James Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

His last son was born in 1877 and Mary shows as widowed in the 1880 census so therefore James must have died between 1877 and 1880.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on June 1840. ⁶

1840 US Census
Page 187, Roll 458
Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
..1 Males - Under 5: (son James)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 10 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 207B, Family 495
Green Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
James Lightfoot..11..PA

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1837, then his age should have been 12 or 13 instead of 11.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 872, Family 196
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Jas Lightfoot..23..PA..Day Laborer

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 30 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 10, Family 75, Roll 1261
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
James Lightfoot..32..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife, 2 children, and sister, Sarah.)
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James married Mary Amanda Yoha, daughter of Eli Yoha and Lovina Bachelder, on 31 July 1862 in Ashland County, OH.¹ (Mary Amanda Yoha was born on 27 May 1845 in , Richland County, OH,^{4 7 8 9 10} died on 29 September 1918 in Freeport, MI ¹⁰ and was buried on 1 October 1918 in Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, MI ^{10 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 31 July 1862, in Ashland County, OH. ²

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 30 June 1870. ¹²

1870 US Census
Pages 10 & 11, Family 75, Roll 1261
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
James Lightfoot..32..PA..Farmer
Mary Lightfoot..25..OH
Eva Lightfoot..5..OH
William Lightfoot..3..OH
Sarah Lightfoot..21..PA..Housekeeper

NOTE - Sarah Lightfoot was a younger sister to James Lightfoot.
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  Marriage Notes:

The marriage register contains the names "James Lightfoot to Mary A. Urie" but the Return and Record section states "James Lightfoot and Miss Mary A. Yoha." For some unknown reason, the clerk writing the entries into the register book mistakenly wrote the name Urie instead of Yoha.

Sometime between 1877 and 1881, which would have been just before or just after James died, Mary and the children relocated to Barry County, Michigan. It is believed that she was remarried to Jacob Wallace there in 1881. That marriage may not have ever happened because the Barry County Register of Marriages Book also contains an entry dated 23 Jun 1887 showing a marriage between Barry Carlton, age 55, and Mary A. Lightfoot, age 35. It also shows an entry for her maiden name as (Unreadable) Yoha.
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Name: James Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 31 Jul 1862
Event Place: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary A. Urie
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Record Number: 100
Reference ID: v 3 p 100 rn 236

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZH4-RVZ : 26 August 2019), James Lightfoot and Mary A. Urie, 31 Jul 1862; citing Marriage, Ashland, Ohio, United States, v 3 p 100 rn 236, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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