David Rounds Layton was born Oct. 16, 1828 in the town of Endicott in Broome Co., NY, the son of Job Layton (12/16/1803 - 5/15/1861) and Rachael (Rounds) Layton (3-19-1808 - 2/13/1869). He left Endicott about 1848 (where his family remained) and moved to Ohio and then on to Covington, IN where he married Martha V. Wilson in 1859. Martha was born 9/8/1835 in Lancaster County, PA (near Elizabethtown), the 3rd of 5 children of William James Wilson (8/28/1801 - 1/4/1870) and Sarah (Byrod) Wilson (8/23/1804 - 11/28/1878). Her family moved to the Covington, IN area in the mid 1850s on a canal boat down the old canal that ran by the Wabash River to Covington.
About 1860 David and Martha moved to Potomac, IL in large part because his uncle (his father's brother) Aaron Mercereau Layton was living there with his wife, Charlotte, and their children. According to a history of Potomac, David managed a ditching machine (for his uncle Aaron?) when they first came to Potomac and "by economy and industry" eventually acquired 160 acres of land northwest of town where the family lived, farming and raising livestock. David and Martha had 4 children, all born in Potomac: Charles "Charley" (1861), Anna Elizabeth "Annie" (1863), Coburn Grant (1865), and William Mersereau "Willie" (1868). Martha and David died just 3 months apart - she on May 16, 1904 and he on Aug. 22. (Bio provided by K. Gregg Prillaman)
About 1860 David and Martha moved to Potomac, IL in large part because his uncle (his father's brother) Aaron Mercereau Layton was living there with his wife, Charlotte, and their children. According to a history of Potomac, David managed a ditching machine (for his uncle Aaron?) when they first came to Potomac and "by economy and industry" eventually acquired 160 acres of land northwest of town where the family lived, farming and raising livestock. David and Martha had 4 children, all born in Potomac: Charles "Charley" (1861), Anna Elizabeth "Annie" (1863), Coburn Grant (1865), and William Mersereau "Willie" (1868). Martha and David died just 3 months apart - she on May 16, 1904 and he on Aug. 22. (Bio provided by K. Gregg Prillaman)
David Rounds Layton was born Oct. 16, 1828 in the town of Endicott in Broome Co., NY, the son of Job Layton (12/16/1803 - 5/15/1861) and Rachael (Rounds) Layton (3-19-1808 - 2/13/1869). He left Endicott about 1848 (where his family remained) and moved to Ohio and then on to Covington, IN where he married Martha V. Wilson in 1859. Martha was born 9/8/1835 in Lancaster County, PA (near Elizabethtown), the 3rd of 5 children of William James Wilson (8/28/1801 - 1/4/1870) and Sarah (Byrod) Wilson (8/23/1804 - 11/28/1878). Her family moved to the Covington, IN area in the mid 1850s on a canal boat down the old canal that ran by the Wabash River to Covington.
About 1860 David and Martha moved to Potomac, IL in large part because his uncle (his father's brother) Aaron Mercereau Layton was living there with his wife, Charlotte, and their children. According to a history of Potomac, David managed a ditching machine (for his uncle Aaron?) when they first came to Potomac and "by economy and industry" eventually acquired 160 acres of land northwest of town where the family lived, farming and raising livestock. David and Martha had 4 children, all born in Potomac: Charles "Charley" (1861), Anna Elizabeth "Annie" (1863), Coburn Grant (1865), and William Mersereau "Willie" (1868). Martha and David died just 3 months apart - she on May 16, 1904 and he on Aug. 22. (Bio provided by K. Gregg Prillaman)
About 1860 David and Martha moved to Potomac, IL in large part because his uncle (his father's brother) Aaron Mercereau Layton was living there with his wife, Charlotte, and their children. According to a history of Potomac, David managed a ditching machine (for his uncle Aaron?) when they first came to Potomac and "by economy and industry" eventually acquired 160 acres of land northwest of town where the family lived, farming and raising livestock. David and Martha had 4 children, all born in Potomac: Charles "Charley" (1861), Anna Elizabeth "Annie" (1863), Coburn Grant (1865), and William Mersereau "Willie" (1868). Martha and David died just 3 months apart - she on May 16, 1904 and he on Aug. 22. (Bio provided by K. Gregg Prillaman)
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