He registered for the WWI on September 12, 1918 [2] listing his occupation as a tableman(?). At the time of the WWII draft [3] He was working for Phoenix Iron Company.
He died at the age of 88 [4] and is buried in the Green Tree Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Oaks, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States of America[5]
Census
1900 Schuylkill Township (excl. Phoenixville borough), Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[6]
1910 Phoenixville Ward 1, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[7]
1920 Phoenixville Ward 6, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[8]
1930 Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[9]
1940 Ward 6, Phoenixville, Phoenixville Borough, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[10]
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6V7-Z7V : 12 December 2014), Harvey Lightcap, 1917-1918; citing Chester County no 1, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,837.
↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQF4-HD5 : 7 April 2016), Harvey Lightcap, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR4R-N23 : 20 May 2014), Harvey Lightcap, Nov 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39V-4H2 : accessed 28 November 2016), Harvey Lightcap in household of Irvin Lightcap, Schuylkill Township (excl. Phoenixville borough), Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 7B, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,393.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3W-HK5 : accessed 28 November 2016), Harvey Lightcap, Phoenixville Ward 1, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 2B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1328; FHL microfilm 1,375,341.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFRJ-MNT : accessed 28 November 2016), Harvey Lightcap, Phoenixville Ward 6, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 2A, line 11, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1550; FHL microfilm 1,821,550.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHD4-HM6 : accessed 28 November 2016), Harvey Lightcap, Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 11A, line 50, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2020; FHL microfilm 2,341,754.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQH4-VRM : accessed 28 November 2016), Harvey Lightcap, Ward 6, Phoenixville, Phoenixville Borough, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-74, sheet 2A, line 32, family 36, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3466.
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