Albert LEIGHTON
1998 Ancestral File
Internet IGI (Jul 2003)
1860 Federal Census Penn Township,Stark County,Illinois (Online Census Images @ Genealogy.com), pg 963
1850 U.S. Census, Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, pg. 375
Note: When Sarah Catherine "Katie" died of cancer in 1891, her three children by John Herrigle were placed in foster homes. Jessie was raised by a family named Durfee. Frank was raised by a family named Smith, a name he used all his life. Lucille was adopted by the Frank H. Weldon family in 1891 in Pontiac, Illinois. Samuel Leighton, child by Katie's first marriage to Albert Leighton, was adopted by the family of William H. Brace of Pontiac, IL. When Mrs. Brace died, he was kicked out by his stepfather, and lived with several other families before taking off to make his way by himself in the world. He used the adopted name of RALPH DARRINGTON HARRIS throughout his life.
NAME: Real name: Samuel Leighton. LDS ordinances under the name of Ralph Darrington Harris, the adopted name he used throughout this life.
Note: Ancestral File lists place of birth as Long Point, Livingston, IL
He married Sarah Catherine Nickerson 17 Aug 1870 at Livingston, Illinois . Sarah Catherine Nickerson was born at Bureau, Illinois 1854 daughter of Joshua Nickerson and Mary Frances Hoover .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Carrie Leighton
born 1872.
Evaline Leighton
born 16 Aug 1875.
Ralph Darrington Harris
born 16 May 1879.
Albert Leighton died 28 Mar 1879 at Long Point, Livingston, Illinois .
Sarah Catherine Nickerson died 1891 at Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois .