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Richard Golightly Layton

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Richard Golightly Layton

Birth
Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, USA
Death
19 Dec 1942 (aged 82)
Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Gila Valley Pioneer Stockman Is Buried

THATCHER, Dec. 21. (AP)—-Funeral servlces were to be held here this afternoon for Richard G. Layton, 82 year old Gila valley pioneer stockman, who died Saturday.

Friends and relatives of Layton, who came to Arizona in 18S3 and settled in the San Pedro valley, gathered here from all sections of the state for the services in the Thatcher Ward Chapel of the Latter-Day Saints Church.

Eight children and the widow survive, Mrs. Layton, the former Ann Eliizabeth Horne, and Layton were married in 1885.

The children are Mrs. Isabel Pace, Phoenix; Mrs. Asahel Clifford, Safford; Mrs. Martha Pace, Solomonville; Mrs. Sophronia Clawson, Thatcher; Mrs. Theresa Hall, Boulder, Colorado; Henry Marden Layton, Safford; Richard G. Layton, Jr., Safford and Mrs. Cleo Butler, Honolulu, T. H.

-Tucson Daily Citizen, Dec. 21, 1942, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Gila Valley Pioneer Stockman Is Buried

THATCHER, Dec. 21. (AP)—-Funeral servlces were to be held here this afternoon for Richard G. Layton, 82 year old Gila valley pioneer stockman, who died Saturday.

Friends and relatives of Layton, who came to Arizona in 18S3 and settled in the San Pedro valley, gathered here from all sections of the state for the services in the Thatcher Ward Chapel of the Latter-Day Saints Church.

Eight children and the widow survive, Mrs. Layton, the former Ann Eliizabeth Horne, and Layton were married in 1885.

The children are Mrs. Isabel Pace, Phoenix; Mrs. Asahel Clifford, Safford; Mrs. Martha Pace, Solomonville; Mrs. Sophronia Clawson, Thatcher; Mrs. Theresa Hall, Boulder, Colorado; Henry Marden Layton, Safford; Richard G. Layton, Jr., Safford and Mrs. Cleo Butler, Honolulu, T. H.

-Tucson Daily Citizen, Dec. 21, 1942, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

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