Christopher Layton was a Mormon

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 colonizer and Patriarch who founded the cities of Kaysville, Utah

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Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,351 at the 2000 census, and 25,820 as of the 2008 estimates.-History:...

, Layton, Utah

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, and Thatcher, Arizona

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. Layton, Utah is named after him.

Layton was born at Thorncote Green

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, Northill

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, Bedfordshire

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, England

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. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and a year later emigrated to the United States.

In 1846, Layton joined the Mormon Battalion

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. In 1852, he moved to Kaysville

Kaysville, Utah

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, Utah Territory

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In 1866-1867 Layton was a member of the Utah Territorial legislature.

From 1883 to 1898, he served as president of the St. Joseph Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thatcher, Arizona.