William was born in 1826. William is the child of Jacob Layman and Elizabeth Swagerd. [1]According to the Find-A-Grave entry for his wife Honor Willis Eaton, he died during the Civil War. His name is etched on the tombstone of his mother-in-law, Sible Willis , in Knob Hill Cemetery which is located in Mill Creek township, Coshocton, Ohio.
Lawrence County, PA, Register of Wills, "Probate Files, 1849-1920," Ancestry.com, (: accessed 12 September 2015), Jacob Layman Will
Citation: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX3G-XM9 : 12 April 2016), William Layman, Crawford, Coshocton, Ohio, United States; citing family 78, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Citation: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCP8-WYK : 3 October 2017), Wm Layman, 1860.
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