Individual Details
William LIGHTER
(8 Oct 1855 - 13 Feb 1939)
Events
| Birth | 8 Oct 1855 | Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Nov 1880 | Grundy, Iowa, United States - Alicia Melinda RALSTON | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1885 | a 29 year old male farmer born in Illinois and was listed as William E. Lighter - Clay Township, Grundy County, Iowa |  | | |
| Residence | 1 Jun 1900 | a 44 year old male farmer born in Illinois and was listed as William Lighter - Fairview Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 18 Apr 1910 | a 54 year old male farmer born in Illinois and was listed as William E. Lighter - Richland Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 9 Mar 1920 | a 64 year old male farmer born in Illinois and was listed as William E. Lighter - Richland Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jul 1925 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 10 Apr 1930 | a 74 year old male born in Kansas and was listed as William E. Lighter - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Death | 13 Feb 1939 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Alicia Melinda RALSTON (1857 - 1935) |
| Child | Roy Bertram LIGHTER (1881 - 1918) |
| Child | Philip J. LIGHTER (1883 - 1968) |
| Child | William Earl LIGHTER (1886 - 1934) |
| Child | Sarah Jane LIGHTER (1887 - 1975) |
| Child | Curt Nelson LIGHTER (1890 - 1975) |
| Child | Ray Kenneth LIGHTER (1892 - 1959) |
| Child | Ruth Elva LIGHTER (1894 - 1900) |
| Child | John Ralston LIGHTER (1897 - 1954) |
| Child | Fredrick Ellis LIGHTER (1899 - 1974) |
| Child | Grace Alice LIGHTER (1901 - 1985) |
| Father | Jacob LIGHTER ( - ) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann STRICKLER ( - ) |
Notes
Residence
William E. Lighter was listed on the 1885 census as a 29 year old farmer born in Illinois.Residence
William Lighter was listed on the 1900 census as a 47 year old male born in Illinois. Living in his household was his wife of 19 years, Alice and his children, Roy B, Phillip J, William E., Sarah J., Nelson, Ray F., John R. and Frederick E.Residence
William Lighter was listed on the 1910 census as a 54 year old male farmer who was born in Illinois. Living in his household were his wife, Alice, and children Sarah, Curt, Ray, John, Frederic and Grace.Residence
William E. Lighter was listed on the 1920 census as a 64 year old male farmer who was born in Illinois.Residence
W. E. Lighter was listed on the 1925 Kansas census. He was living in Dodge city with his wife, Alice, son Fred, and daughter Grace.Residence
William E. Ralston was listed on the 1930 census in Dodge City as a 74 year old male born in Illinois. Living in his household were his wife, Alice M. and daughter, Grace.Endnotes
1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2016), memorial for William Emery Lighter (1855-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #141852841, created by Tim Tompkins, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, William Emery Lighter.
2. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (http://familysearch.org: FamilySearch)
3. Marriage Records, 1880-1951, Alice Ralston, 20 Nov 1880; database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.
5. 1885 Iowa State Census, Grundy County, Iowa, Iowa State Census, Clay Township, Grundy County, Iowa, page 121, Lighter, Willia E.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017).
6. 1900 U.S.Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Fairview Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 50, sheet 1A, household 2, William Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA T623.
7. 1910 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Richland Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 49, Sheet 5A, household 74, William Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624.
8. 1920 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Richland Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 256, sheeg 2B, household 34, William E. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
9. 1925 Kansas Census, Ford County Kansas, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, household 1001, Alice M Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017).
10. 1930 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kanss, ED 9, sheet 8B, household 192, William E. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA T626.
11. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2016), memorial for William Emery Lighter (1855-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #141852841, created by Tim Tompkins, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, William Emery Lighter.
12. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2016), memorial for William Emery Lighter (1855-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #141852841, created by Tim Tompkins, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, William Emery Lighter.