Edward S. Leighton (1862 - 1946)

Born 11 Jul 1862 in Columbia Falls, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1946 at age 83 in Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Edward was born in Columbia Falls, Maine, in 1862, the son of Lemuel Leighton and Calista Thompson.

He married Nellie Perkins in Milbridge, Maine, in 1888. She probably died soon after.

In 1891, he joined the gold rush, traveling to the Klondike and Alaska and mining there for 8 years. By 1900, he had returned to Milbridge, where he was living with his mother Calista and step-father John Campbell and is described as being widowed.

He remarried a year later, in 1901, to Maude Eudora Leighton. They lived on a farm in Milbridge.

He died in 1946 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Milbridge, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DX-CLN : 4 December 2014), Edward S. Leighton and Nellie Perkins, 04 Feb 1888
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ4-XY7 : 14 July 2016), Edward S Leighton in household of Lorenzo D Worcester, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States
• FindAGrave.com, Edward S. Leighton, Evergreen Cemetery, Milbridge, Maine [1] accessed 31 Mar 2017
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQ5-KC6 : 27 December 2014), Edward S Leighton and Maude Leighton, 1901.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGQ-HLF : accessed 1 April 2017), Edward Leighton in household of John Campbell, Milbridge town, Washington, Maine, United States
• Book: "A Leighton Genealogy: descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, NH" by Perley M. Leighton & Julia L. Cornman, 1989, Boston, Mass., New England Historical Genealogical Society [2], Vol II, p. 715