Grandma Layton
A portion of a Grandma Layton drawing. “Grandma” Elizabeth Layton is one of Wellsville’s more famous residents. When she was 68 she took a drawing class, which helped cure a long bout with depression.
Several of her paintings are on display at the Wellsville City Library.
Wellsville is in Franklin County and has about 1,600 people.
Country music singer Chely Wright is another famous product of Wellsville.
Filed under: Kansans, other people's stuff, small towns on May 19th, 2008
I’ve always wanted to see her work in person. Next time we get near Wellsville, we’ll stop and have fried pickles, fried sweet potatoes, alka selter, and we’ll stop at the library to see her work. Thanks for posting this.