Sarah Cordelia (Gentry) Layson (1856 - 1951)

Born 9 Dec 1856 in Andrew, Missouri, United States

Wife of James Benjamin Layson — married [date unknown] in Oregon, United States

Died 6 Apr 1951 at age 94 in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born to Jefferson Gentry and Elizabeth Tillet in Virginia. She married Aaron Layson in Oregon, where she lived for more than 50 years. She died 6 April 1951.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVC-SPB?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-Q7G%3A133639701%2C138485601%2C133878001%2C1589091783 : 24 June 2017), Oregon > Yamhill > Willamette > ED 300 > image 2 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXJ-ZSN?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-CZM%3A1036471901%2C1037130101%2C1036681501%2C1589336351 : 14 December 2015), Oregon > Yamhill > Precinct 12 > ED 448 > image 4 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZ8-RZD?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-QDX%3A648804701%2C650491801%2C649815902%2C1589282411 : 8 December 2015), Oregon > Yamhill > McMinnville > ED 26 > image 6 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-CKVN?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-5B2%3A790103001%2C798766901%2C798839901%2C952308701 : accessed 21 July 2017), Oregon > Yamhill > Election Precinct 19 North McMinnville, McMinnville > 36-25 Election Precinct 19 North McMinnville, McMinnville City bounded by (N) city limits; (E) precinct line, Galloway, 6th, Galloway; (S) 3rd; (W) Davis, precinct line; also County Jail > image 1 of 20; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

• "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ4Q-8ZZ : 11 December 2014), Sarah C Layson, 06 Apr 1951; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Yamhill, Oregon, certificate number 5034, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

• Find a Grave, entry for Sarah Cordelia Gentry Layson, accessed 21 July 2017.
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