Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Henry LIGHTFOOT
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pg. 672
Polk County Biographies Section

    Henry Lightfoot,  ex-collector of Polk County, Mo., and one
of its enterprising citizens, was born in Warren County, Ky., in
1843, on the 23d of July, and is a son of Jahn and Keziah 
(Chapman) Lightfoot, whose sketch appears above.  Henry, the 
eldest of their family, was educated at home, and remained under
the shelter of the parental roof until the opening of the Civil War,
when he enlisted in Company C, Eighth Missouri State Militia, and,
after serving over two years, joined Company D, Thirteenth Missouri
Veteran Regiment, U. S. A., and served faithfully and well until
January 11, 1866, when he was honorable discharged.  While a 
member of the militia he was corporal, and, after joining the
Thirteenth Regiment, acted as orderly sergeant, and saw some very
hard service, and participated in a number of battles and numerous
skirmishes.  He has since been engaged in farming, and, in 1880,
was elected by the Republican party as collector of Polk County,
and served one term with honor.  October 28, 1866, he was married
to Fanny Vaughn, who was born in Barren County, Ky., on the 12th
of April, 1846, and by her has a family of six children: Irena,
John J., Lula, Harry, Frank and Eva.  Mr. and Mrs. Lightfoot are
consistent members of the Baptist Church, and he belongs to the
Masonic fraternity.  Mrs. Lightfoot's parents, Jeremiah and Fanny
Vaughn, were also early residents of Polk County, having come
from Virginia to Missouri in 1850, and, after residing one year
in Dallas County, moved the following year to Polk County.  The
father now resides in Dallas County, but the mother died 
September 14, 1870.
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