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Mary married on 2 Mar 1864 to Daniel Waggoner Walser and they had 7 children: charles Abia, daniel William, John Caswell, Sidney Johnston, Franklin Barrows, Dayse Elizabeth and Mary Mima.
Mary was the daughter of Abia Taylor Lightner and Jemima Sharp Snelling. She traveled in ox-wagon train across plains with her parents in 1849 and settled with them in Keysville in 1855, moving to Walker Basin in 1858. Lived and raised her family in the Walser Home in Walker Basin, which was "most picturesque in the location". the residence was one of the finest and most complete in its interior arrangements in Kern County. here Mary and dan lived to be about 80 years old after raising a family of 7. At the Walser home, good books suited to both old and young were ever in reach of all. The children almost unconsciously became self-taight. Friends and strangers received kind treatment at the Walsers. Their home was a favorite gathering place for young and old. The Walser home burned in 1917. Mary went to live with her daughter, Dayse Wallace, in Palo Alto after Daniel's death.
Edward J Lightner of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States was born circa 1854. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edward J Lightner.
Nancy Jane Baker Lightner was born on May 24, 1860. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Jane Baker Lightner.
Charles Lightner was born on July 11, 1866, and died at age 99 years old in June 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Lightner.
Harry Lightner of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California was born on June 24, 1870, and died at age 96 years old in January 1967.
Harry Lightner was born on September 14, 1871, and died at age 97 years old in January 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harry Lightner.
Ora Lightner of Williamsport, Washington County, MD was born on October 18, 1872, and died at age 97 years old in September 1970.
Fannie Lightner of Richwood, Nicholas County, WV was born on April 15, 1873, and died at age 94 years old on February 15, 1968.
Porter Lightner of California was born on November 5, 1873, and died at age 89 years old in March 1963.
Nancy Lightner of Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia was born on April 13, 1873, and died at age 104 years old in July 1977.
Emma Lightner of Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California was born on November 20, 1874, and died at age 93 years old in May 1968.
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Henryetta Lightner
Henryetta was born in 1890, the youngest child of Henry Fremont Lightner and Nancy Jane Baker. Henryetta was an accomplished concert pianist, organist and choir conductor. She married Henry Ringer moved out west to New Mexico, briefly and had two daughters, Betty Ruth and Donna Louella.
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Leslie Lightner of Gastonia, Gaston County, NC was born on May 27, 1909, and died at age 99 years old on June 11, 2008.
Randolph L Lightner of Leesburg, Highland County, OH was born on May 15, 1926, and died at age 62 years old on April 19, 1989.
Jesse M Lightner of Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA was born on December 26, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on January 28, 2006.
James J Lightner of Hagerstown, Washington County, MD was born on November 18, 1923, and died at age 80 years old on March 2, 2004.
James S Lightner of Middletown, Dauphin County, PA was born on November 7, 1922, and died at age 62 years old on May 2, 1985. James Lightner was buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
Section 11 Site 310 Rr2, Box 484 - Indiantown Gap Road, in Annville.
James Q Lightner of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on March 2, 1919, and died at age 81 years old on December 10, 2000.
Michael Rhea Lightner of Texas was born on December 15, 1957, and died at age 51 years old on November 23, 2009.
Wallace E Lightner of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana was born on February 25, 1924, and died at age 62 years old in February 1986.
Lawrence S Lightner of San Diego, San Diego County, CA was born on October 13, 1918, and died at age 70 years old on September 2, 1989. Lawrence Lightner was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section B Site 217 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside.
Darlington Lightner of Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama was born on November 2, 1921, and died at age 52 years old in October 1974.
Allen Jr Lightner of Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama was born on May 9, 1918, and died at age 66 years old in January 1985.
Woodrow Lightner of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland was born on April 7, 1914, and died at age 63 years old in December 1977.
Albert E Lightner of Loysville, Perry County, PA was born on February 27, 1926, and died at age 73 years old on July 3, 1999.
Archie E Lightner of York, York County, PA was born on March 11, 1917, and died at age 91 years old on May 9, 2008.
Glen Dale Lightner of Whiteland, Johnson County, Indiana was born on September 3, 1924, and died at age 86 years old on November 21, 2010.
Helen J Lightner of Lancaster, Dallas County, TX was born on September 26, 1924, and died at age 75 years old on December 31, 1999.
Carl R Lightner of Lawton, Comanche County, OK was born on March 26, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on March 4, 2009.
Raymond L Lightner of Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio was born on August 9, 1915, and died at age 69 years old in July 1985.
Raymond J Lightner of Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia was born on August 24, 1926, and died at age 55 years old in September 1981.
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Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Glennie Nell (Kernodle) Lightner.
Glen Aurthur Lightner Sr. of Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA was born on May 29, 1898. Glen Lightner was married to Mary Catherine Egolf, and died at age 70 years old on October 11, 1968 in Carlisle.
Henryetta Lightner was born on September 11, 1890. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henryetta Lightner.
Lisa Lightner of Jackson, Hinds County, MS was born on September 25, 1963, and died at age 37 years old on May 10, 2001.
John C. Lightner of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on October 6, 1900, and died at age 72 years old in April 1973.
Ronald J Lightner of Moundsville, Marshall County, WV was born on August 5, 1935, and died at age 75 years old on September 13, 2010.
William M Lightner of Muscogee County, Georgia United States was born in 1911 in Georgia County to C. B. Lightner and Fannie Lightner. He married Glennie Nell (Kernodle) Lightner. He married Rosetta (Richardson) Lightner, and they had a child William Edward Lightner-Sims. He would also marry Lillian Lightner. William Lightner died at age 55 years old on June 29, 1967 in Phoenix City, AL.
Elsie Lightner was born on November 11, 1903 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 73 years old in June 1977 in Baltimore, MD. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elsie Lightner.
Nancy Jane Baker Lightner was born on May 24, 1860. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Jane Baker Lightner.
Lillian Lightner was married to William M Lightner. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lillian Lightner.
Phyllis Ann Lightner was born on May 16, 1958 in Austin, Travis County, Texas United States. Phyllis Lightner was married to Robert A. Gaynor on July 27, 1985 in Austin, Travis County and they later divorced in September 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Phyllis Ann Lightner.
Danielle Lynn (Linaburg) Lightner was born on March 22, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Danielle Linaburg.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Edward Lightner-Sims.
Mary married on 2 Mar 1864 to Daniel Waggoner Walser and they had 7 children: charles Abia, daniel William, John Caswell, Sidney Johnston, Franklin Barrows, Dayse Elizabeth and Mary Mima.
Mary was the daughter of Abia Taylor Lightner and Jemima Sharp Snelling. She traveled in ox-wagon train across plains with her parents in 1849 and settled with them in Keysville in 1855, moving to Walker Basin in 1858. Lived and raised her family in the Walser Home in Walker Basin, which was "most picturesque in the location". the residence was one of the finest and most complete in its interior arrangements in Kern County. here Mary and dan lived to be about 80 years old after raising a family of 7. At the Walser home, good books suited to both old and young were ever in reach of all. The children almost unconsciously became self-taight. Friends and strangers received kind treatment at the Walsers. Their home was a favorite gathering place for young and old. The Walser home burned in 1917. Mary went to live with her daughter, Dayse Wallace, in Palo Alto after Daniel's death.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rosetta (Richardson) Lightner.
Datshon Lightner was born to Minnie B Daniels and Artis Daniels, and has a sibling Gail Lynn Samuels. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Datshon Lightner.
Lightner Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Lightner family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 2,164 people with the last name Lightner that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Lightners
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Evelyn Lightner of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN was born on November 29, 1891, and died at age 106 years old on February 19, 1998.
Nancy Lightner of Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia was born on April 13, 1873, and died at age 104 years old in July 1977.
Edna C Lightner of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA was born on October 28, 1901, and died at age 103 years old on July 19, 2005.
Eva Lightner of Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma was born on November 15, 1882, and died at age 104 years old in November 1986.
Eula Lightner of Union Springs, Bullock County, AL was born on September 18, 1895, and died at age 104 years old on December 2, 1999.
Lavata S Lightner of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA was born on March 11, 1894, and died at age 101 years old on February 17, 1996.
Theresa Lightner of Abbeville, Henry County, AL was born on August 21, 1885, and died at age 101 years old on February 12, 1987.
Edith A Lightner of Immokalee, Collier County, FL was born on July 12, 1907, and died at age 100 years old on March 13, 2008.
William Lightner of West Covina, Los Angeles County, CA was born on July 13, 1908, and died at age 100 years old on July 12, 2009. William Lightner was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section 58A Site 3214 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside.
Georgia Lightner of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on April 17, 1897, and died at age 100 years old on February 22, 1998.
Nettie Y Lightner of Winnsboro, Franklin County, LA was born on August 29, 1903, and died at age 100 years old on March 27, 2004.
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Mary Ann Lightner Smith Mahoney
Written and compiled by Anjanette S. Lofgren,
A 5th great granddaughter,
Member of Daughters of Utah Pioneers,
Utah North Company, Warm Springs Camp
January 6, 2007
Mary Ann Lightner was born June 18, 1803, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania (1). She was the daughter of James Lightner born abt 1778, and Mary Ann born abt 1781 (1, 9).
Mary Ann married Christopher Smith around 1827 (9). Some accounts say that Mary Ann had three daughters, Sarah Ann Smith (2, 9, 10) born July 22, 1828 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Eliza Jane Smith (9) born abt 1830 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Eva Ann Smith (9) born abt 1832 in Pennsylvania.
Mary Ann’s husband was a stagecoach driver who would drive the stagecoach to and from Cumberland County, PA and York County, PA (2). One day he didn’t return home and Mary Ann was very worried. She went to York County to look for him and was directed to the home of a woman there. She knocked on the door and when the woman opened it, Mary Ann inquired about her husband. The woman informed her that she too was the wife of Christopher Smith and that he had been seriously injured in a stagecoach accident. He was too ill to speak. The two women consoled each other and both cared for him until he died a few days later.
After the funeral Mary Ann returned home to her little girls. She was very handy at nursing, so managed to make a living for herself and family at that vocation. A few years later she met and married Bartholomew Mahoney who was a silversmith (14) and a farmer (2). He proved to be a very good and considerate husband. They had a number of cows that Sarah Ann would milk (2).
They first learned about the Mormon Church while living in Pennsylvania and even had a Mormon Elder stay overnight with them (2). Later the family moved to Ohio (2) and then to Nauvoo, Illinois, also called by the Saints, "Nauvoo, the Beautiful." Bartholomew was baptized in 1842 (11). Mary Ann and Bartholomew were able to take out their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on February 2, 1846 (1, 3).
Bartholomew and Mary Ann lived in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and were in the Winter Quarters 3rd Ward. Their bishop was Bishop Levi E. Ritter. They are also on the branch records for the Garden Grove Branch in Decatur, Iowa and Pleasant Valley Branch in Council Bluffs, Iowa (16).
In 1843 Sarah Ann married George Frederick Hamson in Nauvoo (9). By 1850 they had three young sons and lived next door to Mary Ann and Bartholomew in Council Bluffs, Iowa (17).
On June 6th, 1852, Mary Ann and Bartholomew left Council Bluffs, Iowa for Utah with the David Wood Company. There were about 288 individuals and about 58 wagons in the company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley sometime between September 20 - October 1, 1852 (4, 5). The Hamson’s crossed the plains in 1851 (5). It is unknown what happened to Mary Ann’s other children.
They lived in Weber County for a short time and were there in 1856 (6). They moved to Lehi, Utah (14), and by that time, Bartholomew had been called to be a High Priest. They were in the Lehi Ward, Utah Stake, where their membership records were received on Dec. 18, 1857 or 1859 (7). Their Bishop was David Evans, whom they were most likely acquainted with while living in Nauvoo (15). They lived in Lehi during an exciting time when new converts were moving in, the completion of a new meetinghouse, and the arrival of Johnston’s Army (15).
Sarah Ann Smith Hamson received word that her mother was living in Lehi and made the long trip from Brigham City to visit her. Upon her arrival, she learned that her mother had died (2).
Mary Ann had died by Oct. 1862 in Lehi, Utah (7). She was probably buried in the Old Lehi Pioneer Cemetery. Many pioneers who were buried there were later moved to the City Cemetery to make way for the Railroad (12, 13). It is unknown if she and Bartholomew were moved to the new resting place or if they are still buried the Pioneer Cemetery. Bartholomew died on Sept. 29, 1862, in Lehi, Utah (7, 8).
Sources:
1. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints:1830-1848
2. History of Sarah Ann Smith. Author unknown.
3. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Name Index
4. 1852 State Special Census of Iowa
5. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
6. 1856 Utah Statehood Census Index
7. Lehi Ward, Utah Stake, Record of Members, Book A, Library No. 18179, 1856-1876, pg 82, line 8.
8. Deseret News Weekly Death and Marriage Notices, Oct 15, 1862, FHL US/CAN Film 0026589, item 1c
9. Ancestral File ™
10. Family Records
11. International Genealogical Index
12. Lehi City Recorders Office
13. Daughters of Utah Pioneers Lehi Pioneer Cemetery Monument
14. 1860 Utah Census
15. Lehi: portraits of a Utah town
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17. 1850 Iowa Census