Jacob Warren Layman

Brief Life History of Jacob Warren

When Jacob Warren Layman was born in July 1844, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Rev Reason Thomas Layman, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Ann Williams, was 23. He married Malinda J Nalley in 1863, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Rock Creek, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Warren Layman
1844–
Malinda J Nalley
1845–1917
Marriage: 1863
Cassandra Katherine Jane ‘Kate’ Layman
1864–1930
M. M. Layman
1880–
Mary E Layman
1881–1919
Sarah Isabelle Layman
1887–1920
Carry J. Layman
1866–
Margaret A Layman
1868–1930
Kate L Layman
1869–1907
Margaret S Layman
1869–
James William Layman
1871–1934
Reason Jacob Layman
1873–1934
A J Layman
1876–
Angeline A. Layman
1877–1946
Mary Martha Layman
1877–1949
Emma L. Layman
1883–1930

Sources (17)

  • Jacob W Layman in household of Reason Layman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • J.W. Layman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965"
  • Jacob Layman, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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