Nancy Ann Amos

John Michael Amos
(1816-1872)

Sarah Knepper
(1819-1895)

Nancy Ann Amos
(1845-1939)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob B. Lightfoot

Nancy Ann Amos ¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹

Born: 19 December 1845, , Stark County, OH ² ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹
Marriage (1): Jacob B. Lightfoot on 2 October 1870 in Casco Township, Allegan County, MI ¹ ² ³
Died: 13 May 1939, Lansing, MI at age 93 ⁴ ⁹
Buried: After 13 May 1939, Ladner Cemetery, Stanwood, MI ⁹

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Big Rapids Township, Mecosta, MI on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 34B, Family 313, Roll 0594
Big Rapids Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Nancy A. Lightfoot..Wife..34..OH..Keep House

(Living with husband and 4 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 13 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 106, Family 132
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 29 years
Nancy A. Lightfoot..Wife..Dec 1845..54..OH..7/6

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 30 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 129, Family 145
Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
Farm owned, with mortgage
Nancy Lightfoot..Mother..64..OH..Widowed

(Living with her son, Jacob.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Argentine Township, Genesee, MI on February 1920. ⁸

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 1, Family 175, Roll 766
Argentine Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Home rented
Nancy Lightfoot..Mother..75..OH..Widowed

(Living at the home of her married son, Adelbert, and his family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Dec 1845, then her age should have been 74 instead of 75.
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• She was buried after 13 May 1939 in the Ladner Cemetery in Stanwood, MI.

Buried Section B, Block 4, Lot 3
Find A Grave Memorial #13488740
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Nancy married Jacob B. Lightfoot, son of William Lightfoot and Mary Ann Hughes, on 2 October 1870 in Casco Township, Allegan County, MI.¹ ² ³ (Jacob B. Lightfoot was born on 1 January 1847 in Ohio,² ⁴ ⁶ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ died on 19 April 1902 in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI ⁴ ¹⁵ and was buried after 19 April 1902 in Ladner Cemetery, Stanwood, MI ¹⁵.). The cause of his death was Accident incurred from stump pulling machine.

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 2 October 1870, in Casco Township, Allegan County, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Big Rapids Township, Mecosta, MI on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 34B, Family 313, Roll 0594
Big Rapids Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Jacob Lightfoot..Self..33..OH..Farmer
Nancy A. Lightfoot..Wife..34..OH..Keep House
John W. Lightfoot..Son..9..MI
Adelbert B. Lightfoot..Son..7..MI
Florus L. Lightfoot..Son..5..MI
Byron R. Lightfoot..Son..3..MI
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 13 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 106, Family 132
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 29 years
Jacob Lightfoot..Head..Jan 1847..53..OH..Farmer
Nancy A. Lightfoot..Wife..Dec 1845..54..OH..7/6
Adelbert B. Lightfoot..Son..May 1873..27..MI..County School Commissioner
Florus C. Lightfoot..Son..Oct 1875..25..MI..Railroad Laborer
Jacob Lightfoot..Son..May 1881..19..MI..Railroad Laborer
Cyrus E. Lightfoot..Son..Jun 1885..14..MI..Farm Laborer
Louis Lightfoot..Son..May 1888..12..MI..Farm Laborer
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Name: Jacob B. Lightfoot
Age (Expanded): 24 years
Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: America
Spouse's Name: Nancy Amos
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 23 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1847
Spouse's Birthplace: America
Event Date: 02 Oct 1870
Event Place: Casco, Allegan, Michigan
GS Film number: 2342451
Digital Folder Number: 4208125
Image Number: 558
Reference ID: v 1 p 17 rn 827

Citing this Record:
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7J-1LX : 4 December 2014), Jacob B. Lightfoot and Nancy Amos, 02 Oct 1870; citing Casco, Allegan, Michigan, v 1 p 17 rn 827, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,451.
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Source: Anna Weborg-Fraser, 25 Aug 2008, E-mail
(Regarding a question of why Jacob Lightfoot moved from Williams County, Ohio to Mecosta County, Michigan)

Brian - I can't say for sure why Jacob came to Mecosta Twp, but I remember a story of Jacob Lightfoot and Haman Amos [presumably a brother of Nancy Ann Amos] scouting as far as Cadillac then coming back to settle in Mecosta County.

Lumbering was HUGE. Most of the men worked in the lumber camps at some time or other. Everyone was a farmer but that area had mostly subsistence farms. They supplemented their incomes by working other jobs

One very large farm that hired day workers (other men in the neighborhood) was the Ladner farm. William Ladner owned a lumbering company also. There was a door and sash company in Big Rapids early on, fed by the timber being harvested in West Michigan. The Muskegon river runs through Mecosta Twp and was the 'avenue' for transporting the logs.

Grand Rapids became the 'furniture city' because of the availability of local materials and Chicago was rebuilt, after the big fire, in large part with lumber from Michigan.

Who knows just why they came, but people were the same then as now with family squabbles and intrigue.

AF
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Source: Anna Weborg-Fraser, 25 Aug 2008, E-mail

Here is the story told to me by Florus Lightfoot, my grandfather and son of Jacob and Nancy. They were both born in Ohio. Nancy was engaged to Jacob's brother, Levi.

Both boys entered the army to serve in the Civil War. (I think the first Ohio volunteers ).
Levi died of measles during the war. I have a picture of the two boys in uniforms.

Jacob brought home Levi's personal effects which included a tintype of Nancy. I have it. Jacob and Nancy (and I think her brother Haman) set out for Michigan in 1870. They were married on the way in Casco, Michigan. They came to Mecosta County and took a farm not far from my husbands great-grandparents, the Ladners.

Jacob died from injuries in a stump pulling machine accident. I have an obit. Nancy died in Lansing, Michigan while living with her son, Ceylon. My mother lived with her for a time so knew her well.

There is a genealogy floating around that names the wrong mother of Jacob B. His mother was Mary Ann Hughes. Apparently, William left her at some point and married a 'Miss Lee'. But Mary Ann was the mother of his children.

Do not hesitate to ask questions. I spent much time listening to stories of my Mother, grandfather, aunts and uncles. I have many cousins and misc. relatives living in Michigan. First cousins and also the children, etc of Jacob and Nancy's other sons.

I hope to help.

Anna
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1 "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 14 January 2021), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7J-1LX : 9 November 2020), Jacob B. Lightfoot and Nancy Amos, 2 Oct 1870; citing Marriage, Casco, Allegan, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208125.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Big Rapids Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 174, p. 34B, family 313, Jacob B. Lightfoot and Nancy Ann Amos; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0594.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 106, p. 7A, dwelling 131, family 132, Jacob B. Lightfoot and Nancy Ann Amos; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Anna Weborg-Fraser to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

5 Michigan State Birth Register, Mecosta County, year ending 31 Dec 1875: p.318, record 58, Florus C. Lightfoot; digital image, (25 Nov 2009).

6 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 106, p. 7A, dwelling 131, family 132; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

7 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 9B, family 145, Jacob Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 August 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

8 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Argentine Township, Genesee County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 7B, 8A, family 175, Adelbert B. Lightfoot and Goldia A. Whitaker; index and images (accessed 4 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 766.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13488740.

10 Karen Valenzuela, "Shearer,Rice,Jones,Zeek,Parks,Lightfoot" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=karensu; Updated: 2009-06-20 20:59:10 UTC (Sat)).

11 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Brady Township, Williams County, Ohio, p. 5A, dwelling 76, family 78; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 741.

12 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Brady Township, Williams County, Ohio, p. 13A, dwelling 184, family 186; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 741.

13 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Brady Township, Williams County, Ohio, p. 158A, dwelling 514, family 499, William Lightfoot and Mary Ann Hughes; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1052.

14 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, p. 21, dwelling 161, family 165, Jacob Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 706.

15 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13488711.

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