| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Seventeenth Generation376. Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. was born on 20 February 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.170,210,343 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.102 He was listed as "Ira L." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Glendive, Dawson County, MT.252 Leighton appeared in the census in 1930 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT.172 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.347 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.235 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 1990.250 He died on 6 May 1995 at the age of 85 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM.325,343 He was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO.343 Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. and Gertrude AUSTIN were married on 13 June 1935.170 Gertrude AUSTIN was born on 4 February 1914 in New Jersey.347 She appeared in the census in 1940 in West Point, Highlands Township, Orange County, NY.347 She died on 8 July 1997 at the age of 83 in Washington, District of Columbia.335 Maj. General Leighton Ira DAVIS Sr. and Gertrude AUSTIN had the following children:
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