Tade Layden

Maxims for Life Unchangeable. Fixed and affirmed resolutions from this day forward through my journey of life January 1, 1872 - I will try to observe them. Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drink Use leisure time for improvement Venture not upon the threshold of wrong Guard strictly over your prevailing passions Extend to everyone a friendly salutation Yield not to discouragement Labor zealously for the right Be honest in all things Be not covetous Be sober Be cheerful under every circumstance Be industrious Be economical Tell not the faults of others Attend strictly to your own business Be prompt in all things Consider well, then decide positively Dare to do right - Fear to do wrong Endure trials patiently Fight life's battle manfully Go not into the society of bad persons Hold integrity sacred Injure not another's reputation Go only in the company of the virtuous Abandon evil thoughts Live not for any consideration Make fine acquaintances Never try to appear what you are not Observe good manners Question not the veracity of a friend Respect the counsel of your superiors Sacrifice money rather than principles Signed Tade Layden, January 1, 1872 (at age 23)

Thaddeus Layden, 1877 (above) Martha Thompson Layden (left) These are probably their wedding portraits.

Tade Layden and Martha Thompson (c. 1897) The oldest child is John Layden, and the twins are Tom and Ted Layden. The little girl is Ann "Sis" Layden (Benjamin), and the baby is Edward Layden Sr., father of Edward Joseph Layden, Tom Layden, Mary Ellen Layden McKeane, Paul Layden, Ruth Marie Layden Carter, Richard (Dick) Layden, Agnes Layden Davis, Patricia Layden Newman. Not pictured: Ruth Layden (not born yet).