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James Watson Layne 1930–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Feb 1930

Birth Location: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 29 Dec 1998

Death Location: Palmer, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Jack Layne

Mother: Elsie Bennett

Spouse(s): Dereda 🗎

Children(s):

James Watson Layne was born in 1930 in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jack Watson Layne And Elsie Levana Bennett. In 1935, James Watson Layne resided in Rural, Grundy, Tennessee. In 1940, James Watson Layne resided in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA. James Watson Layne married Dereda Joyce Tate. James Watson Layne passed away in 1998 in Palmer, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Watson Layne was born in 1930 in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jack Watson Layne And Elsie Levana Bennett.
  • In 1935, James Watson Layne resided in Rural, Grundy, Tennessee.
  • In 1940, James Watson Layne resided in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA.
  • James Watson Layne married Dereda Joyce Tate.
  • James Watson Layne passed away in 1998 in Palmer, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Layne's Ancestors

Self
James Layne
1930–1998
Birth Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Jack Watson Layne
1902–1980
Marion County, Tennessee, USA
Elsie (Levana) Bennett
1904–1957
Marion County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Jackson (Charles) Layne
1852–1938
Grundy County, Tennessee, USA
Sarah (Alene) Dykes
1866–1949
Grundy County, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Calvin Dykes
1842–1929
Ellen Colston
1844–1928
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sanders Dykes
1816–1900
Jane Lockhart
1815–1865

James Layne's Timeline

5 Records

1930
7 Feb 1930
Birth of James Watson Layne in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
1935
1935
Age 5
James Watson Layne resided here in Rural, Grundy, Tennessee
Rural, Grundy, Tennessee
1940
1940
Age 10
James Watson Layne resided here in Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
1950
1950
Age 20
James Watson Layne resided here in Grundy, Tennessee, USA
Grundy, Tennessee, USA
1998
29 Dec 1998
Age 68
Death of James Watson Layne in Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA
Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1930
    Event Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03897; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 31-3
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: 4247; Page: 28; Enumeration District: 31-5

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Grundy, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03897; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 31-3

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Palmer, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03897; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 31-3

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Grundy, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: 4247; Page: 28; Enumeration District: 31-5

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Dec 1998
    Event Place: Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Palmer, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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