Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Jackson Layne
and Nannie (Pickeral) Layne
Sister of
Grover Layne, Lottie Layne, Floyd Hommie Layne, Hattie Florence (Layne) Dillard, Ollie Layne, Andrew Jackson Layne and Barker S. Layne
Wife of
Ulam Barker Simpson Sr. CSA
— married
28 Sep 1902 in Caswell, North Carolina
Wife of
Willie Lee Taylor
— married
1916 in Pittsylvania, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Littie Berger (Simpson) Roby, Nannie Lucas (Simpson) Moorefield, Ulam Barker Simpson Jr and Eudora (Simpson) Hales
Died
at age 91
in Hurt, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2016
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Biography
Pearl Layne was first married to Ulam B. Simpson who was elderly when he married Pearl who was a teenager.
They had 7 children and when Mr. Simpson died, she remarried very quickly to Mr. Taylor. She then had 7 more children.
Sources
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189532377/pearl_ree_taylor
- 1920 census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNR-H56
- 1940 census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRBR-NSJ
- 1950 census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CFFB-LZM
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pearl by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pearl:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pearl by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pearl:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Wanda Richards 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch mw4429603 [compare]
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~0.78%
Duane DeHart :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member d_a_dehart
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