Eli Lightfoot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
- Born: 25 March 1838, Mount Ayr, IA 2 3 5 6 7
- Marriage (1): Emma Hennick on 1 January 1863 in , Porter County, IN 1 2 3
- Died: 30 November 1900, Hebron, IN at age 62 8
- Buried: After 30 November 1900, Boone Township, Porter, IN
 General Notes:
There is a record of two Lightfoots who served with Company G of the 26th Indiana Infantry. History of La Porte, Indiana and its townships, towns and cities; La Porte County, Indiana: S.E. Taylor & Co., steam printer, 1876, 469 pages; by Jasper Packard. Military Record page 357-359, 87th Regiment - 3 year service; Company G, Private Lightfoot, Eli H.; Discharged 29 Mar 1863. Also includes Company G, Private Lightfoot, Enoch; Died at Stevenson, Alabama, 10 Oct 1863. Eli and Enoch were first cousins.
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Death Notes:
Porter County Death Index, 1884-1927
Name: Lightfoot, Eli
Date of Death: 11/30/1900
Age: 62 years, 8 months, 15 days old
Place of Birth: Ohio
Place of Death: Hebron
Father: JohnLightfoot, Sr.
Mother: - - - - Shreves
Burial: Boone Township
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Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Pleasant Township, Porter County, IN on 6 September 1850. 5
1850 US Census
Page 122A, Roll 165, Dwelling 323, Family 323
Pleasant Township, Porter County, Indiana
Eli Lightfoot..12..OH
(Living with father and stepmother.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 13 September 1860. 6
1860 US Census
Page 150, Roll 289, Dwelling 1131, Family 1098
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Eli Lightfoot..22..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living at the home of his married sister, Lydia, and her husband who lived right next to her parents' farm.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 28 June 1870. 7
1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 161, Family 157
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Eli Lightfoot..32..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Ringgold County, IA on 25 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census
Page 19A, T9-0362
Washington Township, Ringgold County, Iowa
Eli Lightfoot..Head..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Hebron, IN on 2 June 1900. 3
1900 US Census
Page 3A, District 79, Dwelling 52, Family 52
Hebron, Porter County, Indiana
home owned no mortgage
married 37 years
Eli Lightfoot..Head..Mar 1838..62..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with wife and 1 son.)
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• He was buried after 30 November 1900 in the Hebron Cemetery in Boone Township, Porter, IN.
Eli married Emma Hennick on 1 January 1863 in , Porter County, IN.1 2 3 (Emma Hennick was born in January 1842 in Canada 2 3 7 and died after 1 June 1900.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 28 June 1870. 7
1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 161, Family 157
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Eli Lightfoot..32..OH..Farmer
Emma Lightfoot..28..CAN..Keeping House
Alvin Lightfoot..7..IN
Agnes Lightfoot..4..IN
Ella Lightfoot..2..IN
Franklin Lightfoot..6m..IN..Born in Feb
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Ringgold County, IA on 25 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census
Page 19A, T9-0362
Washington Township, Ringgold County, Iowa
Eli Lightfoot..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Emma Lightfoot..Wife..38..CAN..Keeping House
Alvin Lightfoot..Son..16..IN
Agnes Lightfoot..Dau..14..IN..At School
Franklin Lightfoot..Son..10..IN..At School
Samuel Lightfoot..Son..6..IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Hebron, IN on 2 June 1900. 3
1900 US Census
Page 3A, District 79, Dwelling 52, Family 52
Hebron, Porter County, Indiana
home owned no mortgage
married 37 years
Eli Lightfoot..Head..Mar 1838..62..OH..Farm Laborer
Emma Lightfoot..Wife..Jan 1842..75(57?)..CAN..Imm 1854..8/6
Charles Lightfoot..Son..Nov 1882..17..IA..Farm Laborer
NOTE - Emma had indicated a total of 8 children with 6 still alive. I know of only 7 total names so there might be a missing one that died early in infancy. Of the 2 children that would have died before the 1900 census, it is highly probably that Ella had already died because she was not listed with the family in the 1880 census when she would have been about 12 years old. The other name probably be the infant that died early. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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