Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: David Layfield    
                Born: May- 7-1871          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Jan-22-1961          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Rt 19, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Henry Layfield   (1827 - 1909) 
              Mother: Harriett Furr   (1832 - 1916) 
                Wife: Nora Jane Matheny   2,3  
             Married: Jan-13-1895          in Ritchie Co, WV  
                Born: Jun-19-1877          in Upshur Co, WV  2
                Died: Sep-24-1955          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Rt 19, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: John E. Matheny   (1850 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary L. Rexroad   (1853 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Guy Raymond Layfield      
                Born: Jul-20-1900          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,5,6,7
                Died: Sep-26-1980           5,6
              Buried:                      in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1940                 at Oil Ridge (Harrisville), Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1925                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  7
          Occupation: 1940                 road work (W.P.A.)  9
                Wife: Anna Lena Williamson  b. Nov- 8-1905  d. Dec- 9-1996  
       Also known as: Annie Lena Williamson 7
             Married: Apr-21-1925          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Oma Blanche Layfield      
                Born: Apr- 2-1905          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4,5,10
                Died: Sep-30-1992           5
             Resided:                      in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1970                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1946                 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Census: 1940                 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1923                 in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV  7
             Husband: Cecil Reed  b. ca 1896  d. Sep-26-1946  
             Married: Mar-17-1923          in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV  7
             Husband: James William Crayton  b. Dec-15-1907  
             Married: Dec- 1-1970          in Winchester, VA  10
           M Child 3: Emerson Leroy "Roy" Layfield      
       Also known as: E. Roy Layfield 6
                Born: Sep- 7-1907          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,12,7
                Died: Mar- 8-1963          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  13,8,12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  14
             Resided: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
                Wife: Blanche Edith Rexroad  b. 1908  
             Married: Sep- 1-1930          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Birth record of daughter. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(10) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. 
(11) Death record of husband. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Emerson Leroy Layfield, married, farmer, b. in W.Va, son of 
David & Nora Jane (Matheny) Layfield; died Mar 8 1963 in Pennsboro, age 55, cause of death emphysema & bronchial asthma 
(chronic & severe). DR p. 306. 
(14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Emerson Leroy Layfield, 22. b. Ritchie Co, res. in 
Clarksburg; and Blanche Edith Rexroad, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. in Harrisville.  Married Sep 1 1930 in Harrisville. MR p. 
145. 







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