Individual Details
Chester Ellis LIGHTER
(28 Jun 1908 - 30 Apr 1969)
Events
| Birth | 28 Jun 1908 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Census | 28 Apr 1910 | a 2 year old male born Kansas and was listed as Chester Lighter - Third Ward, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | Jul 1915 | as a 6 year old male who was listed as Chester E Lighter - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 7 Jan 1920 | a 11 year old son of head of household born KS and was listed as Chester Lighter - Rolla Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Nov 1926 | Adel, Iowa, United States - Golda NORRIE | | ||
| Residence | 5 May 1930 | a 21 year old male farm laborer who was born in Kansas and was listed as Chester Light(n)er - Rolla Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States | | ||
| Residence | 8 Apr 1940 | Enterprise, Ford, Kansas, United States |  | | |
| Military | 23 Dec 1940 | in the National Guard - Dodge City Army Air Field, Kanss | | ||
| Military | Bet 1941 and 1945 | | | ||
| Residence | 13 Dec 1945 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1948 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1952 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Death | 30 Apr 1969 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | 5 May 1969 | Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Religion | member of the Methodist Church | |
Families
| Spouse | Golda NORRIE (1893 - ) |
| Father | Alvin Hamilton LIGHTER (1864 - 1942) |
| Mother | Lida A CRAWFORD (1871 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Ethel Anita LIGHTER (1898 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Oren Wesley LIGHTER (1900 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Arden LIGHTER (1901 - 1957) |
| Sibling | _____ LIGHTER (1903 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Anne Marie LIGHTER (1904 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Alice LIGHTER (1906 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Vera Elma LIGHTER (1911 - 1997) |
Notes
Residence
a 31 year old male employed as a hired hand in the household of Ernest C. Martin and was listed as Chester LighterMilitary
with Dodge City's Company D made up in part by members of Dodge City National GuardsmenEndnotes
1. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Tombstone of Charles E. Lighter (Crawford.KS.150). ()
2. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052 Crawford.KS.092).
3. 1910 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Ward 3, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 46, Sheet 9A, household 6, Alvin H Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624.
4. 1915 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, page 2, line 5, Lighter, A. H.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); Kansas State Historical Society.
5. 1920 U.S. Census, Phelps County, Missouri, population scheudle, Rolla Township, Phelps County, Missouri, ED 74, Sheet 3A, household 51, Alvin H. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
6. Marriage Records, 1880-1951, K C Lighter - Goldie Norrie, 24 Nov 1926; database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017).
7. 1930 U.S. Census, Phelps County, Missouri, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
8. 1940 U. S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Enterprise, Ford County, Kansas, ED 29-13, Sheet 2B, household 34, Chester Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017).
9. Natioanl Archives, "World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database on-line, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017), .
10. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052).
11. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Long TIme Resident Dies" Thursday, Dec. 13, 1945, page 9, col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.053).
12. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Long TIme Resident Dies" Thursday, Dec. 13, 1945, page 9, col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.053).
13. Polk's Rockford (Winnebago County, Ill) City Directory 1948 (Milwaukee, Wis.: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1948), ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ).
14. Polk's Rockford and Loves Park (Winnebago County, Ill.) City Directory 1952 (Milwaukee, Wis.: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1952), p. 336, Chester Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017).
15. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Tombstone of Charles E. Lighter (Crawford.KS.150). ()
16. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052).
17. "Winnebago County, Illinois, Deaths, 1844-1992," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017), Chester Ellis LIghter.
18. Computer Printout for Maple Grove Cemetery (Dodge City, KS: Dodge City, Kansas, 5/29/1985), Rec #12343 lot 5 block 97 EGAR (Crawford.KS.080)
19. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052).
20. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Tombstone of Chester E. Lighter (Crawford.KS.150). ()
21. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online April 2017), memorial for Chester Ellis Lighter (1908-1969), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110359618, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Chester Ellis LIghter.
22. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052).