Morris Hallowell Layton, Jr

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• Name: Morris H Layton
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grand Son

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Buried:
William Howard Day

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• Name: Morras H. Layton
• Name: Morris H Layton
• Occupation: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Public School Teacher
• Education: 1876; Institute for Colored Youths, now Cheney State Teachers College, where he graduated in 1876.
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Son in Law
• Obituary: 13 Dec 1938, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

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son of Major Layton, born, Boon, Delaware and
Rebecca Stevens Layton, born, Philadelphia, PA.

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Services for Morris H. Layton, Sr., city school teacher for fifty-five years, who died Sunday at the home of his son, Dr. M. H. Layton, Jr., 930 North street, will be held at Wesley A. M E. Zion Church, at 9 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. He was the oldest member of the church.

He retired from teaching in 1926, was the oldest living alumnus of the Institute for Colored Youths, now Cheney State Teachers College, where he graduated in 1876.

He began his teaching career in old Tech High School Building, later taught at the old Day School and when retired was head instructor at the Wickersham Building.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Hattie McFadden, Detroit, Mich.; three sons, Ira H., Marshall H., and Dr. M. H. Layton, Jr., all of Harrisburg.

Harrisburg Newspaper - Dec. 13, 1938

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Morris married Ella Marie Marshall on 27 Oct 1887 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Ella (daughter of Elisha B Marshall, I and Harriet McClintock) was born on 17 Jan 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Jul 1906 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Burial Location: 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Name: M Ella Layton
• Name: M. Ella Marshall
• Name: Maria Ella Marshall
• Name: Mariah Ella Marshall
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Daughter

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Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Major married Rebecca Steven. Rebecca was born in in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 24th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company D Rank In Private Rank Out Corporal Film Number M589 roll 57 Memorial Part of the African American Civil War Memorial Plaque Number B-40
• Veteran: Civil War Co D 24th USCT
• Name: E.B. Marshall
• Name: Elisha Marshall
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head

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Elisha Marshall was born February 10, 1838 in Winchester, Virginia, a slave, and he escaped from slavery during a war incident when General Nathaniel P. Banks of the Union Army retreated from the area. Elisha arrived and settled in Harrisburg in 1862 where he met Harriet McClintock, who was active in the Underground Railroad and shortly there after they were lawfully joined in marriage on June 9, 1864 in the Wesley Union A. M. E. Zion Church. Elisha remained in Harrisburg as an active citizen until his death in 1903.
After arriving in Harrisburg, he worked as a coachman for the Maurice Charles Eby family for nearly four years while his brother (Henry) managed the Eby’s farmland and on February 16, 1865, he enlisted in Union Army as a volunteer and as a substitute for son of the Eby’s family. This substitute practice frequently paid as much as $400 and it became popular for rich families whose son’s were to be drafted. Elisha took his basic training near Philadelphia and served in the 24th Infantry, Company D, United States Colored Troop (USCT) as a private. As fate would have it the EBY'S son died of typhoid fever after Elisha had completed his basic training in Philadelphia and went south with the determination to free slaves and eventually fought in the Battle of Petersburg. His name is listed as part of the African American Civil War Memorial, plaque number B-40, in Washington, District of Columbia at the corner of Vermont Avenue, 10th St, and U Street NW.
At he conclusion of the war Elisha was discharged from service October 1, 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. His discharged papers indicated he was twenty-six years of age and had an eye injury possibly from a gun blast, he eventually lost sight in is second eye which help contribute to his death July 4, 1903.
Elisha was also an active member of Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church from 1862 until his death, being a trustee for many years, and a member of the building committee. He was a charter member of Armstead Roman Lodge No. XXX of Old Fellows, and a charter member of Chosen Friends Lodge No. 43, and a member of the Accepted Masons.
Elisha Marshall was survived by his wife, Harriet, a daughter Ella who was married to Professor Morris H. Layton, a son William Howard Marshall, two brothers, Alexander and John G. B., and numerous nieces and nephews.

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Elisha married Harriet McClintock on 9 Jun 1864. Harriet (daughter of Henry McClintock and Catherine Yellets) was born on 14 Aug 1840 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Jul 1925 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Race: Colored
• Name: Mrs Harriet Marshall
• Name: Mrs Harriet McClintie
• Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

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Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Died:
84 Age: 84

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Married:
Wesley Union AME Zion

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• Name: Henry McClintick
• Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1860, Ward 1, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg

Henry married Catherine Yellets. Catherine was born about 1803 in Highspire, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Cath McClintock
• Name: Catharine McClintick
• Name: Catherine Mcclintock
• Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1860, Ward 1, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
• Residence: 1870, Ward 1, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
• Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother-in-law