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Walter Myrl Ligon 1915–1986 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: August 10, 1915

Birth Location: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 1986

Death Location: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Father: Roy Ligon

Mother: Florence Fagg

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The story of Walter Myrl Ligon began in 1915 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Walter Myrl Ligon passed away in 1986 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Myrl Ligon began in 1915 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
  • Walter Myrl Ligon passed away in 1986 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

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Walter Ligon's Ancestors

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Walter Ligon
1915–1986
Birth Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Parents
Roy Starling Ligon
1889–1915
Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA
Florence (Edna) Fagg
1894–1979
Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
John (Morgan) Ligon
1863–1941
Henderson County, Kentucky
Ann (Noah) Eakins
1860–1894
Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Great-Grandparents
Enoch Eakins
1829–1905
Harriet Ford
1837–1910
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Eakins
1784–1850
Sarah Melton
1787–1833

Walter Ligon's Timeline

2 Records

1915
August 10, 1915
Birth of Walter Myrl Ligon in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
1986
1986
Age 71
Death of Walter Myrl Ligon in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: August 10, 1915
    Event Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1986
    Event Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

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