Jul-28-2018
Husband: Henry Layfield
Born: 1827 in Wood Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: 1909 2 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: John Jackson Layfield (1803 - 1877) Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Moats (1803 - 1892)
Wife: Harriett Furr 4 Married: Nov-11-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5
Born: 1832 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: 1916 2 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: Lemuel Furr Mother: Mary A. Cain Other spouse 1 Notes
M Child 1: Sanford Layfield Also known as: Sandford Layfield 6 Born: Sep-26-1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7,1 Died: May-29-1938 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 6,3 Wife: Sarah Hearn b. ca 1863 Married: Sep-18-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Wife: Indiana Bee b. Dec-20-1876 d. Aug-23-1958 Also known as: India Bee 3 Married: Sep-16-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Catherine L. "Kate" Layfield Census name: Katerine 10 Born: Apr-20-1867 in West Virginia 6,2 Died: Oct-21-1939 at Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 6,11 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3,6 (see note 1) Resided: in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Daniel Rexroad Lowther b. Oct- 4-1860 d. Oct-14-1935 Also known as: Daniel R. Cunningham 12 Married: May-30-1889 at Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 3: David Layfield Born: May- 7-1871 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 14,15 Died: Jan-22-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Buried: in Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Rt 19, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV 14 Wife: Nora Jane Matheny b. Jun-19-1877 d. Sep-24-1955 Married: Jan-13-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Death record of daughter. (5) 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. (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Sanford Layfield, 26, of Ritchie Co; and Sarah Hearn, 23, b. Ohio, res. Ritchie Co. Married Sep 18 1886. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Sanford Layfield, 41, of Ritchie Co; and Indiann Bee, 23, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 16 1901. (10) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (11) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Catherine L. Lowther, dau of Henry & Harriett (Primm) Layfield, d. Oct 21 1939, age 72y6m1d. "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" reports death date on headstone as 1934. (12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 271. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Daniel R. Lowther, 28, of Ritchie Co; and Kate Layfield, 22, of Ritchie Co. Married May 30 1889. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Birth record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: Kate Lowther. "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" reports death date on headstone as 1934, but death record shows it as 1939..Name Index