David Wayne Layman

Brief Life History of David Wayne

When David Wayne Layman was born in September 1833, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, David Layman, was 38 and his mother, Rachel Thurston, was 38. He married Harriett Martha Hill on 4 March 1858, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Chester, Thayer, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died in 1898, in Grand Island, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

David Wayne Layman
1833–1898
Harriett Martha Hill
1841–1905
Marriage: 4 March 1858
Lenora Layman
about 1858–
Rachel Layman
1859–
Charles Layman
1860–
David Hooker Layman
1863–1933
Ephraim Hill Layman
about 1872–1947
Grant A Layman
1864–1941
Olivia A. M. Layman
1867–1948
Levona Martha Layman
1868–1929
Lillie May Layman
1874–1952
Minnie Laymon
1875–1967
Cora Layman
1881–1952

Sources (21)

  • David W Laman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: David W Laymon - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1832; Indiana, United States
  • David W. Laymon, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1834

Historical Boundaries: 1834: Grundy, Missouri, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

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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