[M] #59442 Eugene Percy Leighton ( Percy V. Leighton • Martin Varnum Leighton • Mary Varnum • Philip Varnum • Mary Mechling • John Jacob Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )

Eugene was born 1921. He died 17 Nov 1956 from an automobile accident. He was buried in Concord Church Cemetery, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.

First source was [Mercy III-96]. However, more information was found in [Barnhart/Warter]. He is the son of Percy V. & Irma Bell (Thornberg) Leighton. He served in World War II from 29 Dec 1942 to 13 Feb 1946 as a Tech Sergeant with the U.S. Army 1st Division.

Eugene married #59400 Betty Jane Barnhart.

Betty was born 16 Jun 1924. She died 18 May 1971 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.

The information is used from [Barnhart/Warter]. This appears to be a little more accurate than [Mercy III-96].

Children of this relationship:

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, Volume III-John Jacob Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1996). Ref. as [Mercy III-96].

Howard D. Barnhart & Janet K. Warter, The History of Casper Bernhardt and His Descendants, revision by Warter, (unpublished, 1998). Ref. as [Barnhart/Warter].

Line Generation: 10

Relationship: Sixth Cousins One Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊