Isaac D. Lightfoot ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1812, Maryland, United States. ⁷ This birth year was referenced by his age of 48 on the 1860 census.

2. 1820 US Census, August 1820, Washington Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ¹⁰ 1820 US Census
Page 274, Roll 93
Washington Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Male under 10..(probably Isaac, 7)

(Living with parents.)

3. 1830 US Census, June 1830, Clinton Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ¹¹ 1830 US Census
Page 28
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Male 15-20..(probably Isaac Lightfoot, 17)

(Living with parents.)

4. 1840 US Census, June 1840, Clinton Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1840 US Census
Page 10, Roll 432
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Male 20-30..Isaac Lightfoot..Head..(age 26)

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

5. 1850 US Census, 24 October 1850, Franklin Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. ⁶ 1850 US Census
Page 398, Family 205
Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..36..MD..Farmer

(Living with wife and 8 children.)

6. 1860 US Census, 3 July 1860, Center Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States. ⁷ 1860 US Census
Page 131, Family 1033, Roll 275
Center Township, La Porte County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..48..MD..Farmer

(Living with wife and 8 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 25 July 1813, then his age should have been 46 instead of 48.

7. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Hurricane Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁸ 1870 US Census
Page 27, Family 194, Roll 766
Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot..57..MD..Farmer

(Living with wife and 1 son, Thomas.)

8. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Wood Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 341A, District 143, Dwelling 5, Roll 0678
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot..Head..67..MD..Farmer

(Living with wife, married son Aaron and his family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 25 Jul 1813, then his age should have been 66 instead of 67.

9. Cemetery: Hickory Ridge Cemetery, After 13 March 1895, Dykes, Texas, Missouri, United States. ⁹ Isaac and his wife, Lydia, share one common gravestone in Hickory Ridge Cemetery which is a short vaulted top column of white and gray streaked marble that sits atop a small concrete base. The inscription on his side reads "Isaac D. Lightfoot, Born July 25, 1813, Died Mar. 13, 1895, Aged 82y 7m 23d". The monument engraver miscalculated the age because given those dates, his age should have been 81 years, 7 months, 16 days.

Find A Grave Memorial #55699068
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Isaac married Lydia Jones, daughter of Joseph Jones and Christiana Von Strawn, on 11 July 1836 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States.^{1 2 3} (Lydia Jones was born on 22 November 1813 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,^{2 3 6 8 12} died on 5 September 1902 in Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, United States ³ and was buried after 5 September 1902 in Dykes, Texas, Missouri, United States ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 11 July 1836, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ¹

2. 1840 US Census, June 1840, Clinton Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1840 US Census
Page 10, Roll 432
Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

2 Males under 5..(probably Martin, son, age 3; Joseph, son, age 1)
1 Male 5-10..(probably Jacob, son, age 6)
1 Male 20-30..Isaac Lightfoot..Head..(age 26)

1 Female 20-30..(probably Lydia, wife, age 27)

3. 1850 US Census, 24 October 1850, Franklin Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. ⁶ 1850 US Census
Page 398, Family 205
Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..36..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..36..PA
Jacob Lightfoot..16..OH
Martin Lightfoot.13..OH
Joseph Lightfoot..11..OH
Eli Lightfoot..8..OH
Enoch Lightfoot..6..OH
Pheba Lightfoot..4..IN
Isaac Lightfoot..3..IN
Thomas Lightfoot..2m..IN

4. 1860 US Census, 3 July 1860, Center Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States. ⁷ 1860 US Census
Page 131, Family 1033, Roll 275
Center Township, La Porte County, Indiana
Isaac Lightfoot..48..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..47..PA
Jacob Lightfoot..26..OH..Farmer
Eli Lightfoot..18..OH..Farmer
Eurah Lightfoot..16..OH..Farmer
Phebe Lightfoot..14..OH
Isaac Lightfoot..12..IN
Thomas Lightfoot..9..OH
Aron Lightfoot..8..OH
King A. Lightfoot..5..OH

NOTE - The only names missing were Martin and Joseph Lightfoot who were either living elsewhere or could have died between 1850 and 1860. King's name is misspelled on almost all indexes as "Kiny".
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5. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Hurricane Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁸ 1870 US Census
Page 27, Family 194, Roll 766
Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot..57..MD..Farmer
Lydia Lightfoot..57..PA..Keeping House
Thomas Lightfoot..19..IN..Laborer

NOTE - Missing from the household are Aaron and King Lightfoot both of whom seem to be found nearby at the home of Jct. P. Shannon and his family.

6. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Wood Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 341A, District 143, Dwelling 5, Roll 0678
Wood Township, Carroll County, Missouri
Isaac Lightfoot...Head..67..MD..Farmer
Lidy Lightfoot..Wife..66..PA..Keeps House
Aaron Lightfoot..Son..27..IN..Farmer
Martha Lightfoot..Daughter-in-Law..20..IL..Keeps House
Elery P. Lightfoot..Grandson..1..MO..At Home

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Isaac Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jul 1836
Event Place: Wayne, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Lydia Jones

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDJ-897 : 10 February 2018), Isaac Lightfoot and Lydia Jones, 11 Jul 1836; citing Marriage, Wayne, Ohio, United States, 211, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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They maintained residences in:
Wayne County, Ohio (1834-1842)
Kosciusko County, Indiana (1848-1850)
La Porte County, Indiana (1846-1860)
Carroll County, Missouri (1870-1880)
Texas County, Missouri (1895)
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The question of why Isaac moved his family from Indiana to Carroll County, Missouri might have something to do with his niece, Mary Ann Lightfoot and her husband, Ira Jett Dye.

Mary Ann lived in neighboring Porter County, Indiana right next to La Porte County so perhaps they frequently visited each other's families. One of Mary Ann's children, Delos Dye, is known to be buried in Carroll County Missouri where he had met and married his wife who was born in Carroll County. So the question arises if Mary Ann and husband, Ira Dye, ever moved to Carroll County at some point in time. Their exact burial locations are not known.

Her son, Delos Dye, may have moved there all by himself, but it seems more than coincidence that he ended up in the same location as his granduncle Isaac D. Lightfoot. Isaac didn't move to Carroll County until some time after 1864 and Delos Dye wasn't born until 1863. There must be a close family tie there somehow.

In March 2013, the great-great-grandson of Isaac D. Lightfoot, Richard D. Lightfoot who lives in Plymouth, Indiana, said that Isaac's son, Martin, had a girlfriend and he decided to stay in LaPorte, Indiana while the rest of the family moved to northern Missouri. And that is why there are many Lightfoots in northern Indiana today.

However, Martin alone was not responsible for the Lightfoots in northern Indiana. It was because of the 3 brothers, Daniel, John, and Martin's father, Isaac Lightfoot, who all had moved from Wayne County, Ohio to northern Indiana.

Daniel moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana sometime between 1840 and 1850.

John moved to Porter County, Indiana sometime between 1840 and 1842.

Isaac moved to La Porte County, Indiana sometime between 1844 and 1846.
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