John Henry Layman Sr (1850 - 1923)

Born 11 Jun 1850 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Amelia Jane (Zeigler) Layman — married 1869 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1923 at age 73 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland

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Biography

John Henry Layman, son of William and Catherine (Hess) Layman, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on 11 June 1850. He is found in the 1860 census at the age of 10 living with his parents in Hagerstown.^[1] Sometime in or before 1870, the family moved to Greencastle in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where John met his future wife, Amelia Jane Zeigler.^[2] The couple made their home first in Greencastle, where John rented a home and worked as a day laborer.^[3][4]

Sometime between the 1900 and 1910 census, John returned to Hagerstown with Amelia and those of their children still living at home. Back in Hagerstown, he assumed the original German spelling of his surname, which his family had when they emigrated to the U.S. and and for a few generations thereafter. Thus, he appears in the 1910 and 1920 census as John Lehman.^[5][6]

At his death in 1923, John Layman was buried at Greencastle's Cedar Hill Cemetery, where many of his family also lie at rest. The footstone on his grave is inscribed with both his first and middle names while his headstone displays the anglicized/legal spelling of his surname.^[7]

Residence

1860 - Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA

1870 - Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA

1880 - Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA

1900 - Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA

1910 - Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA

1920 - Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA

1922 - Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69D-58C : 18 February 2021), John H Layman in entry for William Layman, 1860
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP7-MWV : 29 May 2021), John Layman in entry for William Layman, 1870
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFX-W6W : 14 January 2022), John H. Layman, Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3S5-XWV : 13 January 2022), John H Layman, 1900
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2N7-JZ5 : accessed 3 May 2023), John Lehman in household of Amelia Lehman, Hagerstown Ward 4, Washington, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 15A, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 569; FHL microfilm 1,374,582
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Q1-RSK : 1 February 2021), John H Lehman, 1920
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28811620/john-henry-layman: accessed 03 May 2023), memorial page for John Henry Layman (11 Jun 1850–3 Sep 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28811620, citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Oz (contributor 46520830)

See Also

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• Source: S1440817543 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 61381 Note: <i>Marriage Records</i>. <i>Pennsylvania Marriages.</i> Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania.Ancestry Record 61381 #1353222098

• Source: S1440887355 Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2014 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 5164 Note: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Ancestry Record 5164 #601187073

• Source: S1441519769 U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2019 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 61843 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.Ancestry Record 61843 #254494504