Mary Amanda Yoha ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

Amanda Yoha appeared on the 1850 US Census with her parents, Eli and Lavina Yoha . Her age was 4 thus giving a birth year of about 1845. A problem occurs 20 years later on the 1870 US Census of Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio when Amanda was listed as only 12 years old instead of the expected 24 years. This must be an enumerator error because the 24 year old Mary Amanda Yoha was supposedly already married to James Lightfoot and had already given birth to 3 children. If not an enumerator error then perhaps the parents named another daughter Amanda Yoha while the first one born in 1845 was actually Mary Amanda Yoha.
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  Death Notes:

Her son, Walter Wallace, from her 2nd husband, Jacob Wallace, was the informant on her death certificate.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of May 1846 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• She 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
Mary Lightfoot..25..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband, 2 children, and sister-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 8 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 107D, District 209, Family 89, Roll 1061
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
Solomon Lewis..Self..69..OH..Farmer
Alfens Armentrout..Other..51..OH..Farm Laborer
Mary N. Lightfoot..Other..34..OH..Widowed..Keeping House
Effie L. Lightfoot..Daughter..15..OH..At Home
Elmer Lightfoot..Son..12..OH..Farm Laborer
Millard Lightfoot..Son..10..OH
Otis Ray Lightfoot..Son..5..OH
Gaylord Lightfoot..Son..3..OH

NOTE - The widowed Mary Lightfoot and 5 children were living with Solomon Lewis of whom I can find no relationship. Living next door was Savina and Sarah Yoha, possibly her mother and younger sister.
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• She appeared on the 1894 Michigan State Census in Irving, MI in June 1894. ⁶

1894 Michigan State Census
Page 10, Family 45
Irving, Barry County, Michigan
Mary A. Wallace..Wife..49

(Living with 2nd husband and 2 sons, one from each husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Irving Township, Barry County, MI on 21 June 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Page 13B, Family 321, District 43
Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan
Farm owned with mortgage
Mary A. Wallace..Head..May 1846..54..OH..2/2..Widowed
Otto R. Lightfoot..Son..Jan 1876..24..OH..Farm Laborer
Walter L. Wallace..Son..Apr 1886..14..MI

NOTE - Widowed and living with 2 sons, 1 from each husband.)

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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Irving Township, Barry County, MI on April 1910. ⁸

1910 US Census
Page 3B, Family 70
Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan
Mary A. Wallace..Mother..64..OH..Widowed

(Living with married son, King Millard, and his family.)
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• Death Image: Image, on 29 September 1918, in Spring Township, Barry County, MI.

• She was buried on 1 October 1918 in the Freeport Cemetery in Freeport, MI.

Although there seems to be no birth records for Mary, she most likely was born in 1845 according to the 1850, 1870, and 1880 census records. In addition, the death certificate indicates a birth date of 27 May 1845. Thus the gravestone's birth year of 1846 is probably incorrect.

Find A Grave Memorial #20341631
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Mary married James Lightfoot, son of Solomon S. Lightfoot and Sarah Irvin, on 31 July 1862 in Ashland County, OH.¹ (James Lightfoot was born in 1837 in Pennsylvania ^{4 12} and died between 1877 and 1880.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 31 July 1862, in Ashland County, OH. ³

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 30 June 1870. ¹³

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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