Andrew Layman youngest son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kretzinger) Layman, was born in Mason County, Illinois, April 14, 1852. He married Blanche Pegram, who was born in Pike County, Illinois, in 1854, a daughter of Alexander and Martha (Ward) Pegram, the father a resident of Lincoln and the latter deceased, dying December 1, 1876. To Mr. and Mrs. Layman have been born four children—Ward E., Nellie M., Beulah B. and Clifford A., the latter dying in infancy. Mr. Layman is at present residing on the northwest quarter of section 14, Chester Township, where he has a fine farm containing 380 acres, situated on sections 11 and 14. William Alexander Pegram, father of Mrs. Layman, was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, January 18, 1824. When he was ten years old his parents, William and Sarah E. (Walker) Pegram, came to Illinois, the family settling in Carrollton. Mr. Pegram, after his marriage with Martha Ward, located at Montezuma, Pike County, Illinois, where he engaged in the mercantile and grain trade. In 1857 he came to Lincoln, and a year later he settled on a farm on section 11, Chester Township, where he lived till 1869, when he returned to Lincoln, his present home. He had twelve children by his first wife—George B. died aged one year; Virginins died at the age of seventeen years; Blanche, now Mrs. Layman; Carrie E. married Andrew Armstrong, and died at the age of twenty-four years; William A. died aged ten years; Lincoln C. married Irene Curry, and lives in Lincoln; Mary E. married William Curry, and lives in Dakota; Edith, at home; John M. died in infancy; Helen P., Virginia, and Samuel M. Mr. Pegram was married to Sarah Martin, his present wife, in February, 1888.

1911 - History of Logan County. Illinois" by Lawrence B. Stringer. Published by Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1911

The month of June, ... witnessed a number of severe storms in the county, which did considerable damage...During one of the heavier storms, considerable damage was done on the farm of Andrew Layman, east of Lincoln, corn cribs being demolished, trees twisted off, fragments of lumber scattered for over 200 yards, and a long piece of fencing was driven by the force of the storm into the roof of the house."

Lewis Kretsinger
 

Isaac Kretzinger

Samuel Kretsinger