When Moses Bird Light was born on 13 May 1878, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, James Light Jr, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Olive Clower, was 21. He married Cleora Frances Lilly on 18 September 1898, in Summers, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mabscott, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Town District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 15 February 1948, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States.
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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.
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English: from Middle English liht ‘light, active’ (Old English lēoht).
English: topographic name from Middle English liht, leht ‘light’ (Old English lēoht), used for a ‘light place, clearing, glade’.
English: nickname from Middle English lit ‘little’ (Old English lȳt). Compare Little .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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