Christopher Layton
Christopher Layton (1821-1898) was born 8 Mar. 1821 and christened in Northill, Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of Samuel Layton and Isabel Wheeler. He married Mary Matthews on 20 Jun. 1842 in Northill; widowed in Sep. 1845. He married Martha Otterson on 20 May 1849 in San Francisco Co., Mexican Cession Territory; separated. He married Sarah Martin on 3 May 1850 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 1 Jan. 1842. He met with Wilford Woodruff many times between 1860 and 1893. He died 7 Aug. 1898 in Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah.
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