Florus Corwin Lightfoot

Florus Corwin Lightfoot
(1875-1964)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bertha Louella Miller

Florus Corwin Lightfoot ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³

Born: 11 February 1875, Big Rapids, MI ¹ ² ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³
Marriage (1): Bertha Louella Miller on 30 November 1904 in Big Rapids, MI ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 2 March 1964, Stanwood, MI at age 89 ⁵ ⁶ ¹³
Buried: After 2 March 1964, Ladner Cemetery, Stanwood, MI ¹³

bullet Birth Notes:

Name: Florus C. Lightfoot
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1875
Birthplace: Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan
Father's Name: Jacob Lightfoot
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Nancy Amos
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Record Number: 142
Reference ID: item 2 p 318 rn 58

Citing this Record
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQHY-VSF : 12 August 2019), Nancy Amos in entry for Florus C. Lightfoot, 11 Feb 1875; citing item 2 p 318 rn 58, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,447.
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bullet Burial Notes:

Buried Section B, Block 4, Lot 2
Find A Grave Memorial #13488691
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LADNER CEMETERY
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
The Ladner Cemetery is located in Section 10 of Mecosta Township on the north east corner of Hayes Road and 205th Avenue. this is about 3/4 of a mile west of old U.S. 131 in Rogers Heights.

HISTORY
William Ladner was born in Cornwall County, England on 1 NOV 1834, son of James and Jane Ladner. His parents and eight children came to America in 1851. They settled on a farm located in Kent County, Michigan.

In 1856 William Ladner settled on an eighty acre timbered tract of land in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, and thereafter purchased land in Mecosta Township until he owned 440 acres. In 1876 and again in 1880 he was elected Probate Judge and was known as Honorable William Ladner.

On October 2, 1875, William Ladner and his wife Lucy A. Ladner, deeded by warranty deed, two and one half acres of land to the Township of Mecosta, for the sum of $75.00. The deed is recorded in Libre 22, page 192, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecosta County, Michigan.

The parcel of land is described as a square parcel containing two and one half acres out of the southwest corner of the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 10 of Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, for the purpose of a cemetery.

William Ladner and his wife, Lucy A. Ladner, are buried in the cemetery. The cemetery has been known as Ladner Cemetery since the land was deeded by William Ladner and wife to Mecosta Township.

Mecosta Township presently contracts mowing from its own employees and uses Moore's Cemetery Service for burials. In the past, numerous township residents have served as sexton of the Ladner Cemetery. Some of these people are: Walter Ladner, Florus Lightfoot, Steven J. McGorman, L. B. Wilkinson, Thomas McGorman, Henry Osborne, and Wilson Wilkinson, many of whom are buried in the cemetery.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 11 February 1875, in Big Rapids, MI. ⁸

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Big Rapids Township, Mecosta, MI on 22 June 1880. ¹⁰

1880 US Census
Page 34B, District 174, Family 313, Roll 0594
Big Rapids Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Florus L. Lightfoot..Son..5..MI

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 13 June 1900. ¹⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 106, Family 132
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Farm owned, with mortgage
Florus C. Lightfoot..Son..Feb 1875..25..MI..Railroad Laborer

(Living with parents.)
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• He resided in , Mecosta County, MI on 30 November 1904.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 26 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 129, Family 117
Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
Married 5 years
Florus Lightfoot..Head..35..Farmer, Gen. Farming

(Living with wife and 2 daughters.)
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• His occupation on 12 September 1918 was a Farming in Big Rapids, MI. ⁹

• He resided at RFD 3 on 12 September 1918 in Big Rapids, MI.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Big Rapids, MI.

Name: Florus Corwin Lightfoot
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1875
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Stanwood, MI on 10 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 245, Family 36, Roll 784
Stanwood, Mecosta County, Michigan
Farm owned, with mortgage
Flonie Lightfoot..Self..44..MI..Farmer, General farm

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 21, Family 68, Roll 1011
Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
Home owned
Floris C. Lightfoot..Head..54..Michigan..married at age 29..Farmer, General Farming

(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Feb 1875, then his age should have been 55 instead of 54.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 6 April 1940. ¹²

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 54-20, Family 27, Roll 1788
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home owned, $200
Florus Lightfoot..Head..65..MI..2 yrs college..Farm Hand..earned $112 in 1939
William Schort..Son-in-law..37..MI..7th grade..Laborer, WPA..earned $427 in 1939
Susanna Schort..Daughter..24..MI..7th grade
Charles Schort..Grandson..7..MI..1st grade
Grace Schort..Granddaughter..6..MI
Bernice Schort..Granddaughter..2..MI

(Florus was living with his married daughter, Susanna, and her family.)
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• He resided in Walled Lake, MI in 1961.
His brother John's obituary in 1961 mentioned that Florus was from Walled Lake, Michigan.

Florus married Bertha Louella Miller, daughter of David K. Miller and Susannah Burr, on 30 November 1904 in Big Rapids, MI.¹ ² ³ ⁴ The marriage ended in divorce. (Bertha Louella Miller was born on 20 August 1886 in , Wells County, IN,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ¹⁵ died on 3 July 1972 in Fremont, MI ⁶ ¹⁵ and was buried after 3 July 1972 in Ladner Cemetery, Stanwood, MI ¹⁵.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 30 November 1904, in Big Rapids, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on 26 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 129, Family 117
Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
Married 5 years
Florus Lightfoot..Head..35..Farmer, Gen. Farming
Bertha Lightfoot..Wife..23..3/2
Mary Lightfoot..Daughter..3
Martha Lightfoot..Daughter..11m
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Stanwood, MI on 10 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 245, Family 36, Roll 784
Stanwood, Mecosta County, Michigan
Farm owned, with mortgage
Flonie Lightfoot..Self..44..MI..Farmer, General farm
Bertha L. Lightfoot..Wife..33..IN
Mary E. Lightfoot..Daughter..13..MI
Matilda L. Lightfoot..Daughter..10..MI
David Lightfoot..Son..9..MI
Robert M. Lightfoot..Son..5..MI
Susanna B. Lightfoot...Daughter..4..MI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, MI on April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 21, Family 68, Roll 1011
Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
Home owned
Floris C. Lightfoot..Head..54..Michigan..married at age 29..Farmer, General Farming
Bertha .L Lightfoot..Wife..43..Indiana..married at age 18
Robert M. Lightfoot..Son..16..Michigan
Suseanna Lightfoot..Daughter..15..Michigan
Erskine Lightfoot..Son..3..Michigan
Alice Lightfoot..Daughter..2..Michigan
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• Florus Corwin Lightfoot and Bertha Louella Miller were divorced before 1942.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Name: Florus C Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Nov 1904
Event Place: Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 29y
Birth Date: 1875
Birthplace: Michigan
Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1904
Marriage Place: Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan
Father's Name: Jacob Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Nancy Amos
Spouse's Name: Bertha L. Miller
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1886
Spouse's Birthplace: Indiana
Spouse's Father's Name: David R. Miller
Spouse's Mother's Name: Susanna Burr
Source Reference: v 3 p 278 1/2 rn 3276

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36D-G6Q : 9 November 2020), Florns C. Lightfoot and Bertha L. Miller, 30 Nov 1904; citing Marriage, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208676.
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1 "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 18 January 2021), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36D-G6Q : 9 November 2020), Florns C. Lightfoot and Bertha L. Miller, 30 Nov 1904; citing Marriage, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208676.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, family 117, Florus Corwin Lightfoot and Bertha Louella Miller; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 August 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Stanwood, Mecosta County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 245, sheet 2B, family 36, Florus Corwin Lightfoot and Bertha Louella Miller; index and images (accessed 10 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 784.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States, enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 3B, family 68, Florus Corwin Lightfoot and Bertha Louella Miller; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 August 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1011.

5 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)).

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

7 "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675348 : accessed 24 August 2020), Florus C. Lightfoot, 1875.

8 "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 August 2020); Florus C. Lightfoot, 11 Feb 1875; citing item 2 p 318 rn 58, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,447.

9 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 February 2021); Florus Corwin Lightfoot, 1917-1918.

10 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.

11 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.

12 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 54-20, sheet 1B, household 27, Florus Corwin Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1788.

13 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=13488691.

14 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.

15 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 25 August 2020, memorial page for Bertha Louella Miller Bogart (20 Aug 1886-3 Jul 1972), Find a Grave Memorial no. 36950593, citing Ladner Cemetery, Stanwood, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

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