. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . e of the earlv .settlers of the county and haswatched it emerge from pioneer conditions, putting aside all the e\i-dences of frontier life and taking on all the improvements of an ad-vanced civilization. He lives on section 23, Cleveland township, andis a nati\c of the neighboring state, Ohio, his birth having occurred inAlianii county. June 15. 1843. His father. Benjamin F. Layton, wasborn in county. Virginia, and was of English descent, thegrandfather having been born in London, England. The mother
. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . e of the earlv .settlers of the county and haswatched it emerge from pioneer conditions, putting aside all the e\i-dences of frontier life and taking on all the improvements of an ad-vanced civilization. He lives on section 23, Cleveland township, andis a nati\c of the neighboring state, Ohio, his birth having occurred inAlianii county. June 15. 1843. His father. Benjamin F. Layton, wasborn in county. Virginia, and was of English descent, thegrandfather having been born in London, England. The mother of(lur siil>iect Iore the maiden name of Mary Wilmore and was also anative of Rockbridge county. Following their marriage Mr. and F. Layton located in Ohio about 1840, and in 1848 they cameto Cleveland township. Elkhart county, settling on a farm which isnow the home of their son Willis A. Here the father directed his ener-gies to the tilling of the soil and continued active in farm work untiiiiis death, which occurred when he was in his fifty-fourth year. His. -(/C^ o^ ^ %^s^ L--^^
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