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Cecil Hermont Leighton (1890 - 1969)

PVT Cecil Hermont Leighton
Born in Rockbridge, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 79 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Cecil was born in 1890 and he was the son of Joseph Leighton and Virginia Scott.[1][2] He was a US Army Private, 9th Company, 155th Depot Battalion during World War I.[3] He died in 1969.[4][5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5XC-CFS : 28 January 2020), C. B. Leighton, 1890.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGH-W2Q : accessed 10 November 2018), Cecil Vermont Layton in household of Joseph L Layton, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 10A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1647; FHL microfilm 1,375,660.
  3. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Y2X-MVN2 : 23 October 2019), Cecil Harmont Leighton, 13 Feb 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
  4. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRC-W328 : 16 August 2019), Cecil H Leighton, 29 Dec 1969; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States, entry #126, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
  5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPF9-C61 : 19 May 2014), Cecil Leighton, Dec 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNY-VPL : accessed 10 November 2018), Cecil B Leighton in household of Joseph L Leighton, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States; citing ED 125, sheet 3A, line 16, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1906; FHL microfilm 1,821,906.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC2-MNG : accessed 10 November 2018), Cecil B Leighton in household of Cristal N Leighton, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 12B, line 86, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2529; FHL microfilm 2,342,263.

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