I've found out I'm a Lightfoot also. Here is what I know as fact. Alpha May (B 9/28/1908) is my Great Grandmother. My email is
jordan.l.elliott@gmail.comLIGHTFOOT FAMILY
Lewis M. Lightfoot – born 1840 – died 4/15/1881 at Waldron, Ark.
Martha J. Miller Lightfoot – born 1837 – died 3/9/1879 at Waldron, Ark. (First husband W. W. Shannon. Had one son Sam Shannon.)
CHILDREN OF LEWIS AND MARTHA LIGHTFOOT
Elizabeth (Aunt Lizzie) – born 1868 – died 1897 – married Warren Cook 8/3/1886.
James Lafayette – born 5/19/1866 – died 1/11/1943 – married Willie V. Bingham 9/20/1888.
Mary Ellender (Aunt Ellie) – born 12/30/1871 – died 1/14/1953 – married W. H. Clower (Uncle Bill) 8/8/1888.
Martha Lucretia – born 12/30/1873 – died 3/30/1908 – married Jacob B. Carrol 8/8/1888.
John (twin) – born 8/31/1876 – died March 1908 – marked Sally Moore 12/23/1896.
Bell (twin) – born 8/31/1876 – died 7/2/1911 – marked John McDonald.
***Grandfather Lewis Lightfoot enlisted 5/31/1861 with Ouachita Greys in Pocahontas County. Served in Company G until the war ended in 1865. Pocahontas County is in Arkansas.***
J. L. LIGHTFOOT FAMILY
James Lafayette Lightfoot – born 5/19/1866 – died 1/11/1943.
Willie Victoria Bingham Lightfoot – born 8/15/1870 – died 5/4/1951. (Married 9/20/1888. Buried at Hot Springs, Ark., Morning Star Cemetery.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND WILLIE LIGHTFOOT
Claude M. – born 9/8/1891 – died 12/11/1891.
John Arnold – born 5/25/1892 – died 5/27/1942 – married Ora Lee McMann.
Commie Irene – born 1/31/1895 – died 7/8/1896.
Amy Ernest – born 2/16/1897 – died April 1966 – married Samuel Henry McMahon 9/21/? Sam died November 1957 – buried at Hot Springs, Ark.
Jesse Mazon – born 4/6/1900 – died 12/14/1920 – buried at Bennington, Okla.
Hallie Marie – born 7/13/1905 – married S. E. Street.
Alpha May – born 9/28/1908 – married Burton Carl Murphey 6/7/1930. Burton Carl Murphey – born 4/24/1901 – died 1/24/1977 – buried at Sherman, Tex.
***This information was compiled by Alpha Lightfoot Murphey for the family reunion 1984.***