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Male William J. Layman Click to view William J. Layman in the family tree

William J. was born about October 1849 in , Grayson, Kentucky, USA.1   William J.'s 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 James Hollis, John M., Jacob Warren, Samuel Cleaver, Elizabeth J. and Mary Martha.  He was the third youngest of the seven children.

1 1850 Census - Grayson County, Kentucky - Page 38, Line 12, Visit 259, Image 38 on ancestry.com (16 August 1850)

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