Description
Uncle Jim Layton, an old colored man from Leavenworth County, Kansas, was visiting at Benton Gabbert's south of town and E. E. (Edwin E.) Pumphrey's in this city last week.
Uncle Jim formerly belonged to Mrs. Gabbert's (Alice L. Gabbert nee' Layton) father, Judge Layton (James H. Layton), and about every 2 years he pays the children of his old master a visit.
He is now over 70 years old but has a remarkable memory, and can give you the date for almost anything you ask him. He came to this country in 1844 and helped to make the brick and build the first brick house ever erected in St. Joseph. This was in June 1844.
(Researcher's note: Eva Pumphrey nee' Gabbert, daughter of George Benton Gabbert, married Edwin E. Pumphrey on December 27, 1887.)Date(s) of Creation
3/30/1898
