Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin

Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin
(1885-1967)

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Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 9 Jan 1885, Emory, TX ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹¹
Marriage: Lee Lendon Lightfoot on 20 Jul 1904 in Muscatine, IA ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Died: 7 Jan 1967, Ocala, FL at age 81 ⁹ ¹⁰
Buried: 10 Jan 1967, Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA ⁹

bullet General Notes:

After the birth of the 3rd child in 1890, the mother, Jane Davis, died within several weeks thereafter. All three of her children were then sent to live with relatives in Iowa. Both Mary and her sister, Katherine, were sent to Muscatine County, Iowa to live with Robert S. Amlong and his wife Mary Anna McLaughlin, a sister to John McLaughlin. James Samuel McLaughlin, the infant son, was sent to live with Samuel McLaughlin and his family in near-by Johnson County, Iowa.
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Mrs. J. C. Linn, Mrs. A. D. Linn, and daughter, Millie, of Wilmot, S. Dak., and Mrs. Lightfoot of Muscatine, took dinner with Mrs. Geo. Linn, Tuesday.

(Source: West Branch Times, West Branch, Iowa, 9 Sep 1909, page 1, "Of Local Interest")
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bullet Death Notes:

Affiliate CD Number: FDI06
Certificate Number: 3493
Volume Number: 2911
Name: Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Jan 1967
Event Place: Marion, Florida, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Affiliate File Name: Fdi06.txt
Affiliate Line Number: 35685

Citing this Record
"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV3T-RPY : 25 December 2014), Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot, Jan 1967; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Vol. 2911, certificate number 3493, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
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bullet Burial Notes:

The grave marker is one long flat bronze casting for the daughter, wife, and husband. Below the large letters of the name LIGHTFOOT are the names "Dr. Grace K., 1916-1950", "Mary E., 1885-1967", and "Lee L., 1876-1972".
Find A Grave Memorial 90359882

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Muscatine, IA on Jul 1895.

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 143, Line 22, Family 56
Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
May McLaughlin..9..TX..Methodist

(Living with Aunt Mary McLaughlin and her husband, Robert S. Amlong.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Jan 1885, then her age should have been 10 instead of 9.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Muscatine Township, Muscatine, IA on 27 Jun 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Page 22B, District 105, Family 557
Muscatine Township, Muscatine, Iowa
819 Cedar Street
Home owned, no mortgage
Mary McLaughlin..Niece..Jan 1885..15..TX

(Living with Aunt Mary Anna McLaughlin and her husband, Robert S. Amlong.)

• She resided in Muscatine, IA in 1904.
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• She appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in , Muscatine County, IA on 1905. ⁸

1905 Iowa State Census
, Muscatine, Iowa
Loretta Lightfoot..50..OH..Married..Card B179
Mary Lightfoot..20..TX..Married..Card B181

(Living with husband at home of mother-in-law.)

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 19 Apr 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 55, Family 221
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
725 Niagara Street; house rented
Married 6 years
Mary Lightfoot..Wife..25..TX..2/2

(Living with husband and 2 children.)

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 10 Jan 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 127, Family 48
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
717 7th Avenue; owned no mortgage
Mary E. Lightfoot..Wife..34..TX

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

• She resided in Cornell, WI in 1927.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Cornell, WI on 10 Apr 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 9-22, Family 165, Roll 2564
Cornell, Chippewa, Wisconsin
204 South Third Street; house rented $24
Mary E. Lightfoot..Wife..45..TX

(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Cornell, WI on 14 May 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 22A, District 9-22, Family 413
Cornell, Chippewa, Wisconsin
House owned, $3,500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Mary Lightfoot..Wife..55..TX..8th grade

(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)

• She resided in Davenport, IA 1948 To 1965.
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• She resided in Ocala, FL 1965 To 1966.
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• Her obituary was published in the Times Democrat in Jan 1967 in Ocala, FL.

Services for Mrs. Lee Lightfoot, 81, of Ocala, Florida, formerly of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, will be at 3 PM Tuesday in the Hill and Fredericks Mortuary, Davenport, with burial in Davenport Memorial Park. Mrs. Lightfoot died Saturday in her home at Ocala after an extended illness. Mary McLaughlin was born in 1885 in Emory, Texas. She married Mr. Lightfoot in Muscatine, Iowa in 1904. Mrs. Lightfoot is survived by her husband, daughters Mrs. Ervin (Ferne) Moldenhauer, Davenport, and Mrs. E. P. (Jean) Brinkmann, Pekin, Illinois, a son, Frank, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

(Source: Times Democrat, Ocala, Marion County, Florida; 8 Jan 1967)
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• Death Image: 7 Jan 1967, in Ocala, FL. ⁹

• She was buried on 10 Jan 1967 in the Davenport Memorial Park in Davenport, IA.

Find a Grave Memorial 90359882 ¹²

Mary married Lee Lendon Lightfoot, son of William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn, on 20 Jul 1904 in Muscatine, IA.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ (Lee Lendon Lightfoot was born on 16 Jan 1876 in Springdale, IA,² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁸ ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ ¹⁹ died on 1 Mar 1972 in Davenport, IA ¹⁷ ¹⁸ ²⁰ and was buried on 3 Mar 1972 in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA ¹⁷ ¹⁹.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided in Muscatine, IA in 1904.
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• Marriage Image: Image, on 20 Jul 1904, in Muscatine, IA.

• Photo: Wedding Date, 20 Jul 1904, Muscatine, IA.

• They appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in , Muscatine County, IA on 1905. ⁸

1905 Iowa State Census
, Muscatine, Iowa
Lee Lightfoot..29..IA..Married..Card B180
Mary Lightfoot..20..TX..Married..Card B181

(Lee and Mary were living with his mother, Loretta. His father, William, was living elsewhere.)

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 19 Apr 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 55, Family 221
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
725 Niagrara Street; house rented
Married 6 years
Lee Lightfoot..Head..34..IA..Engineer, Saw Mill
Mary Lightfoot..Wife..25..TX..2/2
Fern Lightfoot..Daughter..4..WI
Franklin Lightfoot..Son..3..WI

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 10 Jan 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 127, Family 48
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
717 7th Avenue; home owned, no mortgage
Lee L. Lightfoot..Self..43..IA..Engineer at Mill
Mary E. Lightfoot..Wife..34..TX
Ferne A. Lightfoot..Daughter..14..WI
Frank L. Lightfoot..Son..13..WI
Grace R. Lightfoot..Daughter..3..WI

• They resided in Cornell, WI in 1927.
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Cornell, WI on 10 Apr 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 9-22, Family 165, Roll 2564
Cornell, Chippewa, Wisconsin
204 South Third Street; house rented $24
Lee L. Lightfoot..Head..54..IA..Chief Engineer, Wood Products Mill
Mary E. Lightfoot..Wife..45..TX
Grace K. Lightfoot..Daughter..13..WI
Jean M. Lightfoot..Daughter..5..WI

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Cornell, WI on 14 May 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 22A, District 9-22, Family 413
Cornell, Chippewa, Wisconsin
House owned, $3,500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Lee Lightfoot..Head..63..IA..5th grade..Chief Operating Engineer, Paper Mill..earned $1900 in 1939
Mary Lightfoot..Wife..55..TX..8th grade
Jean Lightfoot..Daughter..15..WI..9th grade
Grace Lightfoot..Daughter..24..WI..2 years of college

• They resided in Davenport, IA in 1948.
¹¹ Upon Lee's retirement from Cornell Wood Products in Cornell, Wisconsin, they moved to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa where he continued to farm apples, tomatoes, and strawberries.

• They resided in Ocala, FL in 1967.
¹¹ They had retired and were living in Florida when Mary died there in 1967.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Lee N. Lightfoot
Groom's Birth Date: 1875
Groom's Birthplace: Cedar Co., IA.
Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Mary Mccampbell
Bride's Birth Date: 1884
Bride's Birthplace: Texas
Bride's Age: 20
Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1904
Marriage Place: Muscatine, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: William
Groom's Mother's Name: Lina
Bride's Mother's Name: Jennie Davis
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02546-0
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1003492
Reference Number: 1003492 pg 243

Source Citation
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJZY-74M : accessed 25 July 2012), Lee N. Lightfoot, 1904.

NOTE - There are several errors in this record, most notably is the name of the spouse. The record indicates Mary McCampbell instead of the expected Mary McLaughlin. There is no explanation as to why her surname was entered wrong.
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Lee and Mary first lived in Muscatine where they were married in 1904. They then moved to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin and later on to nearby Cornell, Wisconsin. In 1948, when Lee retired from Cornell Wood Products, they moved to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa where he continued to farm apples, tomatoes, and strawberries. Finally, they both completely retired and moved to Ocala, Florida where Mary eventually died in 1967. Upon her death, Lee moved back to Davenport with his daughter, Anna Ferne Moldenhauer, until his death in 1972.
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After Mary and Lee were married in Muscatine County, Iowa her father, John McLaughlin, died and they purchased the McLaughlin Farm which was located Emory, Rains County, Texas where they grew cotton. Lee and Mary continued to grow cotton for a few years before moving back to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. I'm not sure of the exact years that this happened.
(Source: Jean Lightfoot-Stedman, January 2001)

There is also a certificate of Birth issued in Fluvanna, Scurry County, Texas on 1 Sep 1910 for an un-named female daughter born to Lee and Mary Lightfoot.. I'm not sure if this is the same parents nor am I sure about the timing when Lee and Mary left the Iowa-Wisconsin area to tend to the McLaughlin farm in Texas. There was never any mention within the Lightfoot family of such a daughter.

Name: Lightfoot
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 Sep 1910
Event Place: Fluvanna, Scurry, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Lee Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Mary Lightfoot

Citing this Record
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXM3-NYD : 9 March 2018), Mary Lightfoot in entry for Lightfoot, 01 Sep 1910; citing Fluvanna, Scurry, Texas, United States, certificate 34045, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,112,524.
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1 "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674842 : accessed 16 Dec 2013), Groom's Name: Lee N. Lightfoot; Bride's Name: Mary Mccampbell; Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1904; Marriage Place: Muscatine, Iowa;
The marriage is recorded in the Muscatine County Recorder's Office, Book 2, Page. 243, but even though the marriage was performed on July 20, 1904 by "O. L. Stafford, Minister", it was not officially recorded until October 1, 1904. The occupation of Lee Lightfoot was listed as "fireman" which is assumed to mean a fireman that tends a steam boiler especially those aboard a river boat.

The official record entered at the recorder's office incorrectly shows the bride's name as "Mary McCampbell" instead of "Mary McLaughlin". Her mother's maiden name is entered as "Davis", either "Jane" or what appears to be "Janie". A witness is listed as "Katie McLaughlin" who was Mary's sister, Kathryn McLaughlin.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 10A, dwelling 204, family 221, Lee Lendon Lightfoot and Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 3A, dwelling 44, family 48, Lee Lendon Lightfoot and Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin; index and images (accessed 16 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 9-22, sheet 8B, dwelling 158, family 165, Lee Lendon Lightfoot and Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2564.

5 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 9-22, sheet 22A, household 413, Lee Lendon Lightfoot and Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

6 Personal knowledge of Brian L. Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]; Includes all genealogy research papers done by Iris Geraldine Sharer during the 1960s and 1970s which incorported family history documents relating to the Lightfoot and Arnsberger families. Also includes all previous research done by Jack Drugan and siblings during the 1960s.

7 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Muscatine Township, Muscatine, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 105, p. 22B, dwelling 461, family 557, Robert S. Amlong and Mary Anna McLaughlin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Apr 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

8 "1905 Iowa State Census," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2126961 : accessed 16 Dec 2013).

9 Cemetery, order for interment of Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot; Davenport Memorial Park Internment Order #7228 dated January 7, 1967. Indicates birth date, date of death and other vital statistics.

10 "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946805 : accessed 12 Oct 2019), Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot, Jan 1967; citing vol. 2911, certificate number 3493, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 17 Sep 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90359882.

13 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 Dec 2019); Lee Lendon Lightfoot, 1917-1918.

14 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, p. 1A, dwelling 7, family 8, William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0358.

15 1885 Iowa State Census, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 384, dwelling 87, family 94, line 9, William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803643 : accessed 13 Jan 2014).

16 1895 Iowa State Census, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 473, dwelling 75, family 80, line 7, William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803957 : accessed 13 Jan 2014).

17 Cemetery, order for interment of Lee Lendon Lightfoot; Davenport Memorial Park Internment Order #9426 dated March 1, 1972. Indicates date of death and other vital statistics.

18 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 30 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9ZM-R4S : 4 December 2020), Lee Lightfoot, Mar 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

19 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 14 March 2019), memorial page for Lee Lendon Lightfoot (16 Jan 1876\endash 1 Mar 1972), Find A Grave Memorial no. 90359871, citing Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA

20 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 14 March 2019), memorial page for Lee Lendon Lightfoot (16 Jan 1876'961 Mar 1972), Find A Grave Memorial no. 90359871, citing Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA

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