Wood & Torbert Families - David Lightsey

David Lightsey

b. 3 March 1818, d. 11 June 1874

David Lightsey was born on 3 March 1818 in Georgia.
He married Orlena Tubbs on 16 September 1841 in Perry County, Alabama. Bondsman was John T. Sinclair..
David Lightsey and Orlena Tubbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Goshen PO, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Elizabeth Lightsey, Jasper Newton Walker and Martha Jane Lightsey. Also in the household were children George W. (age 16), born in Alabama; William P. (14), born in Mississippi; John A. (9) and David C. (7), born in Louisiana; Sarah A. (6), Victoria A. (4) and Daniel W. (2), born in Arkansas; and Orlena (1/2 month), born in Texas.
He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
David Lightsey and Orlena Tubbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville PO, Walker County, Texas. Also in the household were children John A. (age 19) and David C. (18), born in Louisiana; Sarah A. (16) and Victoria (14), born in Arkansas; and David W. (12), Francis O. (10) and Piety (8) recorded as born in Arkansas, but apparently born in Texas.
He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
David Lightsey died on 11 June 1874 at age 56 in Walker County, Texas.
His wife Orlena Tubbs became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Ebenezer Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.