.)

7. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ³ Sheet 10B, Family 221, Line 59, District 12, T626-1899
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
Chester Lightfoot...Head..32..MO
(Living with 2nd wife.)

8. 1940 US Census, 20 April 1940, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ⁵ Sheet 17A, Family 363, T627-3287, District 18
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
305 West Sequoyah Street; rented; $15 per month
Residence in 1935: Same Town for all
Chester Lightfoot...Head..42..MO..Barber
(Living with 3rd wife, daughter, and widowed brother-in-law.)

9. Obituary, 14 May 1980, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. Chester R. Lightfoot, 82, died early today at his home at 315 N. Gunter following a long illness.

He was born at Dykes, Mo., on March 13, 1898. He had been a resident of Craig County since 1903, and was a retired farmer.

Lightfoot was a veteran of World War I serving in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his wife, Patsy, of the home; seven daughters, Mrs. Jo Arrington, Sapulpa, Mrs. Sandra Sakmary and Debbie Lightfoot, both of Tulsa, Mrs. Jane Barton, San Viejo, Calif., Mrs. Carol Weeks, Pueblo, CO., and Mrs. Ballary Branstetter and Mrs. Pearl West, both of Vinita; two sons, Sid E. Lightfoot, Baltimore, Md., and Butch Lightfoot, Vinita, and either grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Four Square Gospel Church, White Oak, with the Rev. Ronnie Moore officiating.

Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Burckhalter Funeral Home, Vinita.

10. Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery, 17 May 1980, Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ¹³ Find A Grave Memorial #120336960

Chester married Mary Ella Marsh on 4 October 1919 in Craig, Oklahoma, United States.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Ella Marsh was born in 1902 in Illinois, United States ² and died after 21 July 1927.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Township 4, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ² Sheet 7B, Fam 126
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Chester Lightfoot...Head..21..MO..Farmer
Mary Lightfoot...Wife..17..IL

2. Divorced: Initial Filing, 21 July 1927, Craig, Oklahoma, United States.

  Marriage Notes:

NOTE - It is interesting that in just a few months following the marriage ceremony on 4 Oct 1919, Mary indicated that she was 17 years old for the 1920 census conducted in January which would place her birth year as approximately 1902. Since the marriage ceremony occurred in 1919, that would have made her about 17 years old at the time of the marriage yet she indicated on the marriage license that she was 18.
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Chester next married Beulah between 1920 and 1930.³ (Beulah was born in 1901 in Oklahoma, United States ³ and died after 1 April 1930.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ³ Sheet 10B, Fam 221, District 12, T626-1899
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
Chester Lightfoot...Head..32..MO
Beulah Lightfoot...Wife..29..OK

  Marriage Notes:

Although the 1930 census clearly shows a wife with the name of Beulah Lightfoot, there seems to be no evidence of a marriage for Chester R. Lightfoot to anyone with the name of Beulah or any other name prior to 1930 other than Mary Ella Marsh, his first wife in 1919.

In 1935, Chester married Peggy Marie Hood. Both Chester and Peggy had indicated on that marriage license in 1935 that each had been married only once before. Either that was a mistake on Chester's part or perhaps he and the Beulah showing on the 1930 census were never actually married but merely living together and they listed her name on the 1930 census as Beulah Lightfoot as a matter of convenience.
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Chester next married Peggy Marie Hood on 17 February 1935 in Craig, Oklahoma, United States.^{4 5} (Peggy Marie Hood was born on 13 April 1912 in Oklahoma, United States ⁵ and died after 17 February 1935.)

  Marriage Notes:

This marriage license shows "Miss Peggy Marie Hood" on the application but it also indicates that she had been previously married. So it is not clear if Hood would have been a previously married name or her maiden name.
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Chester next married Patsy Marie Harrison on 29 January 1939 in Benton, Arkansas, United States.⁶ (Patsy Marie Harrison was born on 13 April 1912 in Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States, died on 26 February 2001 and was buried on 1 March 2001 in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1940 US Census, 20 April 1940, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States. ⁵ Sheet 17A, Fam 363, T627-3287, District 18
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
305 West Sequoyah Street; rented; $15 per month
Residence in 1935: Same Town for all
Chester Lightfoot...Head..42..MO..Barber
Patsy Lightfoot...Wife..27..OK..Practical Nurse for private family
Barbara Jo Lightfoot...---..8..OK
John Harrison...BroL..31..OK..Truck Driver..widowed

NOTE - Barbara Jo Lightfoot is believed to be a daughter born to Patsy and her previous husband, Drake Brookshire.