Elizabeth Layman

Female1810–1845

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Layman was born in 1810, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. She married Bethel Cantrell in 1834, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1845, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 35.

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Bethel Cantrell
1807–1858
Elizabeth Layman
1810–1845
Marriage: 1834
Larkin Cantrell
1832–1875
Mary E. Cantrell
1840–

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  • Elizabeth Layman Cantrell (1810

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1834Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1812

    Age 2

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1818

    Age 8

    Illinois is the 21st state.

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 10

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for a dweller by a woodland clearing or a meadow, from Middle English ley + man. Compare Lee .

    English: nickname from layman, a word denoting an uneducated person.

    Americanized form of German Lehmann .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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