James Hollis Layman 
James Hollis was born about 1843 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA.1 James Hollis' father was Reason Thomas Layman and his mother was Margaret Ann Williams. His paternal grandparents were Michael Layman and Sarah Storms; his maternal grandparents were James Hollis Williams and Sena Metzel. He had four brothers and two sisters, named John M., Jacob Warren, William J., Samuel Cleaver, Elizabeth J. and Mary Martha. He was the oldest of the seven children. He died on April 7th, 1862 in St. Louis, Gratiot, Missouri, USA.2 General Notes
SOURCE: Historical Sketches and Family Histories - Grayson County, Kentucky
Author: The Grayson County Historical Society Pub: 2002 Page: 236 - 237
Reason LAYMAN (1819 - 1892), a son of Michael LAYMAN and a grandson of Joachim LAYMAN, bought a farm on Grindstone Road in 1840. The farm was near where his wife, Margaret Ann WILLIAMS (1821 - 1909), daughter of James Hollis WILLIAMS and Sena METZEL, grew up.
They had 12 children: James Hollis; Jacob Warren; Elizabeth Jane; John Michael; William Jefferson; Thomas Ezra; Lewis Shelton; Stephen Porter; and Annie Eliza (twins); Samuel Cleaver; Mary Margaret; and Boliver Buckner.
Reason (a farmer and Baptist Preacher), his wife, Margaret Ann, a son, James Hollis (died in the Civil War), a son, Lewis Shelton (died after being thrown from a horse), and an infant daughter, Mary Martha, all are buried in a family cemetery on Reason's farm. The cemetery, which had only sandstone markers, is gone, but it was on the left, about one-fourth mile up Grindstone Road off Downs School Road...."
Page: 282
"...James Hollis LAYMAN, son of Reason and Margaret Ann...was seriously wounded and died shortly after the Battle of Shiloh on 7 Apr 1862. He died in a POW camp in St. Louis..."
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SOURCE: 1850 Census - Grayson County, Kentucky - Page 38, Line 12, Visit 259, Image 38 on ancestry.com (16 August 1850)
LAYMAN, Reason, 30, Male, Farmer, $300, Kentucky
, Margaret A., 28, Female, Kentucky
, James H., 7, Male, Kentucky
, John M., 6, Male, Kentucky
, Jacob W., 5, Male, Kentucky
, Elizabeth J., 2, Female, Kentucky
, William J., 8/12, Male, Kentucky
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1780 in Bedford, , Pennsylvania, USA d.~ 1853 in Caney Creek, Grayson , Kentucky, USA
- b.08 Jan 1819 in Caney Creek, Grayson, Kentucky, USA d.Feb 1892 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA
- b.Bet 1780 and 1785 d.Bet 1838 and 1840 in Caney Creek, Grayson , Kentucky, USA
- b.~ 1843 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA d.07 Apr 1862 in St. Louis, Gratiot, Missouri, USA
- b.02 Feb 1797 in , , Virginia, USA d.03 Aug 1870 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA
- b.01 May 1821 in , Grayson , Kentucky, USA d.19 Aug 1909 in , Grayson , Kentucky, USA
- b.1791 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA d.18 Feb 1861 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA
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1 1850 Census - Grayson County, Kentucky - Page 38, Line 12, Visit 259, Image 38 on ancestry.com (16 August 1850)
2 Historical Sketches and Family Histories - Grayson County, Kentucky @ Page 282
2 Historical Sketches and Family Histories - Grayson County, Kentucky @ Page 282
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