Homer Austin Lightfoot

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)

Homer Austin Lightfoot
(1881-1951)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ada

Homer Austin Lightfoot ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 27 June 1881, Missouri ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Ada after 6 February 1920
Died: 6 February 1951, Kansas City, MO at age 69 ⁵ ⁶
Buried: 9 February 1951, Kansas City, MO ⁵

bullet Cause of his death was Cerebral hemorrhage; acute hypertension.⁵

bullet General Notes:

The obituary for his father who died on 15 Mar 1917 indicated that Homer was living in Kansas City as were other siblings, Victor, Gilbert, and one of the daughters.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wakenda Township, Carroll County, MO on 14 June 1900. ²

Page 8B, District 25, Dwelling 146, Family 150
Wakenda Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Ed Lightfoot...Aug 1877..22..MO..Farm Laborer
Homer Lightfoot...Jun 1881..18..MO..Farm Laborer

(The brothers were living and working on a farm owned by Ben(?) Standley(?).
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• His occupation in September 1918 was an Auto Mechanic in Kansas City, MO. ⁴

• He resided at 8609 Thompson in September 1918 in Kansas City, MO.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Kansas City, MO.

Name: Homer Austin Lightfoot
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1881
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Blue Township, Jackson, MO on 6 February 1920. ³

Sheet 13B, District 287, Dwelling 323, Family 324
Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri
home owned with mortgage
Herman A. Lightfoot..Head..39..MO..Machinist at Motor Works
Sarah E. Lightfoot..Mother..70..MO
Richard Lightfoot..Brother..27..MO
Richard S. Preston..Nephew..9..MO

(Living with widowed mother, brother Richard, and unknown nephew.)
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• He was buried on 9 February 1951 in the Flora Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, MO.

Plot: Garden of Sermon of the Mount 24, curb 228

Find A Grave Memorial #107896638
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Homer married Ada after 6 February 1920. (Ada was born about 1886 and died before 1951.)

1 Karen Valenzuela, "Shearer,Rice,Jones,Zeek,Parks,Lightfoot" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=karensu; Updated: 2009-06-20 20:59:10 UTC (Sat)).

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Wakenda Township, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 25, p. 8B, dwelling 146, family 150, Oscar Edwin Lightfoot and Homer Austin Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 287, sheet 13B, dwelling 323, family 324, Homer Austin Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

4 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2014); Name: Homer Austin Lightfoot; Event Place: Kansas City no 16, Missouri, United States.

5 Missouri death certificate 4822 (1951), Homer Austin Lightfoot; digital image, "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1963," Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ : accessed 12 May 2014).

6 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=107896638.

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