Person:Henry Lightfoot (8)

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Henry William Lightfoot
b.29 Dec 1846 Lawrence County, Alabama
d.27 Aug 1901 Skagway, Skagway Borough, Alaska
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m. 3 Nov 1874
  1. Sallie Lee Lightfoot1878 - 1966
  2. Thomas Chenoweth Lightfoot1880 - 1934
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m. 1889
  1. Will Henry Lightfoot1892 - 1979
  2. Henryetta Lightfoot1896 - 1938
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Name[1][2] Henry William Lightfoot
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Dec 1846 Lawrence County, Alabama
Marriage 3 Nov 1874 Lamar County, Texas(his 1st wife)
to Dora Belle Rowell
Marriage 1889 Texas(his 2nd wife)
to Etta J. Wooten
Death[1][2] 27 Aug 1901 Skagway, Skagway Borough, Alaska(while on a business trip; body returned to Texas by train)
Burial[1] Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Henry William Lightfoot

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook of Texas Online.

    c.1863: Served in 11th Alabama Cavalry.

    1872: Moved to Texas, first to Sherman and then to Paris, where he went into partnership with Samuel Bell Maxey.

    1876: Delegate to national Democratic convention in St. Louis.

    1880: Elected to Texas Senate (resigned 1882).

    1888: Delegate to national Democratic convention in St. Louis and seconded the nomination of Grover Cleveland.

    1889: President, Texas State Bar Association.

    1893: Appointed chief justice of the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District.

    1894: Elected to a full term as chief justice. Resigned Oct 1897.

    LIGHTFOOT, HENRY W.

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