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John Harry "Lefty" Lankford 1914–1999 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jan 1914

Birth Location: De Kalb, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 21 Jan 1999

Death Location: Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Father: John Lankford

Mother: Nola Poe

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In 1914, John Harry "Lefty" Lankford entered the world in De Kalb, Alabama, USA, born to John Jefferson Lankford And Nola Agnes Poe. John Harry "Lefty" Lankford passed away in 1999 in Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1914, John Harry "Lefty" Lankford entered the world in De Kalb, Alabama, USA, born to John Jefferson Lankford And Nola Agnes Poe.
  • John Harry "Lefty" Lankford passed away in 1999 in Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.

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John Lankford's Ancestors

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John Lankford
1914–1999
Birth Place: De Kalb, Alabama, USA
Parents
John Jefferson Lankford
1884–1971
Fort Payne, Dekalb Co., Alabama
Nola (Agnes) Poe
1892–1964
Fort Payne, Dekalb County, AL USA
Grandparents
Peter (Harry) Lankford
1833–1900
St Clair, Alabama, USA
Mary (Ann) Frost
1845–1890
Georgia, USA
Delilah Poe
1867–1914
DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Lankford
1810–1879
Henry Frost
1818–1880
Nancy Hawkins
1825–1882
W Poe
1823–1905
Stacey Hickson
1833–1916
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Lankford
1776–1853
Nancy BOROUGH
1790–1832
Raleigh Hawkins
1800–1882
Henrietta Beene
1810–1895
Haston Poe
1805–1859
Hanna Poe
1812–1888
JEREMIAH HICKSON
1813–1864
Elizabeth Wooten
1815–1880

John Lankford's Timeline

2 Records

1914
25 Jan 1914
Birth of John Harry "Lefty" Lankford in De Kalb, Alabama, USA
De Kalb, Alabama, USA
1999
21 Jan 1999
Age 85
Death of John Harry "Lefty" Lankford in Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jan 1914
    Event Place: De Kalb, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 413-03-3243; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [2] Public Member Trees, Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1999
    Event Place: Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 413-03-3243; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [2] Public Member Trees, Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network

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