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INDIANA GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
RUSH COUNTY,
INDIANA
HISTORY &
GENEALOGY
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY
of
RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA
Edited by
A. L. Gary and E. B. Thomas
Rushville, Inc.
In Two Volumes
Illustrated
Volume II
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1921
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FRED W.
LIGHTFOOT, president of the Falmouth Bank at
Falmouth, and also well known as a farmer and
stockraiser in Rush county, and in various ways
identified with interests of importance, was born in
Washington township, this county, June 16, 1875, son and
only child of Alfred C. and Flora (McCrady)
Lightfoot. Alfred C. Lightfoot was born in
1824, in Pendleton county, Kentucky, and was six years
old when he accompanied his parents, William B. and
Elizabeth Lightfoot, to Indiana. William B.
Lightfoot entered eighty acres of Government land in
Washington township, Rush county, journeying to
Indianapolis on horseback in order to make the entry.
He did not long survive pioneer hardships, dying before
he had completed the erection of his log cabin. He
and his wife Elizabeth had two children,
Alfred C. and Lucinda, the latter of whom died
unmarried at the age of twenty-seven years.
Alfred C. Lightfoot and his mother remained on the
pioneer farm which they both endeavored to develop.
In order to eke out a living during the early years,
Grandmother Lightfoot worked also at tailoring.
She was a brave, strong, resourceful woman and survived
until 1874. In the year of her death, Alfred C.
Lightfoot married Flora McCrady, who was born
in Franklin county, Indiana, and they spent the rest of
their lives on the homestead, the acreage of which was
by that time greatly increased. When his school
days were over, Fred W. Lightfoot gave his father
assistance on the home farm, and after the death of his
father, in 1894, assumed full charge although only
nineteen years old at the time. He not only
successfully operated the estate of 320 acres but has
made additions which have brought up his acreage to 470,
a large part of which is devoted to stock, Mr.
Lightfoot feeding 100 head of cattle and 800 head of
hogs yearly. He has not confined himself to
agricultural pursuits, however, as for some years he has
been well known in his banking field, and is also a
prominent factor in Democratic political circles in the
county. On January 26, 1897, Mr. Lightfoot
married Margaret Smith, of Union township,
this county, and they have two children: Frank
G., who is taking a course in electrical engineering
at Purdue University; and Doris June, who is a
student in the high school at Raleigh. Mr.
Lightfoot is a thirty-second degree and York Rite
Mason and Shriner and also is a member of the Elks lodge
at Rushville, and the Odd Fellows lodge at Falmouth.
Source: Centennial History of Rush
County, Indiana, Edited by A. L. Gary and E. B. Thomas,
Rushville, Inc. - In Two Volumes - Illustrated - Volume
II - Historical Publishing Company, Indianapolis - 1921
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