Lydia Jones ^{1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Lydia was "Lidy" Jones.⁴

  General Notes:

The parentage of Lydia is somewhat of a mystery. Several researchers blindly repeat the same story about Daniel Jones and Catherine Nye being her parents. They claim (and the census records show) that the family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio between 1810 and 1820. If her parents had already moved out of Pennsylvania, how could Lydia have been born there in 1813?

There is a 1850 US Census record for the elderly Daniel Jones living in Crawford County, Ohio with his daughter Lydia. The problem is that the census shows the daughter Lydia as being born in Ohio in 1931. But the biggest problem is that the Lydia Jones that married Isaac Lightfoot was already married in 1850 with seven children. So Daniel Jones could not have been her father.

Several other researchers show her parents as Joseph Jones and Christiana Von Strawn. At this point all research seems to be subjective with no direct ties yet confirmed.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in Clinton Township, Wayne, OH on June 1840. ¹⁰

1840 US Census
Page 10, Roll 432
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Female 20-30..(probably Lydia Lightfoot, wife, age 27)

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Franklin Township, Kosciusko, IN on 24 October 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 398, Family 205
Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Lydia Lightfoot..36..PA

(Living with husband and 8 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Center Township, La Porte, IN on 3 July 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 131, Family 1033, Roll 275
Center Township, La Porte County, Indiana
Lydia Lightfoot..47..PA

(Living with husband and 8 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Nov 1813, then her age should have been 46 instead of 47.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Hurricane Township, Carroll, MO on 23 August 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 27, Family 194, Roll 766
Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Lydia Lightfoot..57..PA..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 1 son, Thomas.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Wood Township, Carroll County, MO on 8 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 341A, District 143, Dwelling 5, Roll 0678
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Lidy Lightfoot..Wife..66..PA..Keeps House

(Living with husband, married son Aaron and his family.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Morris Township, Texas County, MO on 8 June 1900. ⁹

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 142, Family 66, Roll 906
Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri
House Rented
Lydia Lightfoot..Head..Nov 1813..87..PA..Housekeeper..Widowed..11/6

(Widowed and living by herself.)

NOTE - Lydia was living next to Amelia Biggs, the wife of her youngest son, King Anderson Lightfoot, who had temporarily moved to Oklahoma.
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• She was buried after 5 September 1902 in the Hickory Ridge Cemetery in Dykes, MO.

Isaac and his wife, Lydia, share one common gravestone in Hickory Ridge Cemetery which is a short vaulted top column of white and gray streaked marble that sits atop a small concrete base. The inscription on her side of the monument reads "Lydia Lightfoot, wife of I. D. Lightfoot, Born Nov. 22, 1813, Died Sep 5, 1902, Aged 88y 10m 10d". And similar to the miscalculations of age for her husband, the engraver also miscalculated her age which should have read 88 years, 9 months, 14 days.

Find A Grave Memorial #81894359
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Lydia married Isaac D. Lightfoot, son of John Lightfoot and Alice, on 11 July 1836 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Isaac D. Lightfoot was born on 25 July 1813 in Baltimore County, MD,^{2 3 6 8 11} died on 13 March 1895 in Upton Township, Texas County, MO ^{2 3 11 12} and was buried after 13 March 1895 in Dykes, MO ^{2 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 11 July 1836, in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ¹

• They appeared on the 1840 US Census in Clinton Township, Wayne, OH on June 1840. ¹⁰

1840 US Census
Page 10, Roll 432
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

2 Males under 5..(probably Martin, son, age 3; Joseph, son, age 1)
1 Male 5-10..(probably Jacob, son, age 6)
1 Male 20-30..Isaac Lightfoot..Head..(age 26)

1 Female 20-30..(probably Lydia, wife, age 27)
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• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Franklin Township, Kosciusko, IN on 24 October 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 398, Family 205
Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..36..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..36..PA
Jacob Lightfoot..16..OH
Martin Lightfoot.13..OH
Joseph Lightfoot..11..OH
Eli Lightfoot..8..OH
Enoch Lightfoot..6..OH
Pheba Lightfoot..4..IN
Isaac Lightfoot..3..IN
Thomas Lightfoot..2m..IN
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Center Township, La Porte, IN on 3 July 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 131, Family 1033, Roll 275
Center Township, La Porte County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..48..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..47..PA
Jacob Lightfoot..26..OH..Farmer
Eli Lightfoot..18..OH..Farmer
Eurah Lightfoot..16..OH..Farmer
Phebe Lightfoot..14..OH
Isaac Lightfoot..12..IN
Thomas Lightfoot..9..OH
Aron Lightfoot..8..OH
King A. Lightfoot..5..OH

NOTE - The only names missing were Martin and Joseph Lightfoot who were either living elsewhere or could have died between 1850 and 1860. King's name is misspelled on almost all indexes as "Kiny".
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Hurricane Township, Carroll, MO on 23 August 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 27, Family 194, Roll 766
Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot..57..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..57..PA..Keeping House
Thomas Lightfoot..19..IN..Laborer

NOTE - Missing from the household are Aaron and King Lightfoot both of whom seem to be found nearby at the home of Jct. P. Shannon and his family.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Wood Township, Carroll County, MO on 8 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 341A, District 143, Dwelling 5, Roll 0678
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot...Head..67..MD..Farmer
Lidy Lightfoot..Wife..66..PA..Keeps House
Aaron Lightfoot..Son..27..IN..Farmer
Martha Lightfoot..Daughter-in-Law..20..IL..Keeps House
Elery P. Lightfoot..Grandson..1..MO..At Home
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Isaac Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jul 1836
Event Place: Wayne, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Lydia Jones

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDJ-897 : 10 February 2018), Isaac Lightfoot and Lydia Jones, 11 Jul 1836; citing Marriage, Wayne, Ohio, United States, 211, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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They maintained residences in:
Wayne County, Ohio (1834-1842)
Kosciusko County, Indiana (1848-1850)
La Porte County, Indiana (1846-1860)
Carroll County, Missouri (1870-1880)
Texas County, Missouri (1895)
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The question of why Isaac moved his family from Indiana to Carroll County, Missouri might have something to do with his niece, Mary Ann Lightfoot and her husband, Ira Jett Dye.

Mary Ann lived in neighboring Porter County, Indiana right next to La Porte County so perhaps they frequently visited each other's families. One of Mary Ann's children, Delos Dye, is known to be buried in Carroll County Missouri where he had met and married his wife who was born in Carroll County. So the question arises if Mary Ann and husband, Ira Dye, ever moved to Carroll County at some point in time. Their exact burial locations are not known.

Her son, Delos Dye, may have moved there all by himself, but it seems more than coincidence that he ended up in the same location as his granduncle Isaac D. Lightfoot. Isaac didn't move to Carroll County until some time after 1864 and Delos Dye wasn't born until 1863. There must be a close family tie there somehow.

In March 2013, the great-great-grandson of Isaac D. Lightfoot, Richard D. Lightfoot who lives in Plymouth, Indiana, said that Isaac's son, Martin, had a girlfriend and he decided to stay in LaPorte, Indiana while the rest of the family moved to northern Missouri. And that is why there are many Lightfoots in northern Indiana today.

However, Martin alone was not responsible for the Lightfoots in northern Indiana. It was because of the 3 brothers, Daniel, John, and Martin's father, Isaac Lightfoot, who all had moved from Wayne County, Ohio to northern Indiana.

Daniel moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana sometime between 1840 and 1850.

John moved to Porter County, Indiana sometime between 1840 and 1842.

Isaac moved to La Porte County, Indiana sometime between 1844 and 1846.
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