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Henry LAYFIELD

Henry LAYFIELD

Male 1827 - 1909  (82 years)

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  • Name Henry LAYFIELD 
    Born 1827  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1909  [2] 
    Buried Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I43795  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2007 

    Father John Jackson LAYFIELD,   b. 4 Feb 1803,   d. 5 Mar 1877  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" MOATS,   b. 4 Mar 1803, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1892, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F17698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriett FURR,   b. 1832, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1916  (Age 84 years)  [4] 
    Married 11 Nov 1858  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Sanford LAYFIELD,   b. 26 Sep 1859, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1938, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Catherine L. "Kate" LAYFIELD,   b. 20 Apr 1867, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1939, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. David LAYFIELD,   b. 7 May 1871, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1961, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F17695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Henry Layfield, 30, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Harriet Marks, widowed, 26, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Lemuel & May Cain. Married Nov 11 1858. But daughter Catherine's death record identifies her mother as Harriett Frum (or Frimm or Primm, as handwritten entry is illegible), while son Sanford's death record identifies her as Harriet Furr.