Rev. Edward Nathaniel Lightner and Sarah Ellis

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Husband Rev. Edward Nathaniel Lightner ¹

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           Born: 17 Oct 1820 - Lancaster, PA 1
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Wife Sarah Ellis ¹

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           Born: 27 Jun 1822 - Muncy Valley, PA 1
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           Died: 17 Sep 1899 - Danville, Montour Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Cox Ellis, Esq. (1787-      ) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Morris (1789-1871) 1

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Morris Lightner ¹

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           Born: 2 Jun 1854 1
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         Spouse: Joseph Candor Nesbit (1848-1917) 2
           Marr: 27 Apr 1876 - Muncy, Lycoming Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Edward Nathaniel Lightner

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He was born at Paradise Lightner's farm, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated at Kenyon College, Ohio. He was rector of Christ Church, Danville, Pennsylvania, for eighteen years and an orator who wielded great influence over the Federalist Party during the Civil War.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Ellis

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She was born on Wolf Run Farm, Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania.

She gave three years of active service to the Field Hospital Work during the Civil War. She and her mother, Mrs. Ellis, both served as regents of the Danville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Society and she and her sister, Mrs. Holstein, were regents of the Society of Colonial Dames.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 25.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 22.