Christopher Layton was a Mormon colonizer and Patriarch who founded the cities of Kaysville, Utah, Layton, Utah, and Thatcher, Arizona. Layton, Utah is named after him. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... According to Latter Day Saint belief, Mormon is the name of the compiler of the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon. ... In the Latter Day Saint movement, Patriarch (also called Evangelist) is an office of the Priesthood whose main duty is to give Patriarchal blessings. ... Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, USA. The Kaysville area was originally settled by Hector Haight shortly after Mormon pioneers arrived in 1847. ... Layton is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. ... Thatcher is a town located in Graham County, Arizona. ...
By 1886 that area was known as Layton, named after ChristopherLayton, a prominent early settler of the area, and a separate precinct and post office were established there.
With a population of 500, Layton was incorporated as a third-class town in 1920.
Jude's Episcopal church and school was established in Layton in 1885; however, the school was discontinued in 1896 and the church in 1916.
Christopher seemed destined to spend his life as a farmer, an occupation he began at the age of seven.
Layton was a stockholder in and a director of the Utah Central Railway, and of the Kaysville Farmer's Union.
ChristopherLayton was married to eleven wives and was the father of sixty children, of whom fifty-one were living at the time of his death, and all were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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