Francis Marion LaymanAge: 72 years1847–1919
- Name
- Francis Marion Layman
- Given names
- Francis Marion
- Surname
- Layman
 Birth | February 28, 1847 |
 Fact | Memorial |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Margaret Anna “Maggie” Green — View this family February 16, 1873 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman September 16, 1875 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #2 | Joseph K Layman 1879 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ada May Layman May 21, 1883 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Alda Layman July 7, 1886 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Rev. Roland W Shemwell — Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman — View this family October 3, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell July 27, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | McMarion Shemwell January 28, 1904 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a grandson | McMarion Shemwell October 14, 1904 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Hubert Roland Shemwell August 5, 1907 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Annie Katherine Shemwell January 3, 1909 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 70 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | November 17, 1919 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Vol Layman Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Jacob Layman Death: |
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Sarah Wilson Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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Francis Marion Layman Birth: February 28, 1847 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 1919 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Margaret Anna “Maggie” Green |
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Francis Marion Layman Birth: February 28, 1847 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 1919 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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Margaret Anna “Maggie” Green Birth: February 27, 1854 — Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States Death: April 18, 1943 |
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Marriage: February 16, 1873 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman Birth: September 16, 1875 28 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 1, 1960 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
Joseph K Layman Birth: 1879 31 24 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1947 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Ada May Layman Birth: May 21, 1883 36 29 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1973 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Alda Layman Birth: July 7, 1886 39 32 — Grayson, Kentucky, United States Death: July 19, 1982 — Hardin, Kentucky, United States |