Alma Lincoln Lightfoot ^{1 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Earlville, IL on 27 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 41, Family 308
Earl, LaSalle County, Illinois
Alma L. Lightfoot..1..IL

(Living with parents.)

NOT - If his birth date was May 1868, then his age should have been 2.

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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Burlington, IA on 9 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 324A, District 118, Family 124, Roll 0337
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
1601 Tenth Street
Alma Lightfoot..Son..12..IL..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Auburn, Nemaha, NE on 15 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 91, Family 403
Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska
House owned with mortgage
Alma L. Lightfoot..Son-in-Law..May 1868..32..IL..Florist..married 3 years

(Living with 2nd wife and her parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kansas City, MO on 10 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 255, Family 232, Roll 928
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
2317 Poplar Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Alma L. Lightfoot..Head..51..IL..Buyer, Retail Grocery Store

(Living with 2nd wife and 3 children.)
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• His obituary was published in the Kansas City Times on 21 September 1962 in Kansas City, MO.

⁷ Alma L. Lightfoot, 94, of 5005 Harmony Lane, died yesterday at the Leeds Hospital. He was born in Burlington, Ill., and lived here 56 years. He was a retired groceryman with the Whyco grocery chain. He was an elder at the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Central church. Surviving are a son, Lyle E. Lightfoot of the home; two daughters, Miss Edna Lightfoot of the home, and Mrs. Lottie L. Stout, Omaha, and two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Girrard, Green River, Wyo., and Mrs. Lolla Ballard, West Covina, Calif. Services will be held at 8:30 o'clock Saturday at the Carson chapel, Independence; burial in Mound Grove cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight at the chapel.

(Source: Kansas City Times, 21 Sep 1962)
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• He was buried on 22 September 1962 in the Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence, MO.

Plot: South Block 7, Lot 17
Find A Grave Memorial #93576573
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Alma married Emma Nadson before 1897. (Emma Nadson was born about 1873 and died on an unknown date.)

  Marriage Notes:

Although the photograph forwarded to me is supposed to be of Alma Lincoln Lightfoot and who would be his first wife, Emma Nadson, there is a chance that there was no such marriage. On the 1910 US Census for Alma and his supposed second wife, Mary Oppermann, it was noted that they had been married for 12 years and that it was the first marriage for each of them. No marriage document has been located.
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Alma next married Mary Augusta Oppermann, daughter of Adolph Opperman and Mary Malissa Karnes, in 1897.^{1 2 3} (Mary Augusta Oppermann was born on 3 May 1871 in Nebraska,^{1 3 8} died on 4 March 1953 in Kansas City, MO ⁸ and was buried after 4 March 1953 ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Auburn, Nemaha, NE on 15 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 91, Family 403
Auburn, Nehama County, Nebraska
House owned with mortgage
Married 30 years
A. Opperman..Head..June 1842..57..GER..Imm 1865..Physician
M. M. Opperman..Wife..Oct 1852..47..OH
Gladis Opperman..Daughter..Oct 1892..7..NE
Alma L. Lightfoot..Son-in-Law..May 1868..32..IL..Florist..married 3 years
M. A. Lightfoot..Daughter..May 1871..29..NE..married 3 years..0/0
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kansas City, MO on 19 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 184, Family 146, Roll 790
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
2312 Poplar Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 12 years
Alma Lightfoot..Head..39..IL..Clerk, Grocery
Mary Lightfoot..Wife..38..NE..3/3
Lottie L. Lightfoot..Daughter..11..NE
Mercedes O. Lightfoot..Daughter..7..OK
Edna M. Lightfoot..Daughter..7..MO
Mary M. Oppermann..Mother-in-law..52..OH
(???) Oppermann..Sister-in-law..17..NE
Emma V. Andrews..Sister-in-law..36..NE..Seamstress
Thelma Andrews..Niece-in-law..9..NE
Mercedes Andrews..Niece-in-law..7..OK
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kansas City, MO on 10 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 255, Family 232, Roll 928
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
2317 Poplar Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Alma L. Lightfoot..Head..51..IL..Buyer, Retail Grocery Store
Mary A. Lightfoot..Wife..48..NE
Mercedes O. Lightfoot..Daughter..16..OK
Edna M. Lightfoot..Daughter..13..MO
Alma L. Lightfoot Jr..Son..4..MO
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