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A history of Caroline county, Virginia

from its formation in 1727 to 1924
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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J. B. LIGHTFOOT
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J. B. LIGHTFOOT

John Bernard Lightfoot was born at Port Royal in Caroline
March 29, 1851. He was the son of John Bernard Lightfoot.
He removed to Richmond in 1871 and shortly afterward entered
upon the tobacco business. He founded the firm of J. B. Lightfoot
and Company from which he retired in 1917. He died in
1924 leaving a widow, Mary Washington Minor Lightfoot, two
brothers William B., and Lewis H., and one nephew, J. B.
Lightfoot, Jr. He was buried in Hollywood.