John Laymon was born July 4th, 1838, in Mathomany county, Indiana, and died at the home of his daughter near Hardy, Nebr., May 19, 1922, at the age of 83 years, 10 months and 14 days. In early boyhood he moved with his parents in Grundy county, Illinois, and was married to Eliza Elmstead in 1862. To this union were born seven children, two having preceded him, Id A. Weir and Martha Jane. A wife and five children remain to mourn his death: T.S. Laymond, Verona, Nebr.; G.W. Laymon, Republic, Kansas; Clara B. Pecht, Hardy; H.H. and F.E. Laymon, Sheridan, Wyo. One sister, a brother, thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He enlisted in the civil war in Co. A 31st Ills. Infantry and was mustered out at the close of the war. He move to Republic county, Kansas, in 1878, and later to Hardy, where he resided until the time of his death.
The Superior Express, Thursday, June 1, 1922; Hardy Happenings from The Herald
John Laymon was born July 4th, 1838, in Mathomany county, Indiana, and died at the home of his daughter near Hardy, Nebr., May 19, 1922, at the age of 83 years, 10 months and 14 days. In early boyhood he moved with his parents in Grundy county, Illinois, and was married to Eliza Elmstead in 1862. To this union were born seven children, two having preceded him, Id A. Weir and Martha Jane. A wife and five children remain to mourn his death: T.S. Laymond, Verona, Nebr.; G.W. Laymon, Republic, Kansas; Clara B. Pecht, Hardy; H.H. and F.E. Laymon, Sheridan, Wyo. One sister, a brother, thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He enlisted in the civil war in Co. A 31st Ills. Infantry and was mustered out at the close of the war. He move to Republic county, Kansas, in 1878, and later to Hardy, where he resided until the time of his death.
The Superior Express, Thursday, June 1, 1922; Hardy Happenings from The Herald
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