Robert Lee Lightfoot ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

No middle name for Robert has ever been documented but some researchers say that it was the same as his son, Robert Lee Lightfoot.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Greene Township, Franklin, PA on 10 September 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 207B, Family 495
Green Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Robert Lightfoot..8..PA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on June 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 872, Family 196
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Robert Lightfoot..20..PA..Day Laborer

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 2 Feb 1841, then his age should have been 19 instead of 20.
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• He 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
Robert Lightfoot..29..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 110B, District 92, Roll 1131
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Robert Lightfoot..Head..39..PA..Wagon Maker

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on 4 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 53, Family 36
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 32 years
Rob Lightfoot..Head..Feb 1841..59..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife, 1 daughter, 3 grandsons, and 1 granddaughter.)
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• Death Image: Image, on 13 February 1908, in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA.

• He was buried after 13 February 1908 in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Scotland, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #84071408
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Robert married Margaret Ann Millhouse, daughter of John Millhouse and Mary Ann Rheem, on 7 July 1868 in Chambersburg, PA.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Margaret Ann Millhouse was born on 23 February 1844 in Pennsylvania,^{1 2 4 8 11 12} died on 22 October 1929 ¹³ and was buried after 22 October 1929 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Scotland, PA ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They 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
Robert Lightfoot..29..PA..Farmer
Ann Lightfoot..26..PA..Keeping House
Clara Lightfoot..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 110B, District 92, Roll 1131
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Robert Lightfoot..Head..39..PA..Wagon Maker
Margaret Lightfoot..Wife..36..PA..Keeping House
Clara M. Lightfoot..Daughter..10..PA
Robert L. Lightfoot..Son..7..PA
John S. Lightfoot..Son..6..PA
Ellie M. Lightfoot..Daughter..4..PA
Stewart O. Lightfoot..Son..1..PA

NOTE - If their daughter, Cora, was born 21 Feb 1880, then she should have been listed on the census. I suspect that her birthdate is incorrect and was probably born later in the year.
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on 4 June 1900. ¹⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 53, Family 36
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 32 years
Rob Lightfoot..Head..Feb 1841..59..PA..Farmer
Margaret A. Lightfoot..Wife..Feb 1844..56..PA..9/7
Bertie Lightfoot..Daughter..Sep 1883..16..PA
Harvey R. Rhone..Grandson..Jan 1887..13..PA
Mary B. Rhone..Granddaughter..Nov 1889..10..PA
Robert L. Rhone..Grandson..Jun 1891..8..PA
Russell B. Rhone..Grandson..May 1897..3..PA

NOTE - It is interesting that Margaret reported 9 total children as this number would include their first daughter, Laura, who was born illegitimate and raised by Margaret's parents. Of the 2 children reported as having already died, those would include James who had died as an infant in 1871 and John who had recently died in 1897.

Their daughter, Clara May Lightfoot's husband, Jacob Rhone, had just died in 1899. This is why the Rhone children were all living with their maternal grandparents. Clara was boarding in a house in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and was with her 5 month old daughter, Ruth Violet Rhone. She was remarried in 1904 to Charles Forsythe.
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  Marriage Notes:

Researcher Sandra Crane indicates the marriage date is actually 7 Jul 1868 instead of the date of 7 Jul 1862 that some other researchers occasionally show. She supplies a copy of the marriage certificate signed by the officiating minister proving the date of July 1868. That date of 1868 then explains the possibility that their first daughter, Laura, was probably an illegitimate birth in 1863, and she was actually raised by her grandparents. The daughter, Laura, was never enumerated in any census as living with her parents.
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After finally being married in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in Jul 1868, Robert and Margaret immediately moved to Richland County, Ohio where their next three children were born. At that same time, his brother, James Lightfoot, was also living in Richland County, Ohio. In fact, when their first son was born in Ohio in 1871, they named him James W. Lightfoot, probably in honor of Robert's brother. But around 1873, the family moved back to Franklin County, Pennsylvania where their remaining 5 children were born and raised.
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Name: Robert Lightfoot
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Southampton, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place (Original): Southampton, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Wagon Maker
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 110
Person Number: 0
Volume: 1


HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Robert LightfootSelfM39Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret LightfootWifeF36Pennsylvania, United States
Clara M LightfootDaughterF10Pennsylvania, United States
Robert L LightfootSonM7Pennsylvania, United States
John S LightfootSonM6Pennsylvania, United States
Ellie M LightfootDaughterF4Pennsylvania, United States
Stewart O LightfootSonM1Pennsylvania, United States

District: ED 92
Page 110B, District 92, Roll 1131
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