This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Layton, Buffington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bl.2ADI/574 Message Board Post: I am searching for birth of William F. Layton. They came to Iowa, first settling in Lousia Co. and then Washington Co., Iowa. His family moved to Lucas Co. when he was two. His parents were John W. and Margaret Buffington Layton. In his obituary it states the above information but doesn't give a birth date. The census of 1952 has his grandfather living in Crawford Co. in Washington Co. The 1860 census has all of the families living in Lucas Co. Can anyone out there help me with a look up on his birth, or does a book exist with births listed?