John C. LEIGHTON

Birth:
Dec 1822
Ohio
Death:
Aft 1 Jun 1900
Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois
Burial:
Gilman Cemetery, Iroquois, Illinois
Marriage:
8 Apr 1844
Hamilton, Ohio
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
1860 Federal Census Penn Township,Stark County,Illinois (Online Census Images @ Genealogy.com), pg 963
Internet - FamilySearch.org, International Genealogical Index - Version 5.0
Ancestral File - Version 4.19 - nil
1850 U.S. Census, Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, pg. 375
An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, State of WA, (1904) pgs 707 & 708, (FHL#979.73 H2h)
1880 U.S. Census, Douglas Township, Iroquois, Illinois, pg. 185C
1890 Iroquois County Tax List, Douglas Township, pg. 3, (FHL#977.364 R4j)
1900 U.S. Census, Gilman City, Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, E.D. 12, pg. 15/A/172A
Iroquois County Cemetery Project, Douglas Township Cemeteries, Gilman Cemetery, pg. 31, (FHL#977.364 V31 v. 2)
Internet IGI 2004 , March
Internet IGI 2004 , June
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Blacksmith

NOTE:
    John C. LEIGHTON was a Civil War Soldier. He served in Company B, 112th Illinois Infantry.

RESEARCH NOTES:
    1. John's father was born in Massachusetts
    2. John's mother was born in Pennsylvania
Alcesta MILLER
Birth:
7 Aug 1824
Hamilton, Ohio
Death:
15 Dec 1869
Douglas Twp, Iroquois, Illinois
Burial:
Gilman Cemetery, Iroquois, Illinois
Children
Marriage
1
Solomon LEIGHTON
Birth:
13 Oct 1845
Hamilton, Ohio
Death:
Aft 1904
of Rural Baird, Douglas, Washington
Sarah SNELL 
Marr:
1869
of Stark, Illinois 
Notes:
                   NOTE:
    Solomon LEIGHTON was a Civil War Soldier. He served in Company F, 65th Illinois Infantry and also in Company B, 112th Illinois Infantry.
2
George W. LEIGHTON
Birth:
1847
Hamilton, Ohio
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTE:
    George W. LEIGHTON was a Civil War Soldier. He served in Company A, 16th Illinois Infantry.  He died during his enlistment in the Civil War.
3
Albert LEIGHTON
Birth:
22 Jun 1850
Manchester Twp, Dearborn, Indiana
Death:
28 Mar 1879
Long Point, Livingston, Illinois
Sarah Catherine NICKERSON 
Marr:
17 Aug 1870
Livingston, Illinois 
4
Eliza J. LEIGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1851/52
Illinois
Death:
Aft 1900
of Chicago, Cook, Illinois
FCID:5809:4148
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John C. Leighton - Alcesta Miller

John C. Leighton was born at Ohio Dec 1822.

He married Alcesta Miller 8 Apr 1844 at Hamilton, Ohio . Alcesta Miller was born at Hamilton, Ohio 7 Aug 1824 daughter of George Miller and Eleanor Plouegh .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Solomon Leighton born 13 Oct 1845.
George W. Leighton born 1847.
Albert Leighton born 22 Jun 1850.
Eliza J. Leighton born Abt 1851/52.

John C. Leighton died Aft 1 Jun 1900 at Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois .

Alcesta Miller died 15 Dec 1869 at Douglas Twp, Iroquois, Illinois .