| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventeenth Generation296. Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. was born on 20 February 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.141,183,317 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.78 He was listed as "Ira L." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Glendive, Dawson County, MT.226 Leighton appeared in the census in 1930 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT.143 He was living with his mother and his occupation was "Clerk, U. S. ..." (not legible). He appeared in the census in 1940 in West Point, Highlands Township, Orange County, NY.321 His occupation was "Lieutenant, U. S. Army." His total wages in 1939 were $2,880. About 1950 he was a General Officer in the US Air Force.209 Among other assignments, he was the commander of the nation's major missile ranges, including Cape Kennedy. Leighton lived at his home in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO about 1990.224 He died on 6 May 1995 at the age of 85 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM.299,317 He was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO.317 Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. and Gertrude AUSTIN were married on 13 June 1935.141 Gertrude AUSTIN was born on 4 February 1914 in New Jersey.321 She appeared in the census in 1940 in West Point, Highlands Township, Orange County, NY.321 She died on 8 July 1997 at the age of 83 in Washington, District of Columbia.309 Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. and Gertrude AUSTIN had the following children:
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