Susanna (Gregg) Lightle (abt. 1819 - abt. 1879)

Born about 1819 in Ross County, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Job Lightle — married about 1844 in Ross County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died about 1879 at about age 60 in near Wadesburg, Cass County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Susanna Gregg,^[1] daughter of John Gregg and his wife Elizabeth Boothe, was born probably in 1819 in Ross County, Ohio, where her parents lived at the time.^[2][3][4]

Susanna was married first on 16 Sep 1835 to Joshua Evans, by David R(P?)owell, Justice of the Peace,^[4] and had two children:

1. Lydia Evans, born about 1838
2. Hezekiah "Kiah" Evans, born about 1840, married 29 Feb 1872 to Phoebe A Smith^[5]

The couple divorced, possibly due to some misconduct on the part of Joshua, since his second marriage shows a child with his second wife born 1844, but he didn't marry her until 1846.^[6]

Susanna married second to Job Lightle about 1844.^[7][5] They had the following children:

1. Wilson S. Lightle, born 18 Apr 1845, died 11 Mar 1920; married about 1868 to Rachel Amanda Vanderslice
2. Mary Catherine Lightle, born Nov 1847, died 25 Nov 1902; married 18 Aug 1868 to Cole DeRenzo Rogers
3. William Lightle, born 23 Oct 1949, died 19 Jul 1913; married first about 1877 to Amanda Unknown; married second in 1884 to Mary L Jackson
4. John Wade Lightle, born 14 Jun 1851, died 1925; married first, Ida May Mullendore; married second Sarah E Lattin
5. Sarah Abbagail Lightle, (twin) born 10 May 1856, died 30 Nov 1930; married 28 Jan 1877 to William Nathan Gregg
6. Nancy Isabella Lightle, (twin) born 10 May 1856, died 1927; married 30 Aug 1874 to John Spangler
7. Louisa Jane Lightle, born 17 July 1857, died 19 Jul 1936; married 1875 to Jacob Jackson Vanderslice
8. Thomas W Lightle, (twin) born 6 Mar 1861, died 11 Apr 1913; married first 8 Dec 1886 to Arizona Louetta King (marriage license first had Henrietta, marked out), married second about 1906 to Sarah J Unknown
9. Samuel W Lightle, (twin) born 6 Mar 1861, died 26 Apr 1945; married 24 Aug 1887 to Sarah or Mary J Cain(e)

She appeared on the 1850 census with her husband Job Lightle, age 35, male, farmer, real estate valuation $350; Susan Lightle, age 31, female, cannot read or write; Lydia Lightle, age 12, female; Hesekial Lightle, age 11; Wilson Lightle, age 5; Mary C Lightle, age 3; William Lightle, age 9/12; all were born in Ohio.^[3]

About 1852, the family moved to Missouri, where they lived in Polk County for several years. In 1860, they were living in Jackson Township, Dallas County, Missouri. The family was composed of Jobe Litle, age 43, male, farmer, real estate valuation $250, personal property valuation $280, born in Ohio; Susan, age 41, female, housework, born in Ohio, cannot read and write; Willson, age 15, male, born in Ohio, attended school during the past year; Mary C, age 13, female, born in Ohio, attended school during the past year; William, age 11, male, born in Ohio, attended school during the past year; John, age 8, male, born in Missouri, attended school during the past year; Sarah A, age 5, female, born in Missouri, Nancy I, age 5, female, born in Missouri, Louisa J, age 1, female, born in Missouri.^[8]

She and Job Lightle spent the Civil War years in Iowa, having moved there not long before the war began. After the war, they moved from Iowa to Missouri. Sarah Abigail (Lightle) Gregg, one of the children who made the trip (she was born 1856), told the story of the return. On the trip from Iowa to Cass County, Missouri, when crossing the Missouri River on a ferry, the family dog was left behind. They called him (named either Rover or Spot) and he jumped in the river. They watched him swim and when they got ashore, watched until they saw him come out on the bank, following them, but swept downstream. When he got to shore he fell over like he was dead, but after a while when he was rested, he got up, and joined the family for the rest of the trip.^[5]

Susanna and Job Lightle appeared on the census in 1870 in Sugar Creek Township, Cass County, Missouri, as Job Lightle, age 46, male, white, farmer, real estate evaluation $1,000, personal property evaluation $625, born in Ohio; and Susan Lightle, age 43, female, white, keeps house, born in Ohio, cannot write; William Lightle, age 20, male, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school during the past year; John, age 19, male, white, at home, born in Missouri, attended school; Sarah, age 14, female, white, at home, born in Missouri, attended school (a twin); Nancy, age 14, female, white, at home, (a twin) born in Missouri, attended school; Jane, age 12, female, white, at home, (marked as twin, but should have been up or down a line) born in Missouri, attended school, cannot write; Thomas Lightle, age 9, male, white, at home, (twin) born in Missouri, attended school; Samuel Lightle, age 9, male, white, at home, (twin) born in Missouri, attended school; H Evens, age 29, male, white, no occupation, born in Ohio, cannot write.^[9]

She died circa 1879 at Cass County, Missouri. She was buried at Wadesburg Cemetery north of Creighton, Cass County, Missouri. Her grave was marked by a fieldstone.^[5]

Miscellany

"Susannah Gregg, Warren Family Tree, Birth: dd mm 1819 - Ross, United States, Marriage: date - Ross, Ohio, United States, Death: date - Cass, Missouri, United States, Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents Pictures, Photo: Direct Ancestor, Category: Portrait, Attached To: Susannah Gregg (1819-1879)

"16. JOB3 LIGHTLE (JOHN2, MARTHA1 ?) was born 1815 in Ross OH, and died Abt. 1888 in Coffey MO.

He married SUSANNAH GREGG Abt. 1841 in Ross OH, daughter of JOHN GREGG and ELIZABETH ?. She was born 1819 in OH, and died 1879 in Cass MO.^[10]

"Nancy E Lightle

• Daughter of Job & Susannah (Gregg) Lightle

10 May 1856 Polk Co MO."^[11] (This is a page of Lytle births, which I checked 27 Dec 2020 to be sure it is still valid. They have Nancy Lightle's name wrong; she was a twin to my great-grandmother, and her nephew, Earl Leo Gregg personally told me in 1977 her middle name was Isabella.)

"JOB LIGHTLE, b. 1815, Ross OH; d. Abt. 1888, Coffey MO."

"Sarah Abagail Lightle Gregg

• Dau of Job Lightle (1815-abt 1888 Coffey MO) and Susanna Gregg (1819/OH - 1879/Cass.

M: William Nathan Gregg Nine children."^[12]

Research Notes

George Alpha Gregg said that when his mother, Sarah Abigail (Lightle) Gregg, was pregnant with his sister Daisy, his grandmother Susanna (Sarah's mother) was sick. Sarah wanted to visit her mother, fearing she might not live. The weather was very cold, and Nathan (Sarah's husband) wouldn't take her because of the weather, baby Mary and the pregnancy. Susanna died soon afterwards, and was buried in Wadesburg Cemetery, her grave marked only by a fieldstone, which can no longer be identified, as someone cleared the fieldstones from the cemetery, probably to facilitate mowing.^[5]

I removed the Find-A-Grave reference, which was incorrect. It referred to Stewart Lytle, who married Rachel Gregg. Neither Job Lytle nor Susanna Gregg are mentioned on that page.

Sources

1. ↑ Wuerfele, Cora May Lightle, (1897-1982), Franklin County, Kansas, personal knowledge in a telephone conversation summer 1978 with Margaret Ann (Kepner) Kerns, 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788, told me her grandmother's name was Susanna. She especially remembered her name was Susanna and not Susan, as she named a pet pig Susanna, and her mother scolded her because that was her grandmother's name
2. ↑ Kendall, Hazel May Middleton, Quaker Greggs, privately published, 203 West Fifth Street, Anderson, Indiana, 1944, page 215; Middleton spells her name Susannah on page 215; see Cora Wurfele for correct spelling
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Federal Census Population Schedule, 1850, Jackson Township, Vinton County, Ohio, page 308 stamped, 615 crayon, lines 9-15, dwelling 16 family 1171, Job Lightle household
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ross County, Ohio Marriages Book C-D page 432
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Gregg, George Alpha (now deceased) tape recorded interview about 1977 with Glenn Sterling Kepner (now deceased) and Margaret Ann (Kepner) Kerns, 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788
6. ↑ Kerns, Margaret Ann (Kepner), 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788-8121, research, analysis and conclusions
7. ↑ Genealogy and Brief History of the Descendants of Job and Hannah (Winmans) Cozad of Branchville, Sussex County, New Jersey with supplements by Cozad, William Pearl; (original) Jenks, Truman P. and Merrill, Robert C. supplements Originally printed 1900; supplements from January 1973 ID number 24 IV
8. ↑ Federal Census Population Schedule, 1860, Jackson Township, Dallas County, page 216, lines 25-33, dwelling 284, family 23, Jobe Litle household
9. ↑ Federal Census Population Schedule, 1870, Sugar Creek Township, Cass County, Missouri, Post Office Dayton, page 707A, lines 20-35, dwelling 157 family 160, Job Lightle household
10. ↑ Walters, Christine; below under See Also
11. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bandy/lytlebirths.html
12. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22822708 for Sarah Abagail (Lightle) Gregg, gives her parents and siblings

See Also

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=susannah&gsfn_x=0&gsln=gregg&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1819&msbpn__ftp=Licking%20County%2C%20Ohio%2C%20USA&msbpn=1757&msbpn_PInfo=7-|0|1652393|0|2|3247|38|0|1757|0|0|&msgdy=1837&msgpn__ftp=Ross%20County%2C%20Ohio%2C%20USA&msgpn=2562&msgpn_PInfo=7-|0|1652393|0|2|3247|38|0|2562|0|0|&msddy=1879&msdpn__ftp=Cass%20County%2C%20Missouri%2C%20USA&msdpn=523&msdpn_PInfo=7-|0|1652393|0|2|3247|28|0|523|0|0|&msfng=john&msfns=gregg&msmng=elizabeth&msmns=boothe&mssng0=john&mssns0=evans&mssng1=job&mssns1=Lightle%20&mscng0=lydia%20margaret&mscns0=evans&mscng1=hezekiah&mscns1=evans&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cpxt=1&cp=12&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000 This Ancestry.com address takes you to the "Search" feature for Susanna Gregg born 1819, married Job Lightle, not to a profile page.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohross/Genealogy%20Reports/genealogy_charts__l.htm I checked this entry by Christine Walters on 27 Dec 2020. It is a few pages into the main article and is the Lytle family.