Maud Eleanor Kelly ^{1 2 3 4 7 8}

  General Notes:

Little is known about Maud Kelly. Prior to her marriage to Robert Herman Lightfoot, she was boarding with and working as a servant in the household of his parents. She was listed with the family in the 1900 census in Texas County, Missouri.

She was married to Robert Herman Lightfoot shortly thereafter and must have moved to Craig County, Oklahoma immediately thereafter because her first son, Clifford Ellis Lightfoot, was born there in 1901.

The parents of Robert Herman also moved their entire family from Missouri to Oklahoma so Robert and Maud probably went with them at the same time. They are all found in the 1910 census in Craig County, Oklahoma.

No marriage document has yet been found for Robert and Maud so they might have been married in either Missouri or Oklahoma.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Morris Township, Texas County, MO on 8 June 1900. ⁷

Sheet 7A, District 142, Dwg 65, Family 65, T623-906
Morris Township, Texas County, Missouri
Maud Kelly...Boarder..Mar 1880..20..MO..Servant
(Living as a boarder with Millie Lightfoot and children. Would later marry her son, Herman.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on April 1910. ¹

Sheet 5A, District 30, Household 79
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Maud E. Lightfoot...Wife..30..MO
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on January 1920. ²

page 7B, Family 125
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Home owned no mortgage
Maud Lightfoot...Wife..39..MO
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Tulsa, OK on April 1930. ³

Sheet 4A, roll 1934, Household 88, District 0043
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Maud E. Lightfoot...Wife..50..MO
(Living with husband and youngest son, Orville.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 22 April 1940. ⁴

Sheet 7A, Family 135, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
home owned, value $1000
Residence in 1935: Same House
Maude Eleanor Lightfoot...Wife..60..MO..8th grade..Housekeeper
(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 18 October 1977 in the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita, OK.

Find A Grave Memorial #121692411
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Maud married Robert Herman Lightfoot, son of King Anderson Lightfoot and Amelia Biggs, on 3 February 1900.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} (Robert Herman Lightfoot was born on 17 September 1877 in Carroll County, MO,^{1 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12} died on 1 November 1972 ¹² and was buried after 1 November 1972 in Vinita, OK.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on April 1910. ¹

Sheet 5A, District 30, Household 79
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Robert H. Lightfoot...Head..32..MO
Maud E. Lightfoot...Wife..30..MO
Clifford E. Lightfoot...Son..8..OK
Ruby O. Lightfoot...Dau..6..OK
Oscar Lightfoot...Son..3..OK
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Township 4, Craig County, OK on January 1920. ²

Sheet 7B, District 8, Fam 125
Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma
Home owned no mortgage
Herman Lightfoot...Head..42..MO..County Assessor
Maud Lightfoot...Wife..39..MO
Ellis Lightfoot...Son..17..OK
Olive Lightfoot...Son..16..OK
Oscar Lightfoot...Son..13..OK
Arvol Lightfoot...Son..9..OK
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Tulsa, OK on April 1930. ³

Sheet 4A, roll 1934, Household 88, District 0043
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Herman H. Lightfoot...Head..53..MO
Maud E. Lightfoot...Wife..50..MO
Orville Lightfoot...Son..19..OK
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 22 April 1940. ⁴

Sheet 7A, Family 135, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
home owned, value $1000
Residence in 1935: Same House
Robert Herman Lightfoot...Head..62..??..10th grade..Farmer
Maude Eleanor Lightfoot...Wife..60..MO..8th grade..Housekeeper
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  Marriage Notes:

Herman and Maude were married 3 Feb 1900 and came to the Indian Territories in 1901 in a covered wagon with a coop of chickens tied underneath their wagon and a milk cow tied behind the wagon. They established their home in the community of Kelso. To them were born six children: 2 died in infancy; Clifford Ellis, Don Oscar, Ruby Olive and Kenneth Orville survived. They had 71 years together, all but a few years were spent on their farm at Kelso. They did live a short time in Tulsa.

When Herman was 93, he was still riding the tractor and making garden. Maude was taking care of the house and her chickens. Herman was a farmer-stockman which was his first love. He was also very civic minded, serving on the school board at Kelso, very active in the Odd Fellows Lodge and attended the First Baptist Church regularly until an eye operation did not allow him to drive. He was a Craig county assessor. He held this office from 1917 to 1924. At that time officials were elected every 2 years. A charter member of the NE Electric corp, he was on the original Board of Trustees. He was officer manager of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration's Vinita office. He served on the election board for many years. He passed away at Vinita after a very short illness on Nov 1, 1972 at age 95.
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NOTE - The marriage date of Feb 1900 may be in doubt. The 1900 census which was in June 1900 shows Robert Herman still living at home with his mother in Texas County, Missouri while his father had gone ahead to Oklahoma. Maud Kelly was in the household but was listed as a boarder and servant to the family.
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