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Priscilla Ann Keys Leighter

Birth	:	4 Nov 1828 Highland County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	15 Dec 1915 Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Round Mound Cemetery, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2630997, -98.9636002
Inscription	:	no dates
Description	:	From Osborne county, Kansas history book. Anna M. Ingalls Leighter Overton told us the Leighter boys were as wild as Indians. This incident Happened between April 22, 1885. The date of William Dawe and Ida Leighter marriage and the date of John Wesley Leighter's marriage to Mary Elizabeth Elliott in August 10, 1885. Early day Dance At Round Mound Mr. Editor: I saw an account in the Independent of a masked dance in Natoma. A dance now is something unusual in this town but about 30 years ago they were quite numerous. In those days the cowboys and others used to attend the... Read More	From Osborne county, Kansas history book. Anna M. Ingalls Leighter Overton told us the Leighter boys were as wild as Indians. This incident Happened between April 22, 1885. The date of William Dawe and Ida Leighter marriage and the date of John Wesley Leighter's marriage to Mary Elizabeth Elliott in August 10, 1885. Early day Dance At Round Mound Mr. Editor: I saw an account in the Independent of a masked dance in Natoma. A dance now is something unusual in this town but about 30 years ago they were quite numerous. In those days the cowboys and others used to attend the dances dressed in their outfit with broad rim hats, leggings, and revolvers strapped on. I remember one dance in particular that was given by Will Dawe as a wedding dance. Will was a prominent young man in those days as he used to play the fiddle for 50 cents and play all night long. Well, Will got married. He married Miss. Ida lighter, a very popular young lady of Round Mound, the daughter of Widow lighter, who hand six or seven boys were railroaders and traveled all through the west. Now Will, being quite a noted fiddler and his wife having a hosts of friends, it created quite a sensation and a large crowd attended the dance. The widow Lighter lived in a little Stone house just a half-mile north of Where Eb White now lives. Among the number that came to the dance was one of Harmon boys that used to live on Covert. Lem Harmon was his name. Now the Harmon boys were all cowboys, pretty lively fellows. Lem Harmon and John Lighter were both going with the same girl, but john had the start of Lem a little and had brought the girl to the dance that night. So now of course there wasn't the best of feeling between the two. When Lem came it was plainly seen that he had a little too much tanglefoot and when John went to him and commenced reasoning with him Lem flew mad and knocked him down. Then the fun commenced. As Lem went to get onto John after knocking him down John drew his knife and cut him across the head and face. Dick Totten was in the house calling off when he heard the racket and ran out to see what was the matter. Just as he stepped out of the door he saw the flash of John's knife in the lamplight, as he was about to stab Lem in the side. Dick made a grab for the knife and got it, but just as he got hold of it somebody kicked him head over heels. By the time Dick got up and got the dirt out of his eyes and the grass out of his mother the fight was over and John was in the house calling for his gun and Lem was at the well washing out his cuts. Of course this started a feud between the Harmon's and Lighter's. John Lighter took his girl home (Mary Elizabeth Elliott) about daylight and he had to go over into the Harmon neighborhood. Lem had already gone home, leaving threats of what he was going to do to John. John when he saw the Harmon outfit coming about a mile away. As quickly as they saw John they commenced shooting at him with their Winchesters and John returned the fire at them with his Winchester, at the same time putting his on a dead run for home. Now it happened that the passed a corn field where Link Ramey was husking corn. When I heard the shooting and the balls began to whistle through corn stalks around him it scared him so that he jumped in the wagon and started for the house. He went to fast this strung corn all the way from the field to the house. The Harmon's, however, did not chase John very far. Each party carried guns and watched each other for a time until along in the winter there was a literary at the schoolhouse. Frank Lighter had sent a challenge to the Harmon outfit to come over there if they dare, so one r------- {not clear}. John Lighter came up to old man Totten's to get the two boys to go to the literary with him. There were none of them that wanted to go except Dick and Dick said he wouldn't have gone if he had known there was a racket on hand. But {he} hitched his team and went with John, however, and Earl Eddy went along. All went well until the literary was about half over, when in came the Harmon outfit. There were six of them {in} Their names were Jim, Lem, and Bob Harman, Amos {McM} and Minford and another fellow. They all had on the cowboy outfits consisting of rim hats, legging, revolvers and kn---{it looks like knives} When John lighter saw this be began to get uneasy and whispered to Dick, "We had better get home." Now Frank lighter was there also. He came there on horseback and Dick said, "alright, I will get the team." It was awful dark and foggy night so Dick lit his lantern and he and Earny Eddy went out and got team, and as they drove up to the door John came out and got in the buggy. John says to Dick "Tell Frank to come too." So Dick went in with his lantern and whispered to Frank and told him to come on. As Frank got up and started out the whole Harmon outfit rose to their feet and started after him. When they got to the door Lem asked Dick where John was Dick replied that he was in the buggy. Lem said, "Let him go, the coward." But he yelled to Frank and said, "Hold on there, Lighter. I have got a little settlement with you." Then Dick says, "Let him go Lem and took a hold of Lem's arm. Bob Harmon was right behind Dick with a heavy six shooter and he struck Dick on top of the head and knocked him senseless. Dick said when he came to Bob was sitting astraddle of and every time would move his head he would hit him with his gun. In the meantime Lem had knocked Frank down and pounded good but Frank slipped out from under him, leaving his coat and hat, a pair of "knucks" and two revolvers laying on the ground. He ran to where Earny Eddy and John lighter were with Dick's team, jumped in the buggy and they went, leaving Dick alone the Harmon outfit. About this time old Jimmy Edmondsen came out of the schoolhouse and saw Bob Harmon sitting on Dick. Jim says to Bob. "What are you doing to with that man." And grabbed Bob by the shoulder and pulled him of Dick. The Harmon's gave a couple of cowboy yells, got on their horses and away they went. Mr. Edmondsen got the schoolhouse towel and a bucket of water and washed Dick's head and tied the towel around it, and Dick took Frank's horse which he had left there, his guns, and other things he had left and went to the Round Mound store where Dr. Hubble of Osborne was staying, and got stitches taken in his scalp. The war was over. This ended the lighter and Harmon feud. Submitted by one who was there. A note to reader about the of above story: Lem Harman's parents owned a farm next door and was the son of Peter Harman born 1832 and Wife Mary J. born 1837 source 1885 census. Dick Totten and the Eddy's worked for the Railroads with Priscilla's boys: Oscar, Homer, Jake, John W., and Frank Leighter. 1880 Census All this took place before John Wesley Leighter married (the girl that the fight was over ) Mary Elizabeth Elliott on August 10, 1885 in Osborne County, Kansas. Will Dawe married Ida Leighter on April 22, 1885 in Osborne County, Kansas. Frank leighter born Oct, 1866 Was kicked in the head by a horse about 1902 Died 1917 Fort Supply, Oklahoma. His wife Anna Ingalls Leighter remarried in 1907 to Albert Overton and moved to Piapot Saskatchewan Canada 1910 Norman Grant Hilt [email protected]

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Priscilla Ann Keys Leighter's memorial is located at: Round Mound Cemetery, Osborne County, USA.
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Priscilla Ann Keys Leighter death on 15 Dec 1915 in Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.2630997
Longitude: -98.9636002

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Mary Ellen Leighter Knapp

(1861 - 1943)

John Wesley Leighter

(1863 - 1935)

Ida Mae Leighter Dawe

(1869 - 1949)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Round Mound Cemetery
Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2630997, -98.9636002

2. IXL Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2491989, -98.9218979

3. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2708015, -99.0096970

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Coordinate: 39.2380981, -98.8613968

6. Natoma Cemetery
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7. Natoma Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1907700, -99.0162700

8. Pleasant Plain Cemetery
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10. Aurora Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3208008, -99.0852966

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Coordinate: 39.3764000, -98.9717026

13. Covert Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2896996, -98.8107986

14. Cole Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2352982, -98.8060989

15. Kill Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3805528, -98.8967658

16. Mount Hermon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1324997, -98.9439011

17. Conger Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1978700, -99.1232100

18. Shiloh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2350006, -99.1410980

19. Mount Hope Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3939018, -98.8450012

20. Bowlby Ranch Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1127430, -99.0513540

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Coordinate: 39.3722000, -99.1333008

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Coordinate: 39.3506012, -98.7506027

23. Grand Center Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1469002, -98.7602997

24. Waldo Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1036600, -98.8162400