When John Hough Leighty was born on 26 September 1862, in Ruffs Dale, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Schneider Leighty, was 27 and his mother, Catherine W Hough, was 22. He married Alice Charlott Pletcher on 3 February 1887, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Huntington Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1914, in Ruffs Dale, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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