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Robert Light 1807–1844 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1807

Birth Location: Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 20 Feb 1844

Death Location: Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States

Father: Mathias Light

Mother: Mary Moore

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Robert Light was born in 1807 in Kentucky, United States, the child of Mathias Tyce Light And Mary Catherine Moore. Robert Light passed away in 1844 in Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • Robert Light was born in 1807 in Kentucky, United States, the child of Mathias Tyce Light And Mary Catherine Moore.
  • Robert Light passed away in 1844 in Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States.

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Robert Light's Ancestors

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Robert Light
1807–1844
Birth Place: Kentucky, United States
Parents
Mathias Tyce Light
1769–1826
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Mary (Catherine) Moore
1774–1856
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Ann ((Buckner)) Russell
1742–1825
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
Hugh? Moore
1750–1833
Halifax, VA
Sarah ((Horne)) French
1754–1854
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Lt 3rd
1714–1777
Sarah Buckner
1718–1783
Joseph Moore
1715–1781
Ruth Foster
1717–1785
Hannah Horn
1725–1777
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William GGF
1676–1745
Hatherly Foster
1671–1751
Bathsheba Turner
1679–1744

Robert Light's Timeline

2 Records

1807
1807
Birth of Robert Light in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky, United States
1844
20 Feb 1844
Age 37
Death of Robert Light in Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States
Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1844
    Event Place: Posey, Clay, Indiana, United States

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