Families of Antebellum Missouri
Rev. John Leighton
1814 - 1885 (71 years)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
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/30959739Family/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
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