Born [location unknown]
Daughter of Stephen Quitman Leigh
and Eliza Sidney (Gooden) Leigh
Sister of
Jenetta Nettie (Leigh) Zickefoose, Leva Ann (Leigh) Zickefoose, James W. Leigh, Palmer Garfield Leigh, Dora Belle (Leigh) Zickefoose, Sarah Catherine (Leigh) Lynch, Rachel Leigh, Benjamin Harrison Leigh, Columbia Gem (Leigh) Zickefoose, Della Leigh, Stella Leigh and Rhoda Dail Leigh
Wife of
Ira Light
— married
11 Apr 1897 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lillia Ann (Light) Zickefoose, Stephen Loy Light, Belvia (Light) Riggleman, Jane L. Light, Robert Dewey Light, Myrtle (Light) Cutright, Gladys Fern (Light) Reger, Lottie Pearl (Light) Arbogast, George Washington Light, Harold Light, Frances (Light) Tomblyn, Bernice Hope (Light) Anderson and Leah Belle (Light) Beverage
Died
at age 81
in Upshur, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2014
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Biography
Rebecca was born in 1874. Rebecca Lee ... [1] Rebecca died in 1960.[2]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Mary Ann Turner, Saturday, February 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM9Q-4MK : 10 March 2018), Rebecca E. Light, 18 Jun 1960; citing Upshur, West Virginia, County Records, 8917, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 2,074,157.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-9R8 : 20 February 2021), Rebecca E Leigh in household of Stephen Leigh, Washington, Upshur, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 128, sheet 188C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,414.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTYD-QTR : 11 February 2018), Ira Light and Rebecca E Lee, 1897; citing Upshur, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,190.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZX-6VB : accessed 29 August 2021), Becca Light in household of Ira Light, Washington district (southwest side), Upshur, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 5A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,773.
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