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18901 I42562  Payne  Mary "Mollie" E.  Nov 1859  9 Apr 1921  Middle name shown as both Emma or Elizabeth. She appears to have married second a McGown, as she is listed as Mollie McGown, widowed and age 60, at the time of the 1920 Census enumeration. She was living with her son William Benjamin Cordray in JP 8, Sabine County at the time.  STR06 
18902 I42562  Payne  Mary "Mollie" E.  Nov 1859  9 Apr 1921  (Research):

Census Listings:


1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B
Cordray, Mollie Head Hd W F Nov 1859 41 Wd 7/7 Tx --- ---
Cordray, William E Son W M Nov 1876 23 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Cordray, John R Son W M Mar 1883 16 3 Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Florence Dtr W F Mar 1882 18 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Emma M Dtr W F Dec 1885 14 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Annie E Dtr W F Dec 1889 10 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Lowrey Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Ga Tx 
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18903 I5496  Payne  Mary Ethel  13 Sep 1898  23 Apr 1948  Mary Ethel's mother died when she was just seven years old. She and her sisters Vera and Virginia can be found at the St. Joseph Catholic Boarding School in Chickasha, Grady County at the time of the 1910 census. Her widowed father was still ranching in Duncan, with the help of her brothers.

Mary Ethel had two daughters by her first husband. She married second a Mr. Madison and third J. W. Parker, but had no additional children.

Duncan Banner Sunday, April 25, 1948 Pg. 8 Mrs. Parker, Sulphur, Dies Former Duncan Woman, Daughter of W.W. Payne Mrs. J.W. Parker, 49, Sulphur, former resident of Duncan, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Sulphur hospital after a short illness. The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. today from the Dunn Funeral Home chapel in Sulphur. Burial will be in the Marlow Cemetery. Mrs. Parker was born near Duncan on September 13, 1899, and lived here all her life until moving to California about 7 years ago. From California she moved to Sulphur. She was the daughter of Walter W. Payne, Stephens county pioneer rancher and business man. She is survived by the widower; two daughters, Mrs. Glen Jones, Weott, Calif., and Mrs. Allen Turner of Roff; two brothers, H.C. Payne and J.E. Payne, both of Duncan; three sisters, Mrs. Hoyt Hardin of Duncan, Mrs. John Young, and Mrs. Charles Birnie, both of Roswell, N.M.

Ethel Parker is buried in Section 10, Block 10, Plot 8, Marlow Cemetery. The date of birth shown on her headstone is different from the date shown in the above obituary. It is assumed that the date on the headstone is accurate.

Mrs. Allen Turner was the informant on her death certificate. Mary Ethel's death certificate indicated that she had been "In this community" for just 10 days, but her address was listed as 724 W. 14, Sulphur. Perhaps the period of 10 days refers to her stay at the DeLay Hospital, where she died of acute cardiac failure due to a coronary occlusion. 
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18904 I5496  Payne  Mary Ethel  13 Sep 1898  23 Apr 1948  (Medical):Hard of hearing  STR06 
18905 I5590  Payne  Mary Grace  18 Nov 1921  22 Jul 1922  She is recorded as having died at the age of eight months and six days by Ken Harvey. Lyn Cordell reports the funeral home records actually show her age as 8 months and four days old.  STR06 
18906 I19921               
18907 I4776  Payne  Matilda  Abt 1810  Abt 1872  Married William M.T. YOST they are buried together graves marked. They had nine children. Their graves are marked.  STR06 
18908 I2726  Payne  Maude May  Jun 1880  Apr 1953  Middle name may instead by Mabel. (www.mcclanahanhistory.com)  STR06 
18909 I4813  Payne  Mildred  Aft 1765  Yes, date unknown  Married a Mr. Riley. The will of her half-brother, William, bequeaths to his "half-sister Milly Payne" one cow and one calf to be cared for by her brother John Payne until she marries of becomes of age.  STR06 
18910 I4774  Payne  Nancy  Abt 1808  1839  Married 1st to Mr. WILSON and had 4 children. He died of Cholera on the Mohawk Trail enroute to MO and buried where he died. She married 2nd to Jesse GENTRY in MO and had 3 children. Jesse was born in Al Co. VA, died 1862. He had a son Garland by a prev. Marriage. 1850 Shelby Co. MO census had these children living with grandparents (William Payne and Sally Hamilton.) Edward W. Wilson age 20 KY and Sarah Wilson age 16 MO.  STR06 
18911 I16203  Payne  Nathan  17 Jul 1781  Yes, date unknown  Could he be the father of Sally Payne, who married Lewis T. Payne of Scott County, Kentucky?

From Westerfield's Kentucky Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, Vol V: "Lewis T. Payne was first married in 1835, to Miss Sally, daughter of Nathan and Kittie (Hall) Payne, of Fayette County (born November 15, 1815 and died July 12, 1841)." 
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18912 I4445  Payne  Neva May  2 Feb 1919  2 May 1919  Other records indicate death date as 3 May 1918  STR06 
18913 I4445  Payne  Neva May  2 Feb 1919  2 May 1919  (Research):Cova Jean Williams instead shows that she was born and died on 3 Feb 1918, in Chandler, Oklahoma. Find A Grave lists differing information for her birth and date deaths, showing she was born in 1919, and lived to the age of three months. Her burial location is also shown as in the City of Mesa Cemetery, Plot Section 209, Lot 4, Grave 8. A marker is not displayed on FindAGrave, however, just the detials above.  STR06 
18914 I10906               
18915 I4662  Payne  Ollie J.  29 Sep 1887  13 Mar 1969  She never married. Ken Harvey notes "she was not considered right in the head."  STR06 
18916 I48736  Payne  Onia B.  31 May 1924  6 Jan 1996  Obituary

Onia B. Payne Gray

Onia B. Payne Gray, 71, of Nacogdoches died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at her residence.

Mrs. Gray was born May 31, 1924, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late James and Mittie (Hyden) Payne. She was a homemaker and member of the Rosedale Chuch of Christ.

Survivors: husband Edward Marshall Gray of Nacogdoches; daughter, Dorothy Sprateley of Lufkin; a son, Edward Glen Gray of Nacogdoches; three brothers, Wayne A Payne of Kountze, and Esker L. Payne and Arthur C. Payne, both of Silsbee; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at Laird & McGill Funeral Home in Nacogdoches with Randy Harshbarger officiating. Interment was at Yellowpine Cemetery in Yellowpine.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 10, 1996, page 13 
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18917 I4704  Payne  Opal June  Abt 1920  Abt 1920  Died at about 3 or 4 months.  STR06 
18918 I4914               
18919 I1553  Payne  Patricia Gabriela "Patty Gay"  8 Feb 1928  2 Mar 1936  Patty Gay died when she was about eight years old. The day before she died, after six weeks of illness, she said to her sister Fay "I am so tired of being tired."

Charles Strong reports that she had a leaky valve in her heart. It would be something fairly easy to fix by today's standards. It might have been something that could have been fixed even in the 1930's, had the family had the resources available to them.

They were quite poor however. Charles reported that money was so tight that one winter Bessie got behind on her utility payments, and the company threatened to cut off their power. Patty's doctor intervened, telling the company that they would be responsible for her death if the power was cut off. 
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18920 I6495               
18921 I5542  Payne  Paul Gerald  15 Mar 1948  Jun 1948  Killed in a car crash.  STR06 
18922 I5549  Payne  Paul J.  15 Jul 1920  22 Jul 1922  Not to be confused with his second cousin of approximately the same age, Paul James Payne, the son of Harry Carl Payne.

It was recorded that P.J., as he was called, died at the age of 2 years and 7 days. 
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18923 I5768  Payne  Paul James  21 Nov 1922  14 Jul 2008  Military Discharge of a Paul James Payne is recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 6, page 307. Not viewed.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times
July 2008

Paul J. Payne passed away July 14, 2008. He was born to Harry C. and Caroline Payne on November 21, 1922. He served in the Marine Corps during WWII. Paul was lovingly known as "P.J." and "Greatdad". He retired from Coastal States/Valero. Paul was a creative, innovator whose inventions brought fun, joy, laughter and happiness to those with whom he shared them. His daily home and work lives were also evident of his innovative nature.

He is preceded in death by wife Pansy Payne, son Paul G. Payne, and brother J.R. Payne. He is survived by his son, Phillip (Becky) Payne; daughters, Klyda (Jerry) Gerber, Yvette (Ron) Schroeder, Zoe (Chuck McKinney) Payne; son by heart adoption, Danny Talley; Brother W.L. "Bill" Payne; Grandchildren, Phillip Gerber, Michelle Zudrell, Shanna Wiley, Eddie Gerber, Jackie Nash, Jeff Gerber, Stacey Evans, Kim Hammett, Joslyn Burnett, Nick Schroeder, and Tom McKinney; 16 Great-Grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Seaside Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Seaside Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow at Seaside Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the charity of your choice.

(Courtesy Lynell Cordell) 
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18924 I1568  Payne  Paul John  Abt 1901  22 Jul 1922  1920 - Living in the Parks Township of Stephens County, with Paul listed as 18 and his wife Grace A. as 17. He was shown as a Farmer. They lived next to Paul's half brother, Thomas H Payne. Their son, Paul Jr. was born in July of that year, five months after the census was taken.

Duncan Daily Banner
Sunday, July 23, 1922 - Pg. 1
Family of Five Killed When Train Strikes Auto
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Payne, Two Children and Niece Killed

El Reno, July 22---(Associated Press) ---A family of four was killed when a Rock Island passenger train struck the auto in which they were riding this afternoon, at a crossing one mile south of Union City.
The dead are:
PAUL PAYNE --25 farmer, Duncan
HIS WIFE,
TWO CHILDREN--a girl 4 years old and a boy 2 years old.
LILLIAN DECK--13, the only daughter of R. A. Deck of El Reno.
The gasoline tank of the automobile exploded and set fire to the wreckage. The bodies of all except Payne were badly burned. Payne, who was driving, was thrown clear of the wreckage and killed instantly. The Payne Family had been visiting in El Reno and was returning to their home in Duncan when the tragedy occurred.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Payne and two babies of this city and Miss Lillian Deck of El Reno, about 13 years old, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Payne, were instantly killed Saturday afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by Rock Island northbound passenger train No. 24, a short distance south of Union City, a few miles south of El Reno.Miss Deck had been a guest of the Payne family in Duncan for some time and (---faded print---) party was on the way to her home in El Reno when the accident happened. Miss Deck's father is a Rock Island conductor and has a passenger run. The tragedy happened at the same dangerous crossing that about two months ago occurred a similar smash and which took the lives of four occupants of an automobile. At this place the road and railroad track parallel for some distance before reaching the crossing. At the crossing the auto road takes a sudden turn and dip to cross the railroad. It is impossible to see a train at this place because of the high embankments. Mr. Payne is a nephew of W. W. Payne and Mrs. Payne is a niece of Mrs. Mack Vandergriff, of this city.
The bodies of the victims were brought as far as Marlow where met by relatives with conveyances and brought to Duncan for burial.

The Marlow Review
Thursday, July 27, 1922
FAMILY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Paul Payne, Wife and Two Small Children Killed Near El Reno Saturday--Were Buried Here Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Payne and two small children, 1 year and 3 months of age, and Lillian Deck, 13 year old daughter of Conductor and Mrs. Deck of El Reno, were instantly killed Saturday afternoon when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a train at a crossing south of Union City. Mr. Payne was thrown clear of the car and killed instantly while Mrs. Payne, the children and Miss Deck were burned to death when the gasoline tank on the car exploded and consumed the car.
The remains of the Payne family were brought here for funeral services and burial Monday afternoon.
The services were conducted by Rev. E. L. Kirtley and the Idlett Click Post of the American Legion.
Paul Payne was born in Marlow, some twenty-one years ago and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne, well known pioneers of this locality. He grew to manhood here but later moved to Duncan from which place he moved to his farm on Wild Horse after marrying a Duncan girl. It was on this farm that he was residing at the time he met his death. The deceased served in the late war and was an active member of the American Legion. The deceased family leave a large number of relatives and many friends who are deeply grieved over such a sad demise.

The Marlow Review
Thursday, July 27, 1922 - Pg. 1

FAMILY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Paul Payne, Wife and Two Small Children Killed Near El Reno Saturday--Were Buried Here Monday

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Payne and two small children, 1 year and 3 months of age, and Lillian Deck, 13 year old daughter of Conductor and Mrs. Deck of El Reno, were instantly killed Saturday afternoon when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a train at a crossing south of Union City. Mr. Payne was thrown clear of the car and killed instantly while Mrs. Payne, the children and Miss Deck were burned to death when the gasoline tank on the car exploded and consumed the car. The remains of the Payne family were brought here for funeral services and burial Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. E. L. Kirtley and the Idlett Click Post of the American Legion. Paul Payne was born in Marlow, some twenty-one years ago and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne, well known pioneers of this locality. He grew to manhood here but later moved to Duncan from which place he moved to his farm on Wild Horse after marrying a Duncan girl. It was on this farm that he was residing at the time he met his death. The deceased served in the late war and was an active member of the American Legion. The deceased family leave a large number of relatives and many friends who are deeply grieved over such a sad demise.

(All articles above are courtesty of Lyn Cordell)

Paul J. Payne was buried, with his namesake son, on 24 Jul 1922, in Section 9, Block 15, Plot 2, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma. 
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18925 I4792  Payne  Penelope  30 Apr 1785  15 Sep 1860  Married first a MOBERLY.  STR06 
18926 I5823               
18927 I22388               
18928 I4694  Payne  Raymond Ruben  13 Dec 1914  2 Dec 1989  The date and location of birth is from the family bible.  STR06 
18929 I5761  Payne  Richard  Abt 1640  Yes, date unknown  Brooke Payne noted that some private records show Richard as being born on 12 May 1633 at Round Towers, Northumberland County, Virginia. However, he doubts that there were any English settlements in the Indian District of Chickacoan, from which Northumberland was later created, that early. Therefore the date and location are suspect. However, that John Payne did have a son named Richard is evidenced by the deed by John Payne to his son Richard in 1655 of a heifer named Coll, and by a later deed by Richard Payne to George Payne (his brother) in 1696 of 60 acres on the north side of Pepetick Creek, given by John Payne to his son Richard. Barring these two deeds, there is a complete absence of Court records relating to Richard.

He left two sons, William and John. (Payne, p. 53) 
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18930 I6413  Payne  Richard  Bef 1809    Served as a private in the war of 1812 in Capt. Alex. Howison's Company, 36th Virginia Infantry.  STR06 
18931 I19954  Payne  Richard Allen  27 Nov 1957  21 Jan 1988  Head stone observer in Marlow Cemenerary by Charles Strong. Could not find Obit in Duncan Paper. He is in back notrh east of cementery in Sec. 4A, Blk. 3, Lot 5. Nickname was "Ricky."  STR06 
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18933 I6185               
18934 I39262  Payne  Richard Fremont  5 May 1911  6 Jun 1993  The SSDI shows that his Social Security account was established in California prior to 1951.  STR06 
18935 I6383  Payne  Robert  20 Dec 1789  28 Aug 1827  He was a private in James Stucker's Company of Scott County, and as such was one of the men who composed the "Forlorn Hope" at the Battle of the Thames 5 October 1813, a detachment that Col. Richard M. Johnson ordered forward to attract the Indian fire, in order that the remainder of the Regiment might charge whiel the enemy's muskets were being reloaded. This detachment consisted of 20 men...Col. Johnson, who accompanied this detachment, and five others survived the attack, among whom was Robert Payne. He settled in Howard County, Missouri in 1820. He and his wife had six children. (Payne, pp. 262-263).  STR06 
18936 I16278  Payne  Robert Anthony  Abt 1922  Abt 1922  Stillborn. Not listed by his mother in her listing of her four surviving children, hence exact date unknown.  STR06 
18937 I19415  Payne  Robert Marcus  13 Feb 1934  Abt Nov 1993  According to Sylvia Hudson, he was married to Shirley and they had three children. Diane, Robert Marcus, Jr, and ?.  STR06 
18938 I42574  Payne  Roberta  5 Apr 1890  5 Oct 1890  The annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery in Sabine County indicates that her headstone is inscribed "Dau of B. R. and Mary V Payne-In Sweet Rememberance of-Lord she was Thine and not my own. Thou hast not done me wrong."  STR06 
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18940 I18806  Payne  Ruby  15 Feb 1887  16 Jan 1889  From Shelby County Cemetery Records

? Payne, Ruby ? Daughter of J.E. and L.A. ? Born: Feb. 15, 1887 ? Died: Jan. 16, 1889 Old Shelbina Salt River Township Block 8 Lot 29 
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18941 I4703  Payne  Ruby Faye  3 Mar 1918  Yes, date unknown  Owner of the Payne Family Bible which includes "The Family Register of Mr. Levi Newton Payne and Miss Sarah Elizabeth McClannahan (1875)"  STR06 
18942 I2720  Payne  Ruby May  Nov 1890  Abt 1956  Said to have married Joseph Wiley.  STR06 
18943 I4929  Payne  Samuel E.  Abt 1879  Abt 1904  On the 1880 Cook County, Texas census, he was listed as "Billie."

Sammy's body never grew and he died unmarried at a young age. Shortly before his death he had a good pair of riding shoes made for him which were later worn by a succession of his small nephews and nieces, ending with Lewis Payne. Sammy used to ride around on a very small pony. 
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18944 I5635  Payne  Samuel Marshall  11 Mar 1849  20 Jun 1916  His obituary, as it appeared in the Marlow Review, Thursday, June 22, 1916.

Obituary of Samuel M. Payne

Born March 11, 1849 in Marion County, MO. Was married to Miss Olive McClanahan in August, 1873. To this union was born six children, two of whom are dead. His wife died five years ago. About six months ago he was united in marriage to Mrs. Hollingsworth of Duncan, Oklahoma. At this time he is survived by three sons, Marvin Payne of Chickasha, Frank Payne of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Aubrey Payne, Davidson, Okla., and one daughter, Mrs. H.P Haycraft of this city.

Mr. Payne was not a member of any church or lodge but he was a good man in every respect. He believed in good morals. He strictly believed in the "Golden Rule" "Do unto others as you would be done by." He believed in a supreme being and a higher power and universal salvation. He was a most devoted husband and father.

He was just a human being subject to the frailities of the flesh. If he made any mistakes we have forgotten them and if he has any accounting to make for the life he lived, he will make it to the Judge of all the earth who doeth all things well and will judge with justice and mercy.

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

In a biography of his brother-in-law, John O'Neill, he was referenced as "Samuel, who lives on a farm near Marlow, Oklahoma."


The following biography of Samuel Marshall Payne was written by Ken Harvey:

Migrated to Texas on Texan Road (Hwy 69) with his parents and all his brothers and sisters after the Civil War, in abt. 1878. He would have been twenty-nine years old. Initially they all lived in a dugout.

See "Down the Texas Road" by Grant Foreman (1936) HISTORIC TRACES ALONG HIGHWAY 69 THROUGH OKLAHOMA Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman Press for general reference

In appearance he had a red beard and was of slender build. He had a weakness for fast horses which was perhaps encouraged by his contact with the Commanches out west. After all he needed speed to get away from them. He used to stride about the racecourse with tears in his eyes, such was his involvement in racing. He was quite an emotional man.

He cowboyed for many years in Texas and never considered that he worked for anyone in his life. It was a hard life. He and Ollie once found a man who had been skinned alive by the Indians while going somewhere with a wagon. He never knew if the victim was a whiteman or an Indian. They took him into town but he was dead on arrival.

On one occasion he found it necessary to hide in a plum thicket from Indians he had inadvertently come across. He stood there holding his horses nose to stop it whinnying. He was very fortunate with the wind direction as the scent of his mount was not carried to the Indian horses. The Indians would either have been in the area horse stealing or on the war path. It didn't really matter as the result for Samuel, if discovered, would probably have been the same.

1880 - His younger sister, L[ouise] C. Payne (b. 1863), stayed with his young family in Cooke County, Texas. She was "teaching school" at the time in 1880 according to the census.

1893 - While in living in Texas, Sam came to Oklahoma for the Land Run. He arrived for the opening of the Cherokee Strip in 1893. He came prepared with a wagon and team in order to ride with a lightweight racing saddle on his accompanying thoroughbred horse. He wore light boots and a cap with the bill turned backwards. He said he didn't want to look like a cowboy-he just wanted maximum speed. He found the land he wanted as he knew the area well from his droving days. He immediately placed his claim. After he got to the land office he sold the 160 acres he was now entitled to. The claim, which never had his name registered, was located near Enid and he was to say he made more money in that single transaction than he could have done in one whole year of being a cowboy.

In 1893 a Payne family group studio photograph was taken, probably in Quanah. It shows left to right; Samuel Marshall Payne (44) seated, Effie Mae (10) standing, C. Frank (18) seated, Aubrey Hamilton (16) standing rear, Samuel E. (14) standing forground, Marvin Walter (12) standing rear and Olivia McClanahan Payne (49) seated. Sam never grew any more. Lewis Payne has a copy of this photograph and the original is thought to have been with his sister Mary Olive and hence passed on to Dorothy Thompson. Another original is the property of Mary Ann Mounts Payne.

1895-He was the original entryman to 160 acres in Stephens County; the North-East quarter of section thirty-five in township two, [north of] range eight, west [of the Indian Meridian]. It is located about four miles outside Marlow. Sam and his family settled there, beside Hell Creek.

1900-The census shows the Sam Payne family living in Hardeman County, Texas.

1901-Samuel was described by his brother Walter W. Payne as the original entryman to 160 acres in Stephens County, Oklahoma. This land being the north-east quarter of Section thirty-five, township tow [Rock Creek, north of] Range eight (8) west [of the Indian Meridian. This farm was located about four miles outside Marlow]. This grant of land "was established and duly consumated" to Samuel M. Payne on 17 March 1920 by the signature of President Woodrow Wilson in line with the act to secure homesteads on the public domain.

1910 - Later Samuel purchased a farm about four miles outside Marlow, OK and in 1910 he was listed as living there in Rock Creek Township with his wife Ollie, his married son Marvin, his wife Grace and their child, his grandson, Chadwick. There were also two hired men and a cousin?, Lizzie Pictria (19), in the household. Ollie died in April of 1910 and Samuel became a widower.

1914-A sepia toned photograph is taken of Samuel in front of his house. The photograph includes (l to r) his son Marvin, Samuel, daughter Effie and her husband Hugh S. Haycraft.

In an Affidavit of Heirship of Samuel M. Payne who died intestate, Walter W. Payne stated that "...sometime during the year of 1915 he [Samue M. Payne] again married one Leona Hollingsworth." The couple are later listed as possessing one brown mare name Dolly, one sorrel mare names Bell and one whitefaced cow named Mott and her calf. "To this union no children were born and it is my understanding that she [Leona Hollingsworth] has given a deed of conveyance to any interest that she might have had in the estate of my deceased brother."

1916-Joe Payne of Knoxville records that Samuel died and was buried in Quanah, Texas. This is incorrect. Records from the Marlow Funeral Home instead indicate that he died at his residence in Marlow. His funeral was paid for by his son, Marvin Payne, a few months after the funeral.

He was buried in the Marlow Cemetery, Section 10, Block 10, Plot 5. 
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18945 I5635  Payne  Samuel Marshall  11 Mar 1849  20 Jun 1916  (Research):
Census Listing:

1880 Federal Census

RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Sam M. PAYNE Self M M W 30 MISSOURI Occ: Farming Fa: KY Mo: KY
Ottie PAYNE Wife F M W 34 MISSOURI Occ: Keeping House Fa: TENN Mo: ---
C. Frank PAYNE Son M S W 5 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO
Aubrey H. PAYNE Son M S W 3 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO
Samuel E. PAYNE Son M S W 1 TEXAS Fa: MO Mo: MO
L.C. PAYNE Sister F S W 19 MO Occ: Teaching School Fa: KY Mo: KY

Census Place:E.D. 115, Cooke, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255298 National Archives Film T9-1298 Page 30 
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18946 I1828  Payne  Sanford  Abt 1730  17 Dec 1792  His will was dated 7 April 1787 (17 Dec 1792) Fairfax County, Virginia and named his wife and 8 children. (Payne, The PAYNES OF VIRGINIA).  STR06 
18947 I6414  Payne  Sanford  Abt 1807  13 Aug 1884  1840 - He bought 130 acres on Buck Hall Branch, Prince William Co. where he continued to live.

Ancestry.com showsn that he served for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private on 25 Apr 1861 at the age of 43 into Company D, 17 Infantry Regiment Virgina, and was discharged on 26 July 1862. His occupation was listed as Cooper, and he was 6' tall, with blue eyes, sandy hair, and a florid complexion. 
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18948 I6414  Payne  Sanford  Abt 1807  13 Aug 1884  (Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Virginia, Prince William County, PO Tudor Hall
Enumerated 18 July 1860
Pages 66 and 67
396-374
Sanford Payne 53 M Farmer 1575 210 Va
Julia A. Payne 43 F Va
Amelia J. Payne 16 F Va
George W. Payne 14 F Va
John L. Payne 13 M Va
James H. Payne 10 M Va
Hester A. Payne 8 F Va
Sanford A. Payne 6 M Va
Mary M. Payne 4 F Va
Benjamin F. Colbert 34 M Cooper 25 Va
 
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18949 I5501  Payne  Sanford Allen  6 Sep 1854  2 Aug 1904  From FindAGrave:

Fairfax Herald 8/5/1904
Payne S.A. Obit. Train accident

And this information was also on FindAGrave relating to his wife, Augusta:


Augusta S Payne b. May 16, 1857 d. January 14, 1922
Her maiden name was also Payne

d/o William Payne and Julia Arnold
Married in 1879 Sanford Allen Payne who was her cousin.

In 1920 she was living in Washington D.C.as a widow with her three daughters, Julian, Ruby and Iola Payne. This is likely where she died. 
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18950 I4799  Payne  Sarah  Abt 1765  Yes, date unknown  In her father's will he left her 1 negro and 1/8 of his estate after his wife's death.  STR06 
18951 I4779  Payne  Sarah Ann  21 Aug 1825  25 Oct 1903  Married 1st 30 aug 1849 Palmyra MO to 1st husband William BALDWIN He was named Wilburn and the son of Elisha Baldwin. He died 22 april 1872. Husband no. 2 was John Loomis SMITH (Judge) (Major) he was born 27 sept 1827 died 21 aug 1906 bur. Sedalia, MO.

The following deed was made 6 January 1876 between Thomas H and Martha J Payne his wife, Francis W Bosworth and Elizabeth H Bosworth his wife Wilbern Baldwin and Sarah H Baldwin his wife for and in consideration of one Dollar to be paid by Levi F. Payne of the county of Marion, Missouri sell real estate in Shelby County, Missouri to wit: the west half of the North East quarter of section 12 township 58 range 10 west containing 80 acres more or less. Recorded in the State of Kentucky, County of Jefferson (vol 2 C, P-138). [Apparently this had been recorded incorrectly at one time, because two deed corrections relating to this transaction immediately followed this deed].

Sarah Ann Payne was the grandmother of Effie W. Lewis (later Mrs Thomas S. Bowles) of Richmond, Virginia. Effie Lewis was the genealogist who researched back to Sanford Payne and supplied this information to Brooke Payne. 
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18952 I23853  Payne  Sarah F.  4 Dec 1794  Yes, date unknown  M. James YOUNG in Fauquier County. They had one dau. who was b. 1826 and lived to be very old. (Payne, p. 409).  STR06 
18953 I28548  Payne  Scott W.  7 Apr 1913  30 Oct 1918  The date and location of his birth is from the family bible.

Linda Miller writes that Scott died when young..."Their mother sent them back to the house from where she was working in the field and they (my dad and Scott) went down into a washed out creek bed and found a kind of sand cave that had been washed out from when the creek flooded. There they started digging. Scott the older one being farther in when it caved in completely covering him. My father dug him out where he could see his face and blood was trickling out of his mouth so he ran for help. The cave-in had killed him instantly by breaking his neck. For years my father spoke of him as if he were younger...... Before my father died I had been doing research and realized Scott was older and told him....what a shocking thing for a young boy of five. 
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18955 I6237  Payne  Sylvia Jeannette  14 May 1906  8 Jun 1991  Email from Rick Payne [rapayne@frii.com] to Charles Strong (cstrong832@aol.com) on 10/17/2002:

BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT: I was told that Sylvia Couch worked as a telephone operator in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma before and for a little while after she married. She was a strong Christian woman and taught sunday school at church most of her adult life. She was Southern Baptist. She was a farmer/rancher's wife. From 1921 to 1948-49 her father Aubrey Payne lived with her. She never had any children because she and Woodrow were cousins. When she died, she left everything she had to her nieces and nephews. She was a good a decent woman with no real vices. James Avery Couch gave Woodrow & Sylvia the 1/2 acre in Donna, Texas when he and Sylvia were married. It was a real small house. Then after Woodrow and Sylvia went back to Davidson, Oklahoma circa 1932. Sylvia moved to the Couch Farm once owned by her father-in-law. In March James Avery Couch, Woodrow's father died and left him the family farm. In September of 1934 he had to sell the place to pay off debt. They moved back to Hidalgo County. Sylvia and Woodrow had to sell the Couch Family farm in Davidson Oklahoma to pay off bills, so they rented a farm in south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley in the general area of Edinburg and Donna, they would live here until 1939. Near the end of 1939 or very early 1940, Sylvia and her husband Woodrow Wilson Couch moved to a farm in Bailey County Texas, near the city of Muleshoe, in West Texas. Life was very good for them here. They stayed in this area 25 years. In 1952 Woodrow Wilson Couch was elected as a Bailey County Commissioner. They left the county in 1965, going to Clairette, Erath County, Texas. Woodrow was in the Democratic Party when he was a County Commissioner. Clairette, on State Highway 6 some fifteen miles southeast of Stephenville in southeastern Erath County, was established when the Texas Central Railroad was constructed through the area in the early 1880s. The community was named for a popular brand of soap. In 1940 it had 275 residents, five businesses, several churches, and a post office. Changes in agriculture and transportation patterns subsequently reduced the town's prosperity. From 1968 until 1990 its population was estimated at fifty-five. The 1984 county highway map showed a church, a community hall, and three businesses at Clairette. It is due south of Fort Worth. It was here that Sylvia and Woodrow purchased a ranch in 1965. She resided in Sunset, Montague County, Texas 1966. She died in the hospital: Bowie Memorial Hospital of Acute Myocardial Infarction according to Dr. H.Lorain Evans, M.D. Like so many others in our family she is buried in Davidson, Oklahoma at the Davidson cemetery, her funeral was handled by: Burgess-Fry Funeral Home of 201 West Walnut Street in Bowie, Texas. June 11, 1991. She was 85 years old. She was a grand lady and a good person. You would have liked her. 
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18956 I23249  Payne  Teresa  Between 1811 and 1813  Yes, date unknown  Married a Haloway. (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, March 17, 2005, p 3)  STR06 
18957 I4794  Payne  Theodosia  Aft 1789  Yes, date unknown  Married a HORSEMAN.  STR06 
18958 I16274  Payne  Thomas  Abt 1700  Yes, date unknown  No record of his marriage or death. 1700 his father left him a negro Gennie, an equal share of his personal estate, a gray mare about 4 years old, and made him the heir of testator's sons John and George, should either die without issue. In 1713, Thomas PACE stated to the court that Thomas, William and Jane Payne, orphans of George Payne, had been under his care since the death of their father, and the profits from their part of the estate were so small they would not maintain them; upon which the court ordered them to serve said PACE and his present wife. In 1714 he was bound instead ot George WHITE (with the consent of Thomas PACE) until he was twenty-one, said WHITE agreeing to teach Thomas the trade of a carpenter. In 1721 he sold a slave Ginnie to William JENNINGS. 1722 he was paid by the court for guarding prisoners and in the same year was a defendant in a suit by Robert HUGHES. This is his last appearance in records, and nothing is suggested as to what became of him. (Payne, pp. 372, 373).  STR06 
18959 I23840  Payne  Thomas  Bef 1750  Aft 1830  Married Sarah GLENDENNING, died in Fq. Co., leaving a will dated 29 July 1830 (23 Jany 1832). 1769 He witnessed his father's will. 1771 he leased from Lord Fairfax 200 a. on Naked Ridge in the Manor of Leeds, Fq. Co., during the lives of his w. Sarah and dau. Nancy. He lived and died on land near Carter's Run adjacent to Joseph Smith and John Walden. He owned 42 slaves. His will named seven children. (Payne, p 380).  STR06 
18960 I5891  Payne  Thomas Bunker  24 Nov 1864  11 Oct 1906  The 1890 Chickasaw Census showed: Payne, T B & Wife Husband's Age 26 Wife's Age 19 She was listed as Chickasaw by blood, and he was shown as Chickasaw by marriage.

Fay Yeager cites "Indian Pioneer History" volume 40 as saying "Thomas Payne was deputy Marshall of Ardmore 1891-1892." Ardmore is in Carter County, adjoining Stephens County.

On the 1896 Chickasaw Census Roll for Pickens County, Velma Township, Indian Territory, Thomas B Payne is shown as a 34 year old male, with his tribal enrollment taking place in 1897 in Pickens County (No. 77). He was shown as the son of Thomas H. Payne and Martha J. Payne, both noncitizens. His son, Thomas H. Payne, is shown as being 5 years old, 1/32 Chickasaw by blood, with a tribal enrollment also in Pickens County (No. 20), and shown as the son of Thomas B. Payne and Mollie Payne (deceased), a resident of Pickens County.

An unnamed baby, a child of Thomas Payne, is buried (undated) in Section 9, Block 15, Plot 7, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma. It is not known if it was a boy or girl. Could this have been a child of Thomas and Molly? The three of them are buried side by side.

Abstracts from the Duncan Eagle Vol. 12, 11 Oct. 1906. Local Mention:

Mr. & Mrs. Rufe Deck came down from Chickasha to attend the funeral of Tom Payne who died this morning at 6.

Died this morning at the residence of John O'Neill, Tom Payne, after a long and lingering illness like consumption. He owned a fine farm near Arthur where he lived with his family. He leaves a wife & 4 children, the oldest, a son who is attending school in Decatur, TX. He will be buried in the Marlow Cemetery. He was a bro. to Mrs. John O'Neill, Walter & Wm. Payne of Marlow. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell).

Charles Strong reports that Thomas Bunker Payne died without a will. He owned some 300 acres of land that he had been alloted as being a Chickasaw by Marriage, so it took some time to settle his estate due to his children being minors. He cites Stephens County OK Probate Case #290. Walter W. Payne was guardian and executor of his estate.

The Marlow Review
October 1907
Monument Unveiled
On Sunday afternoon in the biting wind the Duncan camp W. O. W. unveiled the beautiful monument erected by that order at the grave of Thos. Payne. The attendance was large the weather considered. The beautiful ceremony was carried out by the Duncan camp and a short talk made by G. W. Siever, C. C. of Marlow camp. The monument is imposing being the largest one in the cemetery.
11-15-07 Pg. C1

(Courtesy Lynell Gentry Cordell)

In a biography of his brother-in-law, John O'Neill, he was referenced as "Thomas, who was a rancher and died at Duncan at the age of forty-three." 
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18961 I5891  Payne  Thomas Bunker  24 Nov 1864  11 Oct 1906  (Research):Census Information:

1900 Census
Indian Territory, Picken Chicasaw, T1 NR 5W
Enumerated 25 Jun 1900 Wm F. McIntyre
SD 73 (lined through) ED 163 Sheet 13A Stamped 289

211-214
Payne, Walter Hd W M March 1867 33 M 5 Mo Ky Ky Farmer
Payne, Gertrude Wf W F Aug 1876 23 M 5 3/2 Tx Mo Mo
Payne, Emma Blanche Dtr W F Nov 1895 4 S Chickasaw Nation M
o Tx
Payne, Harry Carrol Son W M Feb 1897 3 S Ok Mo Tx
Payne, Mary Ethel Dtr W F Sep 1899 8/12 S Ok Mo Tx
Payne, Martha J Mother W F March 1826 74 Wd 1/1 Ky Va Va
212-215
Payne, Thomas B Hd W M Nov 1864 35 M2 Mo Ky Ky Farmer
Payne, Lilly Wf W F Nov 1878 22 M 2 2/2 Tx MO MO
Payne, Thomas H Son W M March 1893 7 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Tx
Payne, Marvin C Son W M Sept 1899 2/12 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Tx
213-216
James, Sarah Hd W F 1858 42 Wd 5/3 Mo Mo Mo Farmer
James Edna Dtr W F 1883 17 S Tx Mo Mo
James, Julia Dtr W F 1884 15 S Tx Mo Mo
James, Jessie Son W M 1893 6 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Mo
214-217
Scott, Alisie Hd W M Dec 1853 46 m 16 Indiana Indiana Ill Farmer
Scott, Lula Wf W F March 1862 38 M 16 6/6 Mo Ky Ky
Scott, Claude Son W M Jan 1886 14 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Orville Son W M May 1887 12 S Tx Ind Mo
Soctt, Florence Dtr W F July 1889 10 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Lindsey Son W M Oct 1890 9 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Martha Dtr W F Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Irene Dtr W F Oct 1897 2 S Ok Ind Mo 
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18962 I154  Payne  Thomas Hamilton  27 Jan 1819  14 Sep 1884  Thomas Hamilton Payne was born 1819 in Kentucky. He was remembered by his family as a great hunter with gun and with hounds. He apparently moved to Missouri sometime before his marriage in 1843.

Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls:

Year Owner Acres Section Township Range
Thomas H. Payne
80 16 59 9
80 16 59 9
40 17 59 9

This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners.

During the Civil War Thomas served in the Union Army. He enlisted with Captian C. Willmott in Shelbyville, Missouri on the 4th of April 1862. His unit in the Union Army was Capt. James W. Lampkin's Company H, 11th Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia Volunteers. Thomas was made corporal. He was described as 6 ft. 2 in, with a light complexion, black hair and blue eyes. According to his service records, "It became evident soon after enlistment that diseases existed rendering the soldier unfit for duty." On June 1, he entered the hospital in Palmyra, Missouri to be treated. He was later moved to a hospital in Macon, Missouri. Thomas was discharged 7 July 1862. Surgeon C.C. Dickinson, who examined Thomas state that he was unfit for service "because of dyspepsia...existing long prior to enlistment. This man has suffered symptons of dypepsia for many years...and was unquestionably unfit for service when he enlisted." However, Thomas's immediate superior Sgt. Brown later testified that "Thomas H. Payne was, to the best of my knowledge, a sound able-bodied man....(and became) disabled in the line of duty by sleeping...in a dank room with open windows (during a period of almost constant rain), by reason of which he contracted asthma and typhoid pneumonia (as did many other soldiers quartered in this room)." This contradictory evidence caused Martha problems as she was trying to receive his service pension; and she had to provide lots of documents in order to eventually receive it.

In the book APRIL 1865, Jay Winik notes that "On one level, (Missouri) was the very embodiment of the Civil War itself: a conflict-ridden slave state that didn't secede, a state deeply divided in loyalties, a state with an ill-formed identity. On yet another level, as it descended into full-scale guerilla war, Missouri became a very different creature altogether, less a reflection of what the Civil War was and more a mirror for what the Civil War could become. It became a killing field. Missouri also produced the most bloodthirsty guerillas of the war. Topping the list was Willam Clarke Quantrill, a handsome, blue-eyed, twenty-four-year-old former Ohio schoolteacher. A close second was Bloody Bill Anderson, whose father was murdered by Unionists..among their disciples were young men destined for later notoriety: Frank and Jesse James, and Coleman Younger...In early 1862, Quantrill and his band of bushwhackers launched a series of strikes into Kansas...(This led to) thousands of Federal troopers and Kansas militiamen (to) quickly pursue the bushwhackers...thus escalated the vicious cycle of retaliation and revenge...The Union soldiers hunted the guerillas like animals. By 1864, the guerrilla war had reached new peaks of savagry. Robbing stagecoaches, harassing citizens, cutting telegraph wires were everyday occurences; but now it was no longer simply enough to ambush and gun down the enemy. They had to be mutilated and just as often scalped...In one massacre, a Quantrill chieftain calmly hopped from one body to another, plundering his prey. Altogether he stepped on 124 corpses. In another massacre, those who surrendered were clubbed to death...(Eventually) all order broke down. Groups of revenge-minded Federals, militia and even soldiers, became guerillas themselves, angrily stalking Missouri, tormenting, torturing and slaying Southern-sympathizers. Ruthless repriseals and random terror became the norm, and the entire state was dragged into an incomprehensible and accelerating whirlpool of vengence...the very fabric of all civil society was torn apart...civilians became not just anxious spectators but unwilling participants. In a war without fronts, boundaries, and formal organizations, the divisions between civilians and soldiers/partisans almost totally evaporated. As time wore on, ever-greater numbers of people fled--to Texas, Colorado, California, Idaho even Tennessee. By 1864, most rural Missourians had become refugees, inside or outside the state." (Winik, pps. 158-163).

The following deed was made 6 January 1876 between Thomas H and Martha J Payne his wife, Francis W Bosworth and Elizabeth H Bosworth his wife Wilbern Baldwin and Sarah H Baldwin his wife for and in consideration of one Dollar to be paid by Levi F. Payne of the county of Marion, Missouri sell real estate in Shelby County, Missouri to wit: the west half of the North East quarter of section 12 township 58 range 10 west containing 80 acres more or less. Recorded in the State of Kentucky, County of Jefferson (vol 2 C, P-138). [Apparently this had been recorded incorrectly at one time, because two deed corrections relating to this transaction immediately followed this deed].

In 1877 and 1878, Tom's health became much worse. He was advised by his family physician (Dr. Payne of Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri, whose biography* follows this) that his medical condition "was incurable and he advised him to go to Texas as the change in climate (the air being less humid) might help him." In Brooke Payne's book THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA, he lists the following 10 children as accompanying Thomas and Martha Payne to Texas: Samuel, William H.H., Newton, Winfield Scott, Elizabeth, Catherine, Caroline, Berilla Jane, Thomas and Walter.

A published biography of William H.H. Payne has a slightly different list of children: Elizabeth, wife of John O'Neil, of Duncan; Kate, wife of Thomas Joyner, of Oklahoma; Samuel M., of Stephens county; William H., whose career has been sketched; Winfield, near Red Moon, Oklahoma; Levi N(ewton), of Wewoka, Oklahoma; Josephine, wife of L. F. McClannahan, of Duncan; Lula, wife of Allison Scott, of Duncan; Thomas B. ; and Walter W., of Duncan.

Note that Berilla Jane is on Brooke Payne's list (and also the LDS Ancestral Files), but not in the biography of William H.H. Payne, or on any of the census records viewed. This could be the wife of Levi F. Payne. Therefore, it is assumed she is on Brooke Payne's list in error. Also, the LDS files have a son Lee, not listed in any other record. It is also assumed this also was an error.

Tom and Martha's daughter Catherine Joyner had preceeded them to Texas. The other children all (without exception) moved to Texas as well. [Conversations with Lewis Adair Payne; National Archives as College Park; Thomas H. Payne Pension Application #36012-General Affidavit blank completed and signed by affiant G.T. Joyner of Chillcothe P.O., Hardeman Co, Texas on 16 February 1889].

A neigboring farmer in Hardeman County was L.F. McClanahan, whom they became "intimately acquainted with." Two of their sons were married to McClanahan's. Both L.F. and another neighbor noted that Thomas was not able to perform manual labor (more than a quarter of his time) and that he had a severe cough. [National Archives as College Park; Thomas H. Payne Pension Application #36012-General Affidavit blank completed and signed by affiants L.F. McClanahan and J.B. Loring, Hardeman Co, Texas on 5 April 1887]

At some point around 1880, Thomas and Martha appear to have moved east one hundred miles from Hardeman County to Montague County, and in 1880 itself, they are enumerated on the Cooke County, Texas census.

In 1883, Thomas made a claim to be placed on the Invalid Pension Roll of the United States. He stated he was greatly disabled, which prevented him from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor (farming) by reasons of contracting asthma while in service of the United States. Thomas signed the declaration in ink with some difficulty. He clearly was a man unused to the demands of a pen.

Thomas died on September 14, 1884. Dr. John Stinson, who attended him at the time of his last illness, stated that "He was suffering at the time...with what I thought to be asthmatic bronchitis. He was physically a wreck...He had all the symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and continually suffered from asthma, up to the time of his death, which occured from exhaustion."

After Tom's death, Martha pursued the claim for a Widow's Invalid Pension. Her attempt gives the impression of being a much more determined assault on the official bastions, although the ultimate outcome is unknown.

There is a photograph (120X170mm) of the elderly Thomas Hamilton Payne in the collection of Lewis Adair Payne. The original was presumably done circa. 1880 in Montague, Texas. Mary Olive Payne's daughter Dorothy has the original retouched photograph.



Biography of Thomas Payn'e Family Physician, Harry C. Payne (Relationship, if any, unknown)

PAYNE, Harry C, MD (1879 - 1938)

Dr. Harry Clancet Payne worked his way through college, graduating from Missouri University School of Medicine in 1903. He was the son of Bennett Allen Payne, MD, who graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1868, practiced medicine in Clarence, MO, served in the Union Army in the Civil War, was captured, contracted Tuberculosis while a prisoner and died when Harry was only nine years old.

Dr. Payne practiced medicine for a short time at Cherry Box and nearby Clarence, Mo. In 1904 he married Edna Kahlke of Rock Island, Illinois, and they moved to Paris where he practiced until shortly before his death from cancer.

In 1921 he made an overland trip to Denver, Colorado with Albert Sladeck. He had been told that X-rays of his lungs indicated TB, but those taken at Denver showed what were diagnosed as old scars.

A patient willed him a 13-room home and acreage with the stipulation that it be used as a hospital for at least two years. It was known as the Meyer Memorial Sanitarium in honor of the late parents of his benefactor, Mrs. Minnie Westphaling. After several years it was closed as Paris was not large enough to support a medical facility, and was only twenty five miles from well established hospitals.

He was joined by Dr. Joseph Flynt in 1921. Dr. Flynt practiced in Paris until his death and was aswell loved as Dr. Payne.

Dr. Payne's wife preceded him in death in 1937. They had three daughters - Helen Ford, Virginia Gibbs, Mary Grace Winburn. 
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18963 I154  Payne  Thomas Hamilton  27 Jan 1819  14 Sep 1884  (Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Enumerated 20 Sep 1850
Missouri, Lewis County, District 48
451-452
Saml Marshall 55 M Farmer 1720 Va
Hannah Marshall 53 F Va
Caladonia Marshall 12 F Mo
Elizabeth Marshall 9 F Mo
H/Cinderilla Kenosh 30 F $500 Va
452-453
Thos. H. Payne 30 M Farmer Ky
Martha J. Payne 23 F Ky
Sarah E Payne 5 F Mo
Harriett C Payne 2 F Mo
Saml A Payne 1 M Mo

1860 Census
Shelby Co, Missouri Census
281
Pain, Thomas H 41 M Ky
Pain, Martha Jane 34 F Ky
Pain, Sarah E. 15 F Mo
Pain, Harriet 13 F Mo
Pain, Saml. 11 M Mo
Pain, William 9 M Mo
Pain, Winfield 7 M Mo
Pain, Levi N 5 M Mo
Pain, Catherine J 3 F Mo

1870 Census
Missouri, Shelby County, Tiger Fork Twp,P O Nelsonville
Enumerated 29 July 1870
Page 20
143-143
Mahar, John 37 M W Farmer $250 $100 Mo
Payne, Thomas 51 M W $3500 $512 Ky
144-144
""" , Martha 54 F W Keeping House Ky
""", Sarah 25 F W Mo
""", Samuel 21 M W Mo
""", Willis 19 M W At School Mo
""", Scott 17 S M At School Mo
""", Lavina (sic) 14 F (sic) W At School Mo
""", Carrie 13 F W At School Mo
""", Luly 9 F W Mo
""", Thomas 6 m W Mo
""", Walter 3 m W Mo
Payne, Sarah 81 F W Ky
Hair, Robert 60 M W Farmer 5500 1820 Ky
145-145
""", Elizabeth 52 F W Keeping House SC
""", John 24 M W $1800 $575 Mo
Lair Aldeison 58 M W Farmer 6000 2650 Ky

The Familysearch "1880 United States Census and National Index" has the following:

1880 Census
Census Place: Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255298 National Archives Film T9-1298
Page 32
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Thomas H. PANE Self M M W 62 KY Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA
Martha PANE Wife F M W 53 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: MD Mo: VA
Elizabeth PANE Dau F S W 39 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Luseler PANE Dau F S W 18 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Wm. PANE Son M S W 29 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Thomas PANE Son M S W 15 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Walter PANE Son M S W 13 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY 
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18964 I154  Payne  Thomas Hamilton  27 Jan 1819  14 Sep 1884  (Medical):Y DNA:

A Direct Male descendant of Thomas Hamilton Payne, bearing the PAYNE surname, was tested by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. His line of descent is as follows:
Thomas Hamilton Payne b. 1819 Kentucky
Walter Winkle Payne b. 1867 Missouri
Harry Carl Payne b. 1898 Indian Territory
Living PAYNE, son of Harry

His DNA was predicted to be R1b1, the most common haplogroup in Western Europe.

The results were as follows:

(DYS#)
393-390-19-391-385a-385b-426-388-439-389-1-392-389-2-458-459a-459b-455-454-447-437-448-449-464a-464b-464c-464d
(Alleles)
13-24-14-11-11-16-12-12-13-13-13-29-16-9-10-11-11-25-15-20-28-15-16-17-17

More information can be found at the following website, part of the PAYNE DNA project. The kit was #48173, and our Payne group was assigned to lineage 1b 
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18965 I5922  Payne  Thomas Hamilton  20 Mar 1893  12 Dec 1957  Thomas's mother died when he was just three months old. His father remarried shortly after he turned six. Sometime after his father's remarriage, Thomas was sent to Decatur, Texas to attend school. His daughter, Anna Laura Payne, believes this school was run by Jesuits. While he was away at school, about six months after his thirteenth birthday, his father died "of a long and lingering illness like consumption." Before he turned 17, Thomas's stepmother died as well. Within the next ten years, both of his younger half-brothers died tragically. In spite of suffering these many significant losses, Thomas was a gregarious and outgoing person with many friends. He loved to hunt and be in the outdoors.

Ken Harvey wrote "Tom was musical and learned to play the piano by ear. He seemed, throughout his life, to have had little sense of responsibility or of time. As a boy he would often disappear and be found, for example, asleep in a field. His father often had to saddle up his horse and go and get him when he was missing from home as a child."

Harvey continued "In the First World War Tommy served in the 90th Division US Army alongside his double cousin Carl. Tommy used to collect enemy arms after a military action, Carl reported, even though he was not allowed to keep them. He could be seen staggering across the battlefield weighed down, dropping a weapon from the pile he clutched when he saw another gun he preferred better. He was a marksman who shot left-handed. He had been excused from further army rifle practice in basic training, and allowed to fire holding the gun as he wished, when it was discovered how accurate his aim was."

Daughter Anna Laura reported that her father did not go oversees until after the Armistice, he was part of the later occupaying forces. She remembers waving to him from the train station as he departed for the service. After he returned from overseas, Thomas resumed his farming and ranching operations in Stephens county.

Charles Strong reports that Tom lost his land in the late 1920's, after the bottom fell out of the cattle market. He had borrowed money against his ranch from a bank in Wichita, Kansas to raise a herd of cattle. A couple of years later, when they had fully matured, he shipped them by freight train to Chicago to be sold. The market crashed, and the sale of his cattle didn't raise enough even to pay the freight charges that were due on his shipment. To avoid foreclosure, Tom arranged to sell his land holdings to Leonard Ketchum. Ketchum paid him a few thousand dollars in cash, and also assumed to notes that were due on the land, a fair and gracious offer that helped keep Tom on his feet.

Tom used this stake to homestead for a while in Wyoming, thinking this would give him a fresh start. He thought it a great adventure. Bessie was horrified. Charles Strong recalls that Bessie's initial impression of the Wyoming homesteads was favorable. She admired both the large screened in porches, and long clothes lines. Her admiration turned to stark terror, however, when she learned that the screened in porches were actually set up so the children had somewhere to play away from the rattlesnakes. She also came to realize that long lines between the homes and barns weren't for clothers. They were set up so that you wouldn't get lost and freeze to death going between your barn and your home in the case of a sudden blizzard. At Bessie's urging, they soon moved back to Oklahoma.

These setbacks eventually became too much for Tom. One day he simply disappeared, leaving Bessie and his children behind. Unbeknownst to them, he moved to California. This is how he was listed at the time of the 1930 Federal Census:

California, Los Angeles, Signal Hill, ED 1509
Taylor, Joseph A Hd M W 40 M @ 25 Calif Ill Ind Assistant Operator Gasoline Plow
Taylor, Mary A Wife F W 45 M @ 30 NY NY Ireland
Crossen, Albert Lodger M W 22 S Cal Cal Iowa Rotary Helper
Stamper, Edgar A Lodger M W 34 S Oklahoma Tenn Iowa Rotary Helper Garlington, Robert Lodger M W 35 D Alabama Georgia Alabama Rotary Helper Price, Sterling Lodger M W 49 M California Missouri Missouri Pumper Harris, Abbot B Lodger M W 31 D Pennsylvania Ireland Nebraska Promoter O&G
PAYNE, THOMAS Lodger M W 37 M @ age 20 Ok Missouri Ok Rotary Helper

The occupations of the lodgers in both the Taylor lodging home, and in the homes of their immediate neighbors, made it clear he was part of the booming oil and gas industry in California. In 1900, the state of California produced 4 million barrels. By 1910, this had jumped to 77 million barrels. In the 1920's three new major fields were discovered in rapid succession - Huntington Beach (1920), Santa Fe Springs (1921), and the biggest of them all, the Signal Hill, where Thomas lived. By April 1922, only 10 months after completion of the discovery well, Signal Hill was covered with 108 wells, producing 14,000 barrels daily. By the fall of 1923, 259,000 barrels of crude was being produced every day from nearly 300 wells. Signal Hill was the biggest field the already productive Southern California region had ever seen....this made California the nation's number-one producing state, and in 1923, California was the source of one-quarter of the world's entire output of oil!

(http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/signal_hill/signal_hill2.html)

Tom appeared to be in the Long Beach area for well over a decade. In August, 1943, he filed a document with the Long Beach, California Selective Service board. It was a request for permission to depart the United States to visit the country of Alaska, which was not yet a state. He was in the employ of Guy F. Atkinson Co of San Francisco, a heavy construction company. As the nature of his business was listed as "confidential," it is likely he was involved in a civil engineering project in Alaska related to the war effort.

Back home in Oklahoma, in September 1950, his family had him declared legally dead so they could probate his estate and apply for benefits based on his enrollement in the Chickasaw tribe. Daughter Lois Marie Payne was named executor. Because they had not heard from him in over twenty years, they had no idea if he was still living.

Tom remained in the Pacific Northwest after the second World War, working as a civil servant at various Air Force Bases in and around Alaska. When he became terminally ill, the Red Cross reconnected Tom and his family in Oklahoma, via letters, prior to his death.

On the Standard Certificate of Death, State of Oregon, Thomas H. Payne is shown as having died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon on December 12, 1957. His usual residence is shown as Palmer, Alaska, and his usual occupation is shown as Laborer. It appears that his marital status was subject to some question. It looks as if the "divorced" box was originally checked, and then scribbled over. The "married" box is checked, and the name of his spouse is shown as Mrs. Bessie Payne. The date of birth is given as March 20, 1893, and his birthplace is shown as Marlow, Oklahoma. Mother and Father are shown as "unknown." It is noted that he was a Veteran of World War I, and that the information on the death certificate was taken from his VA records. The certificate was signed by W.A Haug, MD, Asst. Pathologist. The funeral director was A.J. Rose and Son of Portland, and the cemetery or crematorium being Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. A telegraph regarding his death was sent the next day to Anna Laura Strong in Duncan.

His gravesite information is below:

PAYNE, THOMAS H PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/20/1893
DATE OF DEATH: 12/12/1957
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 2888 WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY

http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/willamette.htm

11800 SE MT. SCOTT BOULEVARD PORTLAND, OR 97266 (503) 273-5250

Anna Laura Strong also received a letter from Mrs. Earle W. Barry, Star Route, Palmer, Alaska some eight months after her father died. She had apparently written Mrs. Barry regarding some trouble they were having in regards to an insurance settlement. Mrs. Barry informed her that she had "never heard him mention a divorce at any time and I believe I would have heard tell about it some time when he was under the influence of liquor. He was in California before he came to Alaska. The boys met him in Amchitka Island that was an Army base, the last was Ladd Field...near Fairbank, before that he was (at) Eidson Base. I am sending some papers that were laying around. Hope they will help you. Tom was a good man. His worst enemy was liquor."

Among Tom's personal effects that were returned to his family were his wallet and four photographs: two of the photos were of co-workers, Lee H. Talley of Iowa and Richard Neal of Missouri; one photo of Tom himself in outdoor gear; and a studio portrait of "Marie and Midge." Richard Neal inscribed his photo, taken at Amchitka Base Headquarters, "To a very good Pal from a Boiler house cook." Marie inscribed her portrait, dated 1944, as well, saying that although it was "not a good picture" of either her or Midge, she thought Tom might wish to cut it down to fit his wallet. He chose to keep it intact.

His brown Norwegian Cowhide wallet contained several money order receipts, a blank check from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, receipts for funds he received as a VA patient in Oregon (claim #1431661), his 1956-1957 Alaska Resident Hunting License, an National Rifle Association of America Membership card, a Veterans of Foreign Wars Ballard Post 3063 card, a membership card from the Ladd AFB Civilian Club of Fairbanks, his U.S. Civil Service Commission retirement card dated May 6, 1957 (#CSA-466-659), his union card from the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 899, a receipt for a .22 caliber rifle, and a business card from the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, based in Philadelphia. On the back of this card was written "Benjamin Constant, Amazona Brasil, S.A.".

A few pieces of correspondence were returned as well. Among these were his 1943 permit to leave the US for Alaska; a 1948 letter from the IRS--mailed to Tom in Seattle--regarding a $32 refund on the 1946 taxes; a "Notification of Personnel Action from Ladd AFB," dated July 8, 1955, showing Tom's change in title from Stationary Boiler Fireman to Heating Equipment Fireman. His grade, WB-54-02-09, and his salary ($2.94 per hour) remained unchanged. Also saved were his separation from duty papers dated 20 May 1957. It showed that he was retiring due to disability, and that his permanent home address would be in care of Earl W. Barry of Palmer, Alaska. A prescription for various drugs to treat his bronchogenic carcinoma was included as well, signed by E. Dank, Capt. USAF, of Todd AFB. He also saved his acceptance as a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ironically, his VFW Life Member card (No. 4427), also in his effects, was dated 1-1-1958, two weeks after his death.

These effects, as meager as they seem, were treasured by his daughters, and remained in 2005 in the position of his granddaughter, Lynn (Payne) Moroney of Oklahoma.

He was 1/32 Indian by blood through his mother. He appears as No. 3686 upon the "lists prepared by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641), of persons entiled to enrollment as citizens by blood of the Chickasaw Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior December 12, 1902". Because of this, he was first alloted land when he was only eleven years old in Tishomingo, Indian Territory on July 9, 1904, Section 29, Town IN, Range 5W, 160 acres in total with a value of $1,040. (Cert # 8801, Cert 11253). 
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18966 I1551  Payne  Thomas Hardrick  17 Jan 1917  12 Apr 1997  Duncan Weekly Banner
Friday, Jan. 19, 1917
Born - To Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne, east of town, Wednesday, Jan. 17, a fine twelve pound boy. Congratulations are in order.

Thomas was educated in a boarding school/orphanage for Native American boys after his father left the family. It was a different school than that attended by his sisters, whom all attended St. Elizabeth's in Purcell.

Thomas H. Payne, Jr. Chief Petty Officer

Thomas H. Payne, jr. son of Mrs. Bessie Payne, 915 Oak, has been promoted to the rank of chief petty officer in the U.S. Maritime Service. his address now is Los Angeles, California, and he is stationed at west coast ports. Payne attended Duncan High School. He formerly was employed by Lynn COURSEY. (Undated, unreferenced news clipping, courtesy of Fay Payne Yeager).

Information from the California Death Index at Rootsweb.com:

Payne, Thomas Hardrick Mother's Maiden Name: Gentry Born: January 17, 1917 in Oklahoma Died: 4/12/1997 Shasta County, California SSN: 549-01-5512 Age: 80 years

Great nephew Tom Strong recalls that Thomas Payne worked as a butcher in California. 
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18967 I23836  Payne  Thomas Jefferson  10 Jun 1800  Yes, date unknown  He went to St. Louis, Missouri in 1840 and acquired large tracts of river-bottom land in St. Charles Co. and in Illinois, also large holdings in St. Louis, on which investments he made considerable money. He married three times and had a total of five children.  STR06 
18968 I6391  Payne  Thomas Jefferson  3 Feb 1804  Abt 1880  He had no children by his first marriage and four children by his second marriage.  STR06 
18969 I4789  Payne  Thomas Jefferson  Aft 1860  Yes, date unknown  Resided in Shelby County, MO as of 1890.  STR06 
18970 I6415  Payne  Travers  Aft 1822  Yes, date unknown  Travers served as a private in the war of 1812. His name was spelled Travis in the muster rolls. His son, James Payne, lived in Loudon County, Virginia.  STR06 
18971 I7749  Payne  Tye A.  27 Apr 2000  26 Aug 2005  Tye A. Payne

FORT COBB Funeral for Tye A. Payne, 5, Fort Cobb, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Square Top Baptist Church, four miles west and one mile north of Anadarko, with J.T. Goombi and Justin Doughty officiating.

Tye died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at his home.

Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Cobb, under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home.

He was born April 27, 2000, to Dean and Traci Rhoades Payne. He played T-ball.

Survivors include his parents; two half-brothers: Randett Payne and Leslie Payne; two half-sisters: Christi Payne and Amy Perez; and his grandparents: Roberta and Dick Owens and John Rhoades.

Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. today at the church. 
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18972 I5507  Payne  Vera  12 Aug 1901  23 Mar 1962  Vol. 6, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 642
Vera Payne to Clifford Roberts ? No date, Cancelled ?? Presumably married elsewhere in the years 1921/1922.

Vera P(ayne). Young Rites Tuesday

Duncan Banner Monday, March 26, 1962, Pg. 10 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

Last rites for Vera Payne Young, a former Duncan area resident who died Friday in Roswell, NM., will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Brooks Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Young, a native of the Duncan area, was born on the Payne ranch east of Duncan Aug. 12, 1901. She moved to Roswell eight months ago. Mrs. Young was a member of the First Christian Church here and the widow of John Young, who died here in 1959. Young formerly operated Young's Grocery, east of Duncan. Survivors include a son Clifford Payne Roberts, Lovington, N.M.; and two sisters, Mrs. (Virginia Payne) Hoyt Hardin, Duncan route 4, and Mrs. Louise Birnie, Roswell. Also surviving are two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Roy Harp, retired First Christian pastor, will officiate assisted by Rev. Bill Masters, pastor. Burial will be by Brooks Funeral Home in Marlow Cemetery.
NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 10 Blk 9 (Lot 1), states b. 8-12-1901 d. 3-23-1962 
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18973 I40806  Payne  Vera May  6 May 1912  15 Dec 2001  EAST CARBON CITY - Vera May Payne Steele, age 89, went home Dec. 15, 2001.
She was born May 6, 1912 in Butler, Okla. to William H. and Pearl Burgess Payne. She married Cleatis Odell Steele, June 23, 1929 in Moorewood, Okla. He left this life and went home June 27, 1994.

She was a resident of East Carbon City since 1944.

In her early years, mom loved to knit and crochet. She loved to sew and make dresses for her daughters. Mom also loved to travel all over to see the sights. She loved worked in her iris and rose garden. She loved having her family and grandchildren come to visit her. Next to her family the love of her life were her pets.

She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Her suffering is over. Now she walks with the angels.
Survived by four daughters, one son and their spouses, Barbara Jean (Tony) Migliaccio, Helper; Kathryn Dean Mednick, Salt Lake City; Gwen (Harold) Dahl, Lake Havasu, Ariz.; Joyce Jaramillo, Desert Center, Calif.; Duane (Mary Lou) Steele, East Carbon; brother, Weldon Payne, Oklahoma; sister, Noreen Payne, Oklahoma; 19 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband; parents; brother, Lloyd Payne; and sister, Louis Barton.

Funeral service Thursday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Thursday one hour prior to services. Friends are welcome at Mitchell's 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
The family would like to acknowledge Castle

Sun Advocate (Carbon County's premier local newspaper since 1891)
http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=52
 
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18974 I4443  Payne  Vernon Emery  16 May 1914  9 Apr 1983  Said to have been born in Haney, Oklahoma.

Plot: Section 924, Lot 2, Grave 8 
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18976 I5541  Payne  Virginia Callie  23 Aug 1903  21 Apr 1971  "Jan 4th, 1977....I do not hear much from Duncan folks since Grace (Ellen Gentry Payne) and Virginia (Payne Hardin) gone they always kept me up on news. W.T. (Gentry) does call now and then and brought his mother out to see us before she passed away. We did not get to go over to her funeral. Had a terrific ice storm so could not drive...Ruth Pearl Gentry."

Thursday, April 22, 1971

Mrs. Hardin's Rites Saturday

Mrs. Virginia Callie Hardin, 67, of Duncan Rt. 4, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday at her home following a long illness. Mrs. Hardin, born here on Aug. 23, 1903, was a member of the First Christian Church here. On May 2, 1925, she married Hoyt (Pete) Hardin in Walters.

Survivors include her husband of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Frances DuBose of Houston, Tex.; a grandson and a great-granddaughter. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Morgan Sly, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery. Bearers will be Bruce Ridley, Lynn Colbert, Les Corbett, Leonard Ketchum, J.D. Harmeyer and Ed Davis.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell) 
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18977 I19922  Payne  Virginia Mable  5 Aug 1917  29 Sep 1947  Died young, in her twenties, from cancer. Not listed in the Will of Hattie Payne, who died in 1956.

VanScoy Funeral On Wednesday (Virginia Mable (Payne) VanScoy

Duncan Banner Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1947 Pg. 8 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

Marlow. - The funeral service for Mrs. Virginia Payne VanScoy, 30, who died yesterday in a Pauls Valley hospital of a three months illness, will be at 2.30 p. m. tomorrow in the First Methodist Church here with the Rev. J. Paul Grooms officiating, assisted by the Rev. Oscar Fontaine, pastor of the Pennsylvania Avenue Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Burial will be in the Marlow Cemetery with the Callaway-Smith Funeral Home in charge.
Born August 5, 1917, in Marlow, Mrs. VanScoy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Payne, pioneer residents. She graduated from Marlow High School.
Survivors include the widower, Van VanScoy of the home at 2244 Northwest 14th, Oklahoma City, and two children, Joe Ellis and Phil; her parents, two brothers. Jodie (Joe D,) and Bill (William T.) Payne. Marlow; one sister, Mrs. Mary Lyn Wade, Oklahoma City; and her grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Payne, Marlow.

NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 11 Blk 59 (Lot 7), states b. 8-15-1917, d. 9-29-47 
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18978 I36957  Payne  Virginia W.  5 Oct 1846  Yes, date unknown  "m'd Lendat DUVAL, of Richmond, Mo. I have lately been in correspondence with Mrs. Duval. Her letters show a noble Christian woman. She and her sisters were educated at Prof. H. B. Todd's Academy in Platte City. "  STR06 
18979 I4414  Payne  Walter W.  22 Mar 1885  13 Mar 1923  The family bible had his death date as 11 Mar 1923, Death Certificate has death date 13 Mar 1923. Walter went to Chandler, Arizona in 1918 then returned to Oklahoma shortly after that. He died of the flu, with the secondary cause of death being pneumonia. This was the year of the great Spanish Flu epidemic. The undertaker was L. Woodward, Duncan. The death certificate also showed him as age 40 years, 3 months, which would put his year of birth around 1883.

Walter's wife, Molly, returned to Arizona with her children, except for Blanche who was already married. Molly moved to Arizona with Fred Payne and his wife, who was her sister. Fred is the brother to Walter. 
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18980 I4414  Payne  Walter W.  22 Mar 1885  13 Mar 1923  (Research):
Census Information:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita County, Union Twp
Enumerated 2 Jun 1910 by Thomas Hudgens
SD 5 ED 268 Sheet 22A Stamped 250
296-296
Payne, Walter Hd M W 27 M1 8 Tx Mo Mo English Farmer
Payne, Mollie Wf F W 24 M1 8 3/3 Mo Mo Mo
Payne, Blanche Dtr F W 7 S Okla Tx Mo
Payne, Cecil Son M W 6 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Hazel Dtr F W 2 S Ok Tx Mo 
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18981 I4708  Payne  Walter W. "Dub"  6 Jul 1925  3 Mar 1989  The US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File shows that he served in the US Army, with an enlistment date of 22 Nov 1943 and release date of 26 Sept 1944.  STR06 
18982 I1522  Payne  Walter Winkle  Mar 1867  26 Mar 1929  Ken Harvey writes that "His middle name has also been shown as Winchell, however Winkle is the middle name shown on this tombstone, and has been verified by Willie Lee Payne.

He ran cattle on land leased from Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Indians. It cost him ten cents an acre. He made a great deal of money out of this. He and his brother-in-law started a bank in Duncan. The checks were yellow and easily spotted in a pile.

In a biography of his brother-in-law, John O'Neill, he was referenced as "Walter, a farmer and rancher at Duncan."

Duncan Weekly Banner
Friday, Jan. 19, 1917
W. W. Payne is shipping out several cars of cattle today. They are consigned to Oklahoma City and Wichita markets.

1919-Walter W. Payne, resident of Duncan, files an Affidavit of Heirship concerning his older brother Samuel's affairs. Samuel had died intestate nine years previously.

1920-A Lodger in the home of Sarah Garrison of Alabama, in the King Township of Duncan. His occupation was listed as Farmer, Home Farm.

1929-Walter W. Payne is buried in Section 10, Block 10, Plot 6, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma."

Duncan Eagle, Tuesday, March 28, 1929

Walter Payne Answers Call Brief Illness Fatal to Pioneer Rancher of Stephens County. Funeral Services This Thursday.

Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon for Walter W. Payne, pioneer ranchman of this section, who passed away early Wednesday morning. Services were at the First Methodist Church at 2 o'clock, with Rev. J. J. Ward officiating, assisted by Rev. A. P. Johnson.

Burial was in the Marlow Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of Beeson Grantham.

Mr. Payne had suffered an attack of acute indigestion on Monday. He appeared to recover from this attack but was not feeling in the best of health, and decided to go to Sulphur for treatment. He left Tuesday, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs Jack Benton, and Mr. Benton. He was feeling much better Tuesday evening, and Mr. Benton returned to Duncan. Mrs. Benton remained with her father.

Early Wednesday morning Mr. Payne suffered a second and more serious attack, resulting in his death at 2:30 o'clock. The deceased was born in Missouri, coming to what is now Stephens County when he was 20 years of age. He has since lived most of the time at his ranch 10 miles east and 3 miles north of Duncan.

He was also active in the affairs of this city. He was associated with the late J. D. Wade and J. M. Armstrong in the Duncan National Bank and also served on the city council at an early day. Mr. Payne had been engaged in the raising of beef cattle at his ranch during the past few years. He recently purchased two Hereford bulls that ranked high at the fat stock show at Ft. Worth, said to be two of the finest beef animals ever brought to Stephens County.

Six children, four daughters and two sons, survive. The daughters are Mrs. Ethel Benton of this city; Mrs Hoyt Hardin, 609 Maple Avenue; Mrs Vera Roberts of Oklahoma City; and Mrs. Louise Birnie of Shawnee. The sons are Carl and Dukie Payne, who lived with him on the ranch. There is one brother, Newton Payne, of Chandler, Arizona, and one sister, Mrs. A. Scott, of Ft. Worth. Seven grandchildren also survive. Mr. Payne was a member of the Masonic and Woodmen lodges, and of the Methodist Church.

A more detailed obituary was also published in The Duncan Banner on Friday, March 29, 1929, page 7. This can be seen on his page on familysearch.org, and was posted by Marilyn Simmons. 
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18983 I1522  Payne  Walter Winkle  Mar 1867  26 Mar 1929  (Research):
Census Listings:

1900 census
Stephens Co. OK (IT) ED 163 pg. 13A
#211/214
Payne, Walter, Mar. 1867, 33, married 5 yrs., MO KY KY
Gertrude, wife, Aug. 1876, 23, 3 children/2 living, TX MO MO
Emma Blanch, dau., Nov. 1895, 4, IT
Harry Carrol, son, Feb. 1897, 3, IT
Mary Ethel, dau, Sept. 1899, 8/12, IT
Martha, mother, Mar. 1826, 74, Wd., 1 child/1 living, KY VA VA

His wife Gertrude and daughter Emma died prior to the 1910 census, and Walter can be found with his sons Carl and John E "Dukey" sharing the home of his recently widowed sister-in-law, Lillie James Payne. His youngest daughter, four year old Louisia, was living with her maternal grandparents, William and Mollie Gentry, listed as "Layease, age 4." His older daughters, Mary Ethel (age 11), Vera (age 9), and Virginia (age 7), were enrolled at the St. Joseph Catholic Boarding School in Chickasha, Grady County.

1910 Federal Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Park Township, District 240 215-215
Payne, Luellie Head F W 32 Wd 3/3 Texas Kentucky Missouri
Payne, Maryan (Clyde) Son M W 10 S Oklahoma Missouri Texas
Payne, John P(aul) Son M W 9 S Oklahoma Missouri Texas
Payne, Margrit Daughter F W 6 S Oklahoma Missouri Texas
Payne, Walter Brother in Law M W 42 Wd Missouri Missouri Missouri Rancher
Payne, Carl Nephew M W 13 S Oklahoma Missouri Texas
Payne, John E. Nephew M W 5 S Oklahoma Missouri Texas 
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18984 I4446  Payne  Wilburn Honea  4 Nov 1920  19 Jun 1967  From FindAGrave:

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 22, 1967 page 14

Wilburn H. Payne

Funeral services were held in Mesa this week for Wilburn H. Payne, age 46, caretaker at the NcNeil Ranch near Congress for two years, who died in Community Hospital here June 19. He is survived by a brother Vernon of Stanfield, Ariz. 
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18985 I4815  Payne  William  Bef 1652  23 Feb 1697  The earliest recognized court reference to William Payne (b. ca. 1652) is found in Rappahannock County in 1673, when "William Payne, son of Mr. John Payne", recorded the earmark of his cattle---"three slits in each ear, and the middle slit cropt." This refence and the composite of the 17 traditional versions abstracted int he Introduction under the title of Genesis of the Virginia Families, particularly the 6th and 10th, taken in conjunction with the fact that the 1673 reference cannot be made to fit any other William Payne found int he Northern Neck records of this period, and that the McCartys, Lees, Fitzhughs, and Popes continued to be neighbors of or to intermarry with the Paynes of Leedstown and their descendants, are accepted by Brooke Payne as satisfactory proof of the identity of the said William Payne as the son of John Payne. Particularly convincing to the author is the fact, shown by documents referred to in Version 10 and still preserved in the family, that Captain William Payne (b 1755) recognized his relationship to the Paynes of Fairfax County near whom he lived.

According to the PAYNE'S OF VIRGINIA, William was a merchant, planter, Justice, and probably shipowner. Mr Payne was apparently acquainted in England with merchants whom he represented in Virginia. He was probably the Captain Payne who in 1680 delivered letters from England to Col. William Fitzhugh of Westmorland County.

His will (dated 31 Jan 1697/8) referred to money that he had on deposit in Newcastle [England]. 
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18986 I16270  Payne  William  Abt 1660  Abt 1700  Married Susannah MERRIMAN @ 1684 in Lc. Co.. The continuous records of tithables in Lc. Co. show no Paynes in the lists from 1666 to 1694. The first appearance of any Payne in the records of Lc. Co. after this period was on 18 Dec 1695, when William Payne was charged with 8 tithables. Prior to this date he lived in Sittingbourne Par., Ra. Co, which was split up in 1692 into Ri. and Es. Cos.

2 Dec 1695 John Payne of Ri. Co. deeded to his "brother William of Lc. Co. 50 a. in Ri. Co. which was left to grantor by the will of his grandfather."

The will of Richard Merriman of White Chapel Par., dated 8 Apl. 1696 (10 Jany 1697), left "to my beloved son and daughter William and Susannah Payne my present dwelling and all my in forest by name of Islington." She was his only child.

William and Susannah had 7 children: William, Richard, Susannah, Margaret, John, George, and Catherine. After William's death, Susannah married (2) Hugh LADNER "of the Par. of St. Mary's White Chapel, Gentleman" who was a widower. His will, dated 8 Oct. 1708 (12 Jany 1709), named his wife Susannah and his "son-in-law (stepson)" William PAYNE as executors. (Payne, pp. 57 - 58). 
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18987 I1830  Payne  William  10 Aug 1692  24 Aug 1776  His will dated 20 June 1769 (16 Sept 1776) named his sons in the order William, Edward, Sanford, and John, and mentions his wife and daughters, but not by name. His wife was to live on the plantation on which he lived if she so chose, otherwise, his son Edward was to possess it. Edward was named as sole executor, and was to have the care and education of testator's son John. (Payne, The PAYNES OF VIRGINIA).  STR06 
18988 I16275  Payne  William  Abt 1702  Aft 1769  He was said to be married twice, first to Mary Jones and second to Mary Ball.

He left a Will dated 18 Nov 1769 (3 May 1770) in which he desired that his estate be kept together in order to raise his children by his "now present wife Mary." The will neames his dau. Lettice and his youngest son Lewis, and appoints his wife Mary and son William as executors. It was witnessed by George CURTIS and Thomas PAYNE. On presentation of the will, the son WIlliam refused to take part in its execution. 1711 his father's will did not name him nor leave him any part of his land. 1713 Thomas PACE stated to the Court that Thomas, William and Jane PAYNE, orphans of GEORGE PAYNE, had been under his care since the death of their father and that profits of their part of his estate were so small that they would not maintain them; whereupon the Court ordered them to serve Mr. PACE--Thomas and William until they were 21, and Jane until she attained the age usual for girls in such a case; that Mr. PACE teach them to read and write and some handicraft; and that at the expiration of their service said PACE pay them as required by law of indentured servants. 1715 he was bound to William JENNINGS until 21 to be taught the trade of carpenter and to read the Bible through; and at expiration of his time he was to be paid what the law allowed indentured servants. 1727 he was paid by the Court for capturing a runaway negro. 1732 he signed a statement that he had married Mary JONES and had received full share of her father's estate. (Payne, pp. 373-374).

It has not been possible to discover that number and names of all of William PAYNE's children; his lease and his will name only five of them, while the latter implies that there were several unnamed minors. For correspondence, and Court records, and private family histories it has been determined that he had a least 8 sons and 4 daughters. (Payne, p 375). 
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18989 I4808  Payne  William  31 Jul 1724  12 Jul 1782  "He was five feet, five inches tall, quite slender, not a military man at all, though Washington Irving said that he did more than any other man to keep up the financial end of the army in Virginia."

There was to be a meeting, in the Fall of 1755, in Alexandria, Fairfax County to chose a delegate to represent the county in the House of Burgesses at Williamsburg. As it rained on the particular day appointed Col. George Washington (23), who was just a few month's "flush with the laurels of Braddock's Field," assumed that the meeting would be postponed. Washington's regiment at the time was still at Fort Cumberland. Next day he showed up for the meeting and was outraged that it had in fact gone ahead and that the assembled gentlemen and planters had made a selection without him being present. There was a heated argument between him, representing the losing candidate, and William Payne, representing the successful. In impetous anger the Colonel referred to William Payne as something other than a southern gentleman. The small and slender William (31) instantly took his hickory walking stick and lashed out in the public square. He knocked George Washington down. Washington's officers immediately whipped out their cold irons. Washington stopped any further developments. This settled the matter for the day. Next day Mr Payne received a polite message that Washington wanted to meet him at a certain tavern nearby. He went with the feeling that there was to be a challenge to a duel. Greeting him in a friendly way Washington ushered him to a table at the back where there was a bottle of wine. He apologised for what he had said, saying he had no right to speak like that. William was deeply moved. Where upon the two men drank toasts to each others health and became friends. Some time later William visited Washington's home at Mt. Vernon. Washington introduced his wife, Martha, to the man who, he said, had the courage to attack him even though he, Washington, was a much bigger man." (Excerpted by Ken Harvey from THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA, based on Parson Weems's "Life of Washington.") 
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18990 I23841  Payne  William  Aft 1738  Bef 1780  Married Anne PANNELL, and had four children. 1775 he leased land form Lord Fairfax 166 a. in the Manor of Leeds, Fq. Co., adjacent to Francis Payne during the lives of his w. Anne and son Frank. 1780 his widow was granted administration of his estate. (Payne, p, 379).  STR06 
18991 I6372  Payne  William  21 Mar 1755  21 Feb 1829  William Payne is said to have served as a Lieutentant in the Revolution. His grand-daughter wrote me that she had often heard her father tell of the visit of a Pension Agent to his mother which she violently refused, saying "My husband did not serve his country for a pension." In 1855 his sons corresponded in an unsuccessul effort to reclaim a military grant of land alongside Bear Grass Creek, where Louisville now stands, which he neglected to survey and register. He was born in the Church of England, and died in Kentucky an ardent Baptist Minister with a record of long service as such, having performed the marriage ceremony of some of his earliest children. (Payne, pps 255-256).

William McClung Paxton, in his book ANNALS OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, states that "William Payne was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and was a member of the Baptist Church and was know as 'Parson Payne.' He removed to Mason County, KY, where in my childhood, I often visited his family."

Charles Strong, on his November, 2002 research trip to Kentucky and Missouri, located the following deed:

To all to whom these presents shall come; I William Payne of Mason County and Commonwealth of Kentucky send greetings. Know ye that for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and bear TO MY SON WILLIAM H. PAYNE OF THE COUNTY OF BOURBON and commonwealth aforesaid, I have given, granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents do give, grant, bargain and sell, unto my said son Willam H. Payne one hundred and twenty-five acres of land lying and being in the County of Bourbon on the waters of Strode's creek a branch of Stoners fork of Lick beginning at a stake between a sugar tree and hickory and running along the line of that part of the said tract ...granted Reid's heirs S.572 E. 14272 poles to the upper line of the original survey thence S. 8472 West 14 poles to a hackberry and boxelder corner to the original survey thence N. 572 W. along the original line 14272 ples to a buckeye hickory and honey locust cordner to that part of said survey this day granted to ...thence with Jesse (?) Payne line N. 8472 E. 14272 poles to the beginning. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel fo land to my said son William H. Payne and his heirs and assigns forever, free from the claim of myself and my heirs and free from the claim of all and every person......In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five (1805). Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Waker REID, Samuel THOMAS, M.J. THOMAS, Jesse (?) PAYNE 
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18992 I23844  Payne  William  Abt 1758  Yes, date unknown  Married twice in Fauquier County. Enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in the summer of 1775. Served 14 months, and allowed a pension of $58.88 per annum. 1792 leased 75 a., lot 392 in the Manor of Leeds, Fq. Co., at S. end of Poly Mt. adjacent to his father; the lease named his sons John and Lewis. 1822 he was referred to as brother of Daniel F. Payne in a suit in the superior Court of Fb. Brooke Payne "tentatively" assigned to William Payn the following five children: William, John, Lewis, Merriman and Daniel S. (Payne, pp. 389-390).  STR06 
18993 I6410  Payne  William  Aft 1810  Yes, date unknown  Could this be him on FindAGrave?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22354284
 
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18995 I4658  Payne  William Bertram  22 Jul 1878  22 Jun 1915  The year of his birth is sometimes shown as 1877, but his granddaughter, Linda Miller, shows it as 1878. This is based on their family Bible. Linda notes that he had a cleft palate and wore a mustached most of the time to cover it up, his features appeared Indian, but he had light blue eyes.

Ken Harvey writes that he was known as Bert, and that he was a professional cowboy. His granddaughter, Linda Miller, says her father said he was always called Will by his family. Grace Ellen Gentry, who knew him, had a lot of respect for William Bertram. She had high standards and was not an easy lady to please. He was considered a very physically tough person but he was very well mannered. He worked for his uncle Walter W. Payne at one point, Walter having a ranch.

He once had an accident when roping steers. His lower arm ended up being jerked off at the elbow. He gained a lot of respect from the fact that he didn't let this later hinder him on a horse. He used to hold the reins wrapped around the stump and it was considered that he could do more than many men who had both their hands.

Linda Miller recalls the story of how her grandfather actually lost his arm as follows: "He had been working on the Bell Ranch in New Mexico, when a young cowboy thought it would be funny to see old Will Payne be thrown, so he hit the horse (just green broke) that my grandfather was riding on the rump with his felt hat and he was thrown alright. My grandfather at the time weighed about 230 pounds and was 6 foot 2 or 4 inches tall. When he fell it drove his left arm into the ground. There was a compound fracture above the elbow. The doctor that was available thought it best to take off his arm right above the break. It did not heal well and went back to Oklahoma and then went to a doctor in Missouri that took it off in the shoulder joint after gangrene had set in. During his weakened condition he contracted T.B. and died of it when my father was 6 months old, leaving my grandmother a young widow with three boys." 
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18996 I4658  Payne  William Bertram  22 Jul 1878  22 Jun 1915  (Research):Census Information

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita County, Union Twp
Enumerated 3 Jun 1910 by Thomas Hudgens
SD 5 ED 268 Sheet 22B
303-303
Payne, William B Hd M W 33 W Mo Mo Mo English Farmer
Thompson, Lawrence Servant M w 18 S Ka Mo Mo English Farm L
aborer 
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18997 I156  Payne  William C.  1788  5 Apr 1865  William's granddaughter said that he never spoke of his own father, but often of his step-father Grymes, a slave owner and cripple. (Payne, p 289)

The first record of William in Shelby County, Missouri can be found in the minutes of the March, 1838 term of the circuit court of Shelby County, William Payne was one of a number of people brought up on charges of gaming. This indulgence was in the form of amusement for dull days, but authorities looked upon it as a dangerous practice, also as a means of "stuffing" their pocketbooks and creating a little stir. Bryant Cockrum, George Gentry, William Payne, Isaac Wooley, Elijah Owens and Robert Joiner were all charged with "playing at loo"; Joseph Holeman and Abraham Vandiver, "for playing seven-up"; Elijah Owens, John Ralls, and Abraham Vandiver, "for playing three up"; Wesley Habbiburton and Joseph Holeman were indicted "for permitting gaming in their house." Three of the parties were convicted. George Gentry was fined $2; Isaac Wooley $1, and William Payne $5. The others were acquitted. (HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, p 25).

The Shelby County 1840 Census shows Payne, William 0-0-1-0-2-0-0-1/0-0-1-2-0-0-0-1

Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls:

Year Owner Acres Section Township Range 1841 William Payne 80 13 58 10 1844 William Payne 40 34 59 10 1852-1854 William Payne 80 13 58 10
40 18 58 9 1858 William Payne Sr. Same as Above

At the time of the 1850 census, 20 year old Edward WILSON and 16 year old Sarah WILSON were living with William and Sally, as was 13 year old Philo HOWELL. They were born, respectively, in Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio. Relationship unknown. Philo Howell was still living with the family at the time of the 1860 census.

This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners. 
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18998 I23816  Payne  William Campbell  Abt 1785  Yes, date unknown  He is said to have m. Miss HICKLE and d.s.p. He moved from Fx. Co. to Montgomery Co., Ky., and later to near Bowling Green, Ky., where he was a physician.1813 while in Montgomery Co. he acted as attorney for Archibald Summers in a sale of land in Fx. Co. He represented Warren Co., Ky., in State Legislature 1824, 1828, and 1837; and was State Senator 1829-33. (Payne, pp. 268-269).  STR06 
18999 I42580  Payne  William E.  Abt 1855  Yes, date unknown  Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, He showed his younger brother, W. E. Payne, as a resident of Rusk, Texas in 1927.  STR06 
19000 I4778  Payne  William H.  15 Nov 1816  18 Jun 1885  Married Mary Ferguson. He lived in Shelby Co. MO and is buried on old home place 5 mile NE of Shelbyville. Mary Ferguson born 3 Oct 1818 VA and died 21 Dec 1889. She had a brother Washington FERGUSON. William left his property to his sister, Sally Ann and his nephew Garland Gentry. Pattisons have a copy of probate settlement.

Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls:

Year Owner Acres Section Township Range William H Payne 40 13 58 10
80 13 58 10

This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners.

Charles and Mary Pat also located an Indenture made on 17 September 1870 between William H Payne and Mary J his wife of Shelby Co, Missouri and Levi F. Payne of Marion Co, Missouri for a parcel of land in Shelby County, to-wit: the North West 1/4 of the North East quarter of section 13 township 58 range ten coutain(?) 40 acres more or less. It was recorded on 27 January 1876.

Finally, they located the following Will:

FILE = SHELBY COUNTY # 4

Probated July 7, 1885

Will of William H Payne In the name of God amen. I, William H. Payne of the County of Shelby in the state of Missouri, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make publish and declare this to be my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me.

First, I desire that my funeral shall be conducted in a manner suitable to my means and position in life and that my body shall be buried at the Odd Fellows * * Cemetery in the city of Shelbyville.

Second, I desire that my just debts shall be paid so soon as practical after my decease.

Third, I desire that a monument shall be placed on my grave which shall cost not less than one hundred dollars and that such monument shall be erected within a reasonable time after my burial.

Fourth, I desire that my wife Mary T. Payne shall have absolutely, our choice horse and cow and also our buggy and I desire that my said wife shall make her own selection of said horse and cow.

Fifth, I desire that the ???? (looks like rest) residence and remainder of my personal property shall be sold and the proceeds shall be deposited in bank for the use and benefit of my wife Mary T Payne to be drawn out by her whenever she thinks that her necessities require it and after her death whatever is left of said sum deposited in bank as above directed shall be disposed of in such manner as she may have directed by will prior to her death, but in the event my my said wife should die without will then I desire that said sum so remaining in bank shall be distributed equally among the children of Richard H. Ferguson who is now deceased: this bequest of course being made subject to the payment of any debts.

Sixth, I desire so soon as practical after my decease that forty-acres of my land in Shelby County, Missouri described as follows to wit: the Southwest fourth of the Southwest quarter of Section eighteen (18) Township fifty-eight (58) of Range nine (9) West be sold and the proceeds of said sale be deposited in bank for the use and benefit of my wife as aforesaid and to be disposed of in the same manner as the money arising from the sale of personal property and deposited in bank and is directed to be disposed of except that I desire that at least one hundred dollars of sad sum shall be used for the purpose of purchasing a monument to be erected at the grave of my wife after her decease and burial.

Seventh, I desire that the ???? (looks like rest) residence and remainder of my real estate shall be used controlled and managed by my wife Mary T. Payne so long as she shall live and that she shall possess and enjoy all the rents and profits accruing from said real estate so long as she shall live and dispose of the same as to her may seem right and proper.

Eighth, after the death of my wife, I desire that my real estate shall go to and that the title to the same shall be vested in Mary E. Wood, wife of John C Wood, provided she or her husband John C Wood or some one for them shall pay to the legaters hereinafter named within tne year after the deceased or my wife aforesaid the sum of one thousand dollars: but in the event said one thousand dollars is not paid as above directed then I desire that the real estate shall be sold and the proceeds be placed in the hands of a trustee appointed by the probate Court of Shelby County Missouri, who shall pay out of said proceeds first the one thousand dollars in specific legacies hereinafter named and then he shall pay to Mary E Wood yearly, the interest on said sum so left in his hands after paying said specific legacies so long as she lives and after her death, I desire that whatever sum is then remaining in the hands of said trustee shall be distributed equally among the children of the body of said Mary E Wood.

Ninth, from my real estate on the proceeds arising from from the sale whereof I desire that my brother Levi Payne shall have the sum of four hundred dollars, I desire that my sister Sallie Ann Smith* shall have the sum of two hundred dollars, I desire that my niece Matilda Jane McKitchen shall have the sum of two hundred dollars and I desire that William Gentry son of James W. Gentry shall have the sum of two hundred dollars.

Probate approved by probate court July 7, 1885

Actual copies of both pre-probate and probated will in possession of Charles R. Strong

NOTES:

* Sallie Ann Smith is Sarah Ann Payne Smith, William H Payne Jr's Sister

* * This William H. Payne (see Brooke Payne's, The Paynes of Virginia p 292) is the son of William Payne and Sarah/Sally Hamilton (see p 289), he is the older brother of Thomas Hamilton Payne. Some person has confused the burial place of this William H. Payne with his father who is buried on the old home place-Payne-Jones Cemetery.

This will is not in agreement with Brooke Payne's comments on p 292.

The following cemetery information was located as well:

? Payne, William H. ? Son of William Payne ? Born: 1817 ? Died: June 18, 1885 Shelbyville IOOF Cemetery, Black Creek Township (He was 68 years 7 months and 3 days old **Nov. 15, 1816 would have been his birth date according to this information) 
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