Clara May Lightfoot ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Clara M. Lightfoot
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: Apr 1869
Event Place: Mifflin Township, Richland, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Mifflin, Richland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Robert Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Anna Millhouse
Reference ID: v 1 p 237
Record Number: 207

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDRB-73K : 18 May 2020), Anna Millhouse in entry for Clara M. Lightfoot, 1859.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 30 April 1869, in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 30 June 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 11, Family 76, Roll 1261
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
Clara Lightfoot..1..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on June 1880. ⁹

1880 US Census
Page 110B, District 92, Roll 1131
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Clara M. Lightfoot..Daughter..10..PA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on 13 June 1900. ¹⁰

1900 US Census
Sheet 12A, Family 283, District 24
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
56 East Main Street
Barbara A. Hollar..Head..79..PA
Clara M. Rhone..Servant..Apr 1869..31..OH..5/5..Widowed
Violet R. Rhone..Daughter..Dec 1899..5m..PA

(Clara was widowed and living with her new born daughter at the home of Barbara Hollar.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, Family 176, District 35
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Clara M. Forsythe..Wife..40..OH

(Living with 2nd husband, 5 children, and 1 stepson.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 36, Family 116
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Clara Forsythe..Wife..50..OH

(Living with 2nd husband, 4 children, and widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on 29 April 1940. ¹¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 22A,, District 21-48 Family 509, Roll 3479
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same House
117 South Pennsylvania Avenue; house rented $10
Clara Forsyth..Wife..70..OH..8th grade..Sewing Project, WPA..earned $480 in 1939

(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 20 November 1961 in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Shippensburg, PA.

Plot: Section 3.6

Find A Grave Memorial #51849292
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Clara married Jacob Harvey Rhone, son of John Rhone and Catherine Sarah Clemson, on 24 December 1885 in Shippensburg, PA.^{1 2} (Jacob Harvey Rhone was born on 15 September 1864 in Greene Township, Franklin, PA,² died on 5 August 1899 in Chambersburg, PA ¹ and was buried on 7 August 1899 in Mont Alto, PA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 24 December 1885, in Shippensburg, PA. ²

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Jacob H Rhone
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Dec 1885
Event Place: Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place (Original): Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
Father's Name: Jno Rhone
Mother's Name: Sarah Rhone
Spouse's Name: Clara May Lightfoot
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1868
Spouse's Father's Name: Robt Lightfoot
Spouse's Mother's Name: Marjt A Lightfoot
Page: 79
Record Number: 128

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHND-CZD : 5 August 2020), Marjt A Lightfoot in entry for Jacob H Rhone and Clara May Lightfoot, 24 Dec 1885; citing Marriage, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
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Clara next married Charles Samuel Forsythe, son of William Forsythe and Anna M. Campbell, on 24 February 1903 in Shippensburg, PA.^{1 3 4 5} (Charles Samuel Forsythe was born on 31 March 1870 in , Franklin County, PA,^{4 5 11 13 14} died on 28 September 1949 in Pennsylvania ^{13 14} and was buried after 28 September 1949 in Shippensburg, PA ^{13 14}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on April 1910. ⁴

Sheet 7A, Family 176, District 35
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Charles S. Forsythe...Head..40..PA
Clara M. Forsythe...Wife..40..OH
Russel R. Forsythe...Son..12..PA
Ruth R. Forsythe...Dau..10..PA
Laura M. Forsythe...Dau..7..PA
Frederick W. Forsythe...Son..4..PA
Dorothy E. Forsythe...Dau..1y 3m..PA
Lloyd R. Forsythe...Son..17..PA

NOTE - Russel and Ruth Forsythe were actually children from Clara's 1st marriage to Jacob Rhone. Their surnames should have been listed as Rhone instead of Forsythe. Lloyd Forsythe was a son from Charles' first marriage.
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on January 1920. ⁵

Sheet 5A, family 116, District 36
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Chas. Forsythe...Head..49..PA
Clara Forsythe...Wife..50..OH
Laura Forsythe...Dau..16..PA
W. Fred Forsythe...Son..12..PA
Dorthy Forsythe...Dau..10..PA
Ruth Rhone...StepDau..20..PA
Margaret Lightfoot...MothrL..76..PA
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on 29 April 1940. ¹¹

Sheet 22A, Family 509, District 21-48, Roll 3479
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same House
117 South Pennsylvania Avenue; house rented $10
Head..Charles Forsyth..70..PA..8th grade..Laborer, Road Construction..earned $270 in 1939
Wife..Clara Forsyth..70..OH..8th grade..Sewing Project, WPA..earned $480 in 1939
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  Marriage Notes:

Not found in the 1930 US Census
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