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J. W. LAYCOCK, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 25, 1822, son of Levi and Mary (Washburn) Laycock. Levi Laycock is a Virginian, and moved to Jefferson Township in 1798 or 1799; he was under Gen. Hull when he surrendered to the British in 1812, and still lives in Jefferson Township, an honored and respected citizen at the age of eighty-nine years. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a native of this county, and died in 1832. She was distantly related to Senator Washburn. J. W. was raised on his father’s farm, and from the age of sixteen years has made his own way in life, and has accumulated a competency to support him in his declining years. For two years, he worked by the month; he learned the cooper’s trade at Cincinnati, and followed it six years. In 1846, he married Elizabeth Shields, daughter of William and Mary (Ramey) Shields. William Shields was a native of Kentucky, and, from 1843 to 1847, was Sheriff of Brown County; his wife, Mary, was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Laycock have four children living — John W., married and farming in Pleasant Township; Mary K., wife of C. C. Jones, of Clark Township; L. C., a physician, practicing in Highland County, and E. F., at home. All are doing well, and have profited by the habits of industry and strict integrity, which they acquired at home. All the members of this family have united with the Disciples’ Church, of which the parents have been members, the father for nearly thirty years and the mother for a longer period. Our subject is, at present, the Superintendent of the Sabbath School of the Disciples’ Church at Georgetown, which is in a prosperous and flourishing condition.