Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Jackson Layfield
Born: Mar- 2-1838 1,2 Died: Jul-13-1933 in Ritchie Co, WV 3,2 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Military: Co D, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 4 Father: John Jackson Layfield (1803 - 1877) Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Moats (1803 - 1892)
Wife: Salinda McDeffet 5,6 5,7,4 Also known as: Salinda McDevitt 7
Born: 1840 2 Died: 1925 2 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: George T. Layfield Born: Jul-21-1862 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,2 (see note 1) Died: Feb-28-1941 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10,2 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 10,4 Resided: near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 10 Wife: Huldah Catherine Simmons b. Oct-10-1864 d. Sep-13-1928 Also known as: Huldy C. Simmons 8 Married: Aug- -1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Mary Alice Layfield Born: Jun-27-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,2 Died: Jan-10-1934 near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10,2 Buried: in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV 10,4 Resided: near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Husband: Samuel E. Cowan b. 1893 d. 1955
M Child 3: Homer Layfield
M Child 4: William Warren Layfield Born: Feb- 6-1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Died: May-16-1962 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Wife: Nora A. Simmons b. Apr-29-1875 d. Mar-12-1960 Married: Jan-30-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 5: Walter Layfield Born: Jul-11-1879 at Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 10,14 Died: Dec- 9-1950 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 10,4 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Occupation: farmer 10 Wife: Mary May McNemar b. May-14-1892 d. aft Dec 1950 Also known as: Mae McNemar 15,12 Married: Oct-28-1911 in Harrison Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Headstone. (7) Death record of son. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (12) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (14) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) (15) Obituary of daughter. (16) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as Walter Layfield, age 32, son of John & Salinda; and Mary May McNemar, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of James & Louisa. Married Oct 28 1911. Event Notes Note (1) Death record states birth date as Jul 21 1863. But birth date on headstone is reported as 1862, age 21 at time of Aug 1883 marriage would also put birth in about 1862, and 1900 Census states birth date as July 1862.Name Index