Montgomery County PA Archives Obituaries.....LIGHTCAP, Mary Ann October 20, 1882
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  Montgomery Ledger, Pottstown, Tuesday, 10/24/1882
  On page 3, her OBIT:
  Wife of Samuel Lightcap, died on Friday, the 20th, at the residence of the 
  family, east of the borough in Pottsgrove twp., this county, in the 57th year 
  of age. Deceased was sorely afflicted in the stomach and her life has hung on 
  a slender thread for several weeks.
  She resided for many years on South St. this borough, and was well known to 
  our citizens.
  Deceased was a consistent member of the Baptist church, this borough, where 
  funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon next, the 24th at 10 
  o'clock.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  NOTE: Her name was Mary Ann Eckert.  In a BIO of her son, Dr. Samuel Eckert 
  LIGHTCAP of Mobile AL,  he says his mother was Mary Ann ECKERT, born in 
  Pottstown on 2/29/1826, and she died in the same place, having resided there 
  all her life, on 10/27/1882 [sic], a dau. of Jacob ECKERT whose father was 
  Andrew ECKERT.  Others say she was a nee CARPENTER, but no evidence has been 
  shown as proof of this.
  
  Both she and her husband, Samuel LIGHTCAP, Sr., are buried in Pottstown Cemetery, East End.
  
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