Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. MRS. MARY T. LAYMAN, Butler County. This estimable lady is the daughter of David Mason and Mary Ann Graves, natives of Tennessee. She was born near the Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn., and educated at the Sacred Heart College, at St. Louis, where she was reared by Capt. Thomas B. Hudson, an attorney of that city. She is related to Gen. William S. Horney, Senator Gwynn and Henry Clay. She was first married to John C. Thatcher, a native of New London, Conn., who died in Wisconsin. She then married Mr. Edwin Alexander Layman, a native of Butler County, Ky., born in Morgantown, February 28, 1849, the son of Greenbery and Lydia (Day) Layman, who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day. Mr. Layman is an intelligent and useful citizen, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and clerk of same, as well as chairman of the school board. Mrs. Layman had, by her former husband, two sons, both students. They are related through their father to many eminent men of New England, and inherit much native talent. Layman Graves Hudson Horney Gwynn Clay Thatcher Day = TN MO CT WI VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/butler/layman.mt.txt