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Jack Layton

Image of Jack Layton
Birth Date: February 21, 1848
Death Date: November 14, 1940
Age at Death: 92
Sex: M

Marriages

Ella Layton - 1891

at Gypsum, Colorado.

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Sunset View Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Eagle, Colorado
Mortuary Name: Andre Funeral Home, Eagle, Colorado

Obituaries

Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - November 22, 1940

JACK LAYTON CALLED TO HIS REWARD. PAST 92 YEARS OF AGE THE OLD PROSPECTOR HAS LAID BY HIS PICK AND SHOVEL AND GOLD PAN AND GONE WHERE THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD.
With the death of Jack LAYTON in Eagle last week there passed another of the pioneers of the west, one of those who knew the west of the mining and cow camps from Alaska to the Mexican border.
Jack LAYTON was born at San Bernadino [sic], Calif., February 21, 1848, coming into life at a time when his native state had started on the boom which drew into its borders one of the greatest influxes of adventurers the world has ever known. Born and reared under this influence Mr. LAYTON started on a quest of adventure in early life. A quest that led him into every mining camp in the country. Prospecting for precious metals was a hobby which lured him to the very last of his active life, and he could talk intelligently by the hour of every mining camp and rich strike of the last century, for he was in the midst of all of them at one time or the other.
He had been a guest of Eagle county of upward of fifty years, just how long we do not know, but during that time he had prospected every nook and cranny of the county, and could talk tirelessly of different sections of the county where ore should exist, and where he was confident it did and eventually would be found.
Jack LAYTON was the type of the true prospector. Happiest when, with his jack packed with a grub stake, pick and shovel, little else, leading him over unblazed mountain or desert trails, he sought the lead which would mean fortune overnight. But true to his type, however hopeful a prospect might appear, rarely staying to work it seriously, but moving on to greener fields. Such was the prospector of the eighties and nineties of the last century--practically now extinct--who blazed the way for the rich mining companies that followed in his foot tracks.
For the past number of years Jack was sorely afflicted. First with an infection of one knee which crippled him, and then the greatest blow of all--his eyesight completely failed him, But through the years of suffering he was patient and uncomplaining, and was always cheerful with friends who would drop in for a visit. Ten days ago he was taken to a hospital for better care, but after a few days there he had a preadmination [sic] of approaching death and asked to be brought home--there was where he wanted to die. His foresight was true--for Mr. LAYTON passed away suddenly and with little or no pain a few hours after returning tho his home in Eagle, on Thursday, November 14, 1940.
Simple funeral services, under direction of the Andre Funeral Home, were held for the old pioneer at the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. F. W. CASSELMAN delivering the funeral discourse. A choir, consisting of Chester MAYER, Charles STANLEY, E. E. LEA, and Harry ANDRE, sang "When the Roll is Called Up Younder," [sic] and "In The Sweet Bye and Bye," accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Cora COOK.
The body was laid to rest beside that of his good wife, who passed on a few years ago, in Valley View cemetery [sic]. Pall bearers were A. B. KOONCE, Fred COWDEN, George GRANT, Wm. J. RANDALL, W. B. WOLVERTON and Thos. GLEASON, all friends who had known and respected Jack LAYTON during most of his years in the county.

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