Rev. John Leighton: Families of Antebellum Missouri

Families of Antebellum Missouri

1814 - 1885 (71 years)

Generation: 1

Rev. John Leighton was born on 4 May 1814; died on 6 Aug 1885 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri.

Notes:

Buried:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91953083

Died:
Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Death Records [Microfilm]

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Death Records, 1850-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.

Original data: Missouri Death Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.

John married Sarah Bainbridge Richardson on 13 Feb 1844 in Marion County, Missouri. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Quincy Richardson and Mary Hopkins Harrison) was born on 8 Oct 1815 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 17 Aug 1899 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Mary Harrison Leighton was born on 27 Nov 1844 in Missouri; died on 10 Sep 1913; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.

Generation: 2

Mary Harrison Leighton

(1.John¹) was born on 27 Nov 1844 in Missouri; died on 10 Sep 1913; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.

Notes:

Birth:
Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

Original data: Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives.

Died:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30959739

Family/Spouse: George Howell Shields, Sr.. George (son of George Washington Shields and Martha Ann Howell) was born on 19 Jun 1842 in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 27 Apr 1924 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. George Howell Shields, Jr. was born on 27 Mar 1868 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 3 Feb 1928 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri; was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri.

Generation: 3

George Howell Shields, Jr.

(2.Mary², 1.John¹) was born on 27 Mar 1868 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 3 Feb 1928 in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri; was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri.

Notes:

Birth:
Volume: 20

Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Died:
Ancestry.com. Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Missouri Death Certificates. Missouri Secretary of State. http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/deathcertificates/: accessed 24 August 2014.

Buried:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175192242