Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Although there are some records that indicate her first name to be Mary, she generally used her middle name of Elizabeth for most of her life.
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  Burial Notes:

Find a Grave Memorial 45080663

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Guilford Township, Franklin, PA on 12 November 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 130, Family 584, Roll 781
Guilford Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Lightfoot..7..PA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Mont Alto, PA on 12 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 598, Family 474, Roll 1112
Mont Alto, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Lightfoot..17..PA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 16 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 191C, District 96, Family 163, Roll 1131
Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth Brown..Wife..36..Pennsylvania..Keep house

(Living with husband, 3 stepchildren, and 1 son.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 13 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 41, Family 150
Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Elizabeth Brown..Head..Sep 1843..57..Pennsylvania..Widowed..3/2..Capitalist
Florence A. Sprow..Daughter..??? 1879..21..Pennsylvania..married 2 years..1/1
David B. Sprow..Son-in-law..Sep 1878..22..Pennsylvania..married 2 years..Day Laborer
Guy E. Sprow..Grandson..Jan 1899..1..Pennsylvania

(Elizabeth was widowed and living with her married daughter, Florence, and her family.).

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 6 May 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 15, Family 285, Roll 1347
Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Chambersburg and Gettysburg Pike; Home owned, no mortgage
Elizebath Brown..Mother-in-law..66..Pennsylvania..Widowed..3/1

(Living at the home of her married daughter and her family.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 10 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 16, Family 209, Roll 1572
Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Lincoln Highway; Home owned, no mortgage
Elizabeth Brown..Head..76..Pennsylvania..Widowed
Guy E. Sprow..Grandson..21..Pennsylvania..Bookkeeper, Office

(Elizabeth was widowed and living with her grandson, Guy E. Sprow).

NOTE - Her married daughter with her family lived next door.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fayetteville, PA on 28 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 12, Family 360, Roll 2042
Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Home owned, $4500
Ella M. Brown..Mother-in-law..86..Pennsylvania..married at age 21

(Living at the home of her married daughter and her family.)

NOTE - Her surname is sometimes incorrectly lndexed as Bronn instead Brown because of poor handwriting.
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Mary married Jeremiah H. Brown, son of John Brown and Margaret, about 1875.¹ (Jeremiah H. Brown was born on 8 December 1838 in Pennsylvania,⁹ died on 26 January 1898 in , Franklin County, PA ^{9 10} and was buried on 28 January 1898 in Mentzers Graveyard, Fayetteville, PA ^{9 10}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 16 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 191C, District 96, Family 163, Roll 1131
Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Jeremiah Brown..Self..40..Pennsylvania..House Carpenter
Elizabeth Brown..Wife..36..Pennsylvania..Keep house
Rosa Brown..Daughter..17..Pennsylvania..At home
Ellie Brown..Daughter..16..Pennsylvania..At home
William Brown..Son..14..Pennsylvania..Farm Laborer
Laurance Brown..Son..7m..Pennsylvania..Oct
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