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Lafayette Hightower 1850–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 February 1850

Birth Location: Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America

Death Date: March 1870

Death Location: Kendall, Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: william hightower

Mother: Elizabeth Utz

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Lafayette Hightower was born in 1850 in Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of William Hightower And Elizabeth Mary Utz. Lafayette Hightower passed away in 1870 in Kendall, Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Lafayette Hightower was born in 1850 in Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of William Hightower And Elizabeth Mary Utz.
  • Lafayette Hightower passed away in 1870 in Kendall, Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Lafayette Hightower's Ancestors

Self
Lafayette Hightower
1850–1870
Birth Place: Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
Parents
william hightower
1812–1875
Covington, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Elizabeth (Mary) Utz
1816–1902
Madison County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
merriman hightower
1776–1859
Lunenberg, Virginia, USA
sarah dickerson
1788–1840
VA
Great-Grandparents
George hightower
1733–1820
Susannah Thorne
1741–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hightower
1692–1764
mary notes
1697–1780
Joseph Thorn
1717–1785
catherine Hightower
1723–1782

Lafayette Hightower's Timeline

2 Records

1850
15 February 1850
Birth of Lafayette Hightower in Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
1870
March 1870
Age 20
Death of Lafayette Hightower in Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 February 1850
    Event Place: Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1870
    Event Place: Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kendall, Shelby County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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