Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Laymon, James M 1807 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

James M. Laymon, farmer, P. O. Coal City, was born September 4, 1807, in 
Clermont County, Ohio; is a son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Goodpaster) Laymon, 
natives of Tennessee, and the parents of ten children - James M., Elias, 
David, Will, Cynthia, John, Rachel, Frank, Cornelius and Jesse. The parents 
were Baptists. Our subject took chances at subscription schools, and worked on 
a farm. Was married, in 1825, at the age of eighteen, to Maria Sloan, a 
daughter of George and Sarah (Story) Sloan, natives of Pennsylvania and the 
parents of seven children - Nellie, Thomas, Mary, Margaret, John, William and 
Maria; her parents were Methodists. At marriage, they settled in Ohio, and 
thence to Indiana in 1842, settling near Crawfordsville, where they farmed for 
about four years, and then continued the same in Bartholomew County, the same 
State, and from there to Miami County. In 1859, they left Lee County, Ind., 
and came to Grundy County, Ill., settling where they now live. Their union 
gave them fifteen children, eight living - George, Elizabeth, Will, John, 
Thomas, David, Martha, Lida J. He and wife are members of the Methodist 
Church. He votes the Republican ticket. Thomas, the fifth child, was born May 
15, 1840, in Bartholomew County, Ind.; was married, April 10, 1861, to Ester 
Morrison, the result being one child - Elva J. He was in Company K, Illinois 
Light Artillery, etc. Lida J. married Thomas R. Curran, the result being 
Margaret A., Lydia M. and James H. Mr. C. has been Township Clerk.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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