John Layton Carlisle/1850-1913(NC/TN/IL
John Layton Carlisle has been a real puzzle.Census records list him as being from TN, NC, or ILLINOIS - depending on which census you look at.This is what I do know of him:He was born around 1850.He lived in Scott County, IL. in 1865 where that year he married Mary Bryan(t).He was a Union soldier and drew a Union pension (secretly because he was in Texas when he drew it).He and Mary had a son, John Thomas Carlisle, in 1870.Shortly after, Mary died and John Layton married a woman named Ann Trammell from Jersey County, IL.
He sold her land in 1877 and moved her and her children to Houston County, Texas.By 1880, Ann was dead and John L. was married to Mary Jane Wright and had a set of twins.He shortly moved to Hamilton County, Texas where he remained until his death in 1913.His son, John thomas, was not living with him in Houston County.John Thomas Carlisle was my great grandfather and he died in 1894 in a wagon accident.He was only 24. Any clues about this family would be so appreciated.