Brief Life History of Charles Avon
When Charles Avon Lightfoot was born on 3 March 1854, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Levi Edward Lightfoot, was 37 and his mother, Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Lightfoot, was 39. He married Ida May Paine on 8 November 1876, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Flint River Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 10 September 1944, in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Clinton Stock Yards, Clinton, Iowa, United States.
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- Chas Lightfoot, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- C. A. Lightfoot, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Charles A Lightfoot, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northern England, especially Cheshire): nickname for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght ‘light, nimble, quick’ (Old English līoht) + fote ‘foot’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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