George Lightcap is my gg-grandfather and the son of Levi and Mary (Smith) Lightcap. A biography of George was published in the “Pictorial and Biographical Record of La Porte, Porter, Lake and Starke Counties, Indiana” published by Goodspeed Brothers Publishers, Chicago (1894), p. 443-445. — GEORGE LIGHTCAP. To our noble pushing hard-working business men is…
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Marriage: Robert Barge and Louisa Jane Herod
Robert Barge and Louisa Jane Herod married on November 1, 1859, in Morrow County, Ohio. Louisa Jane’s parents were Thomas and Ellen (Giffin) Herod. There’s no standardization for the last name of Herod. I’ve seen it spelled as Harrod and Herrod. Louisa was the sister of my gg-grandmother, Rhoda Ellen Herod, wife of George Lightcap.
Marriage: Thomas Herod and Ellen Giffin
Thomas Herod and Ellen Giffin are my g-g-g-grandparents. Their daughter Rhoda married my g-g-grandfather, George Lightcap. Below is Thomas Herod and Ellen Giffin’s record of marriage. They were united in marriage on May 3, 1838 in Marion, Ohio.
Forgotten History 