Person Record
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Name |
Laighton, Joseph Walton, 1803-1859 |
Born |
Mar. 16, 1803 |
Deceased |
Feb. 14, 1859 |
Places of residence |
Portsmouth, N.H. (Deer St.) |
Occupation |
Grocer on Market St. |
Father |
Mark Laighton. |
Mother |
Deborah Seavey. |
Spouse |
Martha Sumner Hart, m. Oct. 2, 1827. |
Children |
1. Thomas Laighton, of Portsmouth, N.H., b. Oct. 14, 1828, d. Jul. 11, 1898, m. Sept. 20, 1849 to Martha J. Pray. 2. Joseph Laighton, b. Jul. 30, 1830, d. Sept. 27, 1848. 3. George Hart Laighton, served in the Civil War, of Boston, Mass., b. Jan. 22, 1832, d. Jan. 11, 1880, m. Nov. 26, 1867 in Boston, Mass. to Ellen R. Leavitt Stewart. 4. Mark Laighton, bo Charlestown, Mass., b. Sept. 18, 1835, d. Mar. 11, 1908, m. Jan. 26, 1857 in Wolfboro, N.H. to Esther A. Howe. 5. Franklin Laighton, b. Jul. 21, 1837, d. Jan. 11, 1841. 6. Samuel Laighton, b. Nov. 1, 1839, d. Sept. 12, 1840. 7. Franklin Alvin Laighton, b. Jun. 16, 1841, d. Feb. 14, 1865 (lost at sea), m. 1863 to Ellen Tarleton of New Castle, N.H. 8. Ivan Laighton, of Smoerville, Mass., b. Sept. 5, 1844, d. Sept. 14, 1889, m. Feb. 24, 1868 to Ellen Woodworth. |
Notes |
Union Cem. records. R. G. Dun credit report in Name File. |
Relationships |
Spouses: Martha Sumner Hart, daughter of George Hart and Abigail Pitman, b. Sept. 3, 1808, d. Aug. 12, 1846. |
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