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Isaac D. Lightfoot
(1813-1895)
Lydia Jones
(1813-1902)
Joseph K. Spitler
(1814-1887)
Elizabeth Bannister
(1812-1889)
Martin Van Buren Lightfoot
(1837-1888)
Barbara Caroline Spitler
(1835-1874)
Merrit D. Lightfoot
(1863-1904)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Allie G. Clark

Merrit D. Lightfoot 2 3 4 5

  • Born: July 1863, Indiana 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Allie G. Clark on 3 April 1894 in , Saint Joseph County, IN 1 2
  • Died: 27 August 1904, Lakeville, IN at age 41 5 6
  • Buried: After 27 August 1904, Lakeville, IN 5
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Union Township, Saint Joseph County, IN on 6 July 1870. 3

Page 5, Dwg 33, Family 33
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Merritt Lightfoot...6..IN
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union Township, Saint Joseph County, IN on June 1880. 4

Page 547D, Roll 0309
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Merritt Lightfoot...Son..16..IN..Laborer
(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Union Township, Saint Joseph County, IN on 4 June 1900. 2

Page 4B, District 138, Dwelling 72, Family 74
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
house rented
married 6 years
Merret Lightfoot...Head..Jul 1863..36..IN..Day Laborer
(Living with wife and 3 sons.)
.



• He was buried after 27 August 1904 in the Lakeville Cemetery in Lakeville, IN.

Find A Grave Memorial #106702861
. 5


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Merrit married Allie G. Clark, daughter of David Clark and Henrietta, on 3 April 1894 in , Saint Joseph County, IN.1 2 (Allie G. Clark was born in November 1872 in Indiana,2 7 8 9 10 11 died in 1949 in Lakeville, IN 11 and was buried in 1949 in Lakeville, IN 11.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Union Township, Saint Joseph County, IN on 4 June 1900. 2

Page 4B, District 138, Dwelling 72, Family 74
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
house rented
married 6 years
Merret Lightfoot...Head..Jul 1863..36..IN..Day Laborer
Sallie G. Lightfoot...Wife..Nov 1872..27..IN..3/3
Nelson Lightfoot...Son..May 1894..6..IN
Andrew M. Lightfoot...Son..Jul 1896..3..IN
Edward Lightfoot...Son..Aug 1898..1..IN
.


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Sources


1 "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 16 May 2014); Name: Merritt D Lightfoot; Spouse's Name: Allie Clark; Event Date: 03 Apr 1894; Event Place:, St Joseph, Indiana.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 138, p. 4B, dwelling 72, family 74, Merrit D. Lightfoot and Allie G. Clark; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, p. 5, dwelling 33, family 33; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, p. 547D, Martin Van Buren Lightfoot and Eliza Jane Spitler; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0309.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106702861.

6 "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947977 : accessed 16 May 2014), Name: Merit Lightfoot; Event Date: 27 Aug 1904; Event Place: Indiana, Indiana.

7 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 195, sheet 3A, family 47, Allie G. Clark; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

8 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 215, sheet 1A, family 2, Allie G. Clark; index and images (accessed 16 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

9 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 0095, sheet 5B, family 109, Andrew M. Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 628.

10 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Liberty Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 71-11, sheet 9B, household 178, Allie G. Lightfoot (Clark); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1092.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106702729.


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