J. C. Layden and wife Dorothy, with their children. Lois and Larry Layden are the twins, and they are flanked by Betty Layden Vrtiska on the left and Beverly Layden Wilcox on the right. When that little twin grew up, he and his dad J. C. went to Indiana to look for Raleigh Layden.
Part 2 of 2 Last week I told you the first part of a family story shared by my dear friend Larry Layden, who died four years ago at age 78. This story was about his grandfather Raleigh Layden. Raleigh’s family had been broken up when hard times hit in 1893. He had gone to live with a sister in Missouri. A few years later, he lost touch with his father. As Larry said, “His father simply disappeared…
