Sarah C. Hays ²

  General Notes:

Sarah's first husband was George R. Carlton.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Personality/Intrst: Arizona Republic, 27 March 1966, Phoenix, AZ. A human interest article was published entitled "At 99, Mrs. Lightfoot Prefers Today to Yesterday". In the article she recalls a historical description of the events of her life.

Article courtesy of Patti Davidson-Peters
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• She was buried after 6 November 1969 in the Safford City Cemetery in Safford, AZ.

Block 54
Find A Grave Memorial 120896172
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Sarah married John Wood Brandis, son of Jacob Lightfoot and Sarah Isabelle Cabe, about 1931.¹ (John Wood Brandis was born on 28 November 1880 in Silver City, , New Mexico Territory, United States,^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8} died on 9 June 1955 in Safford, AZ ⁸ and was buried on 11 June 1955 in Safford, AZ ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Moriarty, NM on 4 May 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 29-13, Family 54, Roll 2454
Moriarty, Torrance County, New Mexico
Home rented, $10
Last Place of Residence: Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona
John Lightfoot..Head..59..NM ..8th grade..Foreman, S.C.S. Camp
Sarah C. Lightfoot..Wife..72..TX..4yrs college
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  Marriage Notes:

Following the death of his first wife, Dora Carter in 1913, John moved back to Arizona which had become a state in 1912. He has not yet been located in the 1920 US Census but in 1930 he is living by himself in Morenci, Arizona and working in a copper mine.

He was re-married to Sarah E. Hays, widow of George Carlton, in Arizona sometime around 1931 but no record of the marriage has yet been found.

By 1940, both John and Sarah had moved to Moriarty, New Mexico, a distance of about 350 miles.

They both retired to Safford, AZ which was only about 50 miles away from Morenci. John died and was buried there in 1955 and Sarah died 14 years later. Both are buried in the Safford City Cemetery.
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(Source: Patti Peters, email, Dec 2018)
In 1930 when John W. Lightfoot married for a second time, he was a contractor for the Phelps Dodge Company. His wife Sarah was the daughter of Dr. James M. Hays. After their marriage, they appear to have remained in the Morenci/Clifton area at least a few years longer where he most likely became employed with the SCS (Soil Conservation Service) as they were still residing in Clifton in 1935 when the SCS was established and dedicated to preserving the farmlands of America and protecting against flood.

By 1940 John and Sarah were living in Moriaty, a ranching and agricultural community located in central New Mexico about thirty miles east of Albuquerque. While there, John was employed as a foreman for the SCS Camp , but is believed to have also been farming with his good friend Joe Tarier/Torero. He managed CCC camps until about 1940. These camps (Civilian Conservation Corps) had been created during the Great Depression shortly after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March of 1933. The purpose was to put men back to work while controlling erosion and improving national and state domains such as forest roads, amphitheaters, ramadas, and fences.
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