Brief Life History of William Layton
William Layton Eddings was born on 21 March 1851, in Randolph, Missouri, United States. He married Moline P Patton on 28 November 1877, in Randolph, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Sugar Creek Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 13 December 1928, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States.
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- Wm L Eddings in household of Theophilius Eddings, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Layton Eddings - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Layton Eddings
- William L Eddings, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Randolph, Missouri, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English (Huntingdonshire): from the Middle English personal name Eding (Old English Ēading, originally a patronymic derived from any of several names beginning with ēad ‘prosperity’), with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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