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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881






Page 1025

GOODRICH LIGHTFOOT , was born April 19, 1817, in Adair county, Kentucky; son of Henry F., and Mary L. (Jones) Lightfoot, also born in Kentucky. They afterwards moved to Warren County, Kentucky, thence to this county, arriving October 23, 1830, and locating one and one-half miles west of Springfield, where his father commenced farming, and in 1833 moved to his present farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred in Kentucky while on a visit to that State; his mother died November 2, 1857. The subject of this sketch was married December 1, 1842, to Nancy Callerman, who was born in this county March 3, 1826. Children: Elizabeth I., now Mrs. Richard T. Lewis; James R., Susan M., now Mrs. John L. Callerman, Jr.; John L., Judith L., Alice B., and Julia Ann. Mary E., is deceased, and one died in infancy. Mr. L. has held the office of supervisor two years, and township trustee ten years. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of land worth $50 an acre. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Methodist Church, and Mr. L. is a Republican.


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