Andromache "America" "Mackey" Mills

Notes:

The I.G.I. records her name as Andromache (America) Mills - from this it is assumed she was commonly called, and known as, America.

She was presumably named after one of the finest drawn female characters in Homer's Iliad, Androm'ache; the wife of Hector.

Carol McClaanahan Mikelson/Robin Haake emailed, in November 2020, that Andromache had a sister, Penelope Mills, another name from Homer's Iliad. She had once been told that John Mills was a sea captain, but has not found confirmation of that fact.

Andromache married Enoch Cox McClanahan on 4 Aug 1838 in Cooper County, Missouri. Enoch was born on 18 Apr 1818 in Tennessee; died on 9 Mar 1877 in Dallas County, Missouri; was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Tunas, Dallas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

McClanahan Family History by Dorothy Pattison says "Perry served as Capt. in Civil War Companies "B" and "C", 2nd Missiouri Cavalry, Missouri State Militia. These companies inducted in Schuyler County, Missouri. Capt. McClanahan served with Thad S. Westcott. He died of "congestion of the brain, superinduced by chronic alcoholism."

US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 for Perry D. McClanahan Shows that his rank at enlistment was First Lieutenant, he served in Missouri, and was "Commissioned an officer in Company E, Missouri 2nd Cavalry Regiment.Promoted to Full Captain on 10 Mar 1862.Mustered out on 01 Apr 1865." Source Index to Compiled Military Service Records Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force, 1861-1865. U.S, Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 also list Perry D. McClanahan, born ca 1838, enlistment date 1862, in the Second State Militia, Cavalry, M-Moo

A Perry Davis McClanahan, born ca 1842, was a residen of Kern County, California in 1873 and on the list of Registered voters in that county

(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Census
Colorado, Larimer County, PO Big Thompson
Enumerated 21 Jun 1870
Page 8
85-85
McClanahan, Perry D 28 M W Physician $600 $500 Mo
McClanahan, Lusetta 24 F W Keeping House Ind
McClanahan, Carl 5 M W Mo

Perry married Lucretia Gorges on 15 Aug 1862. Lucretia was born about 1846 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes "She was known as Ollie and is remembered as having had violet coloured eyes. In the census of 1880 she gave her age as 34. This would result in her year of birth being 1846. A possible son, Billie Payne believed to have been born abt. 1891, was also listed. This is thought to be an error. Grace Payne, also listed here as a child, is almost certainly Marvin Walter Payne's wife, Grace Ellen Gentry.

Ollie used to teasingly say, when the atheletic Sam went off to distant parts cowboying for a month or so, that she was going into town "to get herself a fatman." Presumably his weight would keep him in one place. Young Effie would always reply "Yes, and I will damm him to.""

Lynell Cordell found this brief mention of her final illness in the Duncan Eagle, dated Thursday, Jan. 13, 1910:

"We regret very much to learn that Mrs. S.M. Payne, who lives in the Wood Reserve, received a severe stroke of paralysis on last Tuesday, and since that time has been dangerously ill."

Lynell was not, however, able to locate an obituary.

Olivia married Samuel Marshall Payne on 20 Aug 1873 in Schuyler County, Missouri. Samuel (son of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born on 11 Mar 1849 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 20 Jun 1916 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 21 Jun 1916 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

First name sometimes shown as Edwin, but appears to be Edmund based on both the 1850 and 1860 census. Shown as Edward on the 1910 census. He may have been a minister, as the Dallas County, MO marriage record of his younger brother, Daniel McClanahan to Sarah Quigley shows that Daniel was married to Sarah by "the Rev. E. F. McClanahan" in the home of of T. H. Quigley.

Ken Harvey writest that "Names on marriage cert. are McClahan and Ritten--misspelled but correct date. He served in the Union Army but no records have been found. Recorded as being born in Illinois."



(Research):

Census Listings:

1880
Texas, Wise County, Pr 8
Enumerated 3 Jun 1880
Page 1 SD 3 ED 132 Stamped 248
8-8
McClanahan, E F W M 33 Faremr Ill Tenn Ky
McClanahan, Margaret E W F 32 Wf Keeping House Mo O Ind
McClanahan, Stella R W F 9 Dtr Mo Ill Mo
McClanahan, Pere W M 12 Son Farming Mo Ill Mo
McClanahan, Alva E W M 7 Son Mo Ill Mo
McClanahan, Jessee E W F 5 Son Mo Ill Mo
McClanahan, Charles M W M 2 Son Tx Ill Mo
McClanahan, Ira H W M 2/12 Son Tx Ill Mo
Roach, Martha M W F 64 Housekeeping NC Va Sc

1900 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Cedar Twp, Weatherford
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 219 SE 37 Sheet 1A
3-3
McClanahan, W.P. Head W M Mar 1867 33 M 5 Mo Mo Mo Prof ???
McClanahan, Betty L Wf W F 23 M 5 3/3 Miss
McClanahan, Osa P Dtr W F Oct 1890 10 Chickasaw Mo MO
McClanahan, W. P Son W M Aug 1894 5 S PT Miss Mo
McClanahan, Jay Son W M Jan 1898 2 PT Mo MIss
4-4
McClanahan, E F Head W M Nov 1846 53 m 34 Mo Tenn Ky Harness Maker
McClanahan, W E Wf W F Feb 1849 50 M 34 9/7 Mo Indiana Ohio
McClanahan, W P Son W M Mar 1867 M 33 Mo Ill Mo Prof of Science School? (Duplicate listing)
McClanahan, JE Son W M Sept 1869 29 S Mo Ill MO Harness Maker
McClahahan, P A Son W M Apr 1880 20 S Tx Ill Mo
McClanahan, Lee Son W M May 1885 15 S Tx Ill Mo

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita County, Cordell Twp
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 5 ED 259 Sheet 2A
24-25
McClanahan, Edward F Head M W 63 m 44 Ill Tn Ky Farmer
McClanahan, Margaret Wf F W 62 M 44 9/7 Mo Oh Oh
McClanahan, Alva E Son M W 36 M 16 Mo Ill Mo Farm Laborer
McClanahan, Katie Dtr-in-law F W 33 M 16 7/6 Mo Ill Ill
McClanahan, Ida Grddtr F W 16 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Everet Grdson M W 15 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Quincy Grdson M W 13 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Grace Grddtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Fannie Grddtr F W 6 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Ernest Grdson M W 1 3/12 S Ok Mo Mo

Edmund married Margaret Emeline Richardson on 5 Apr 1866 in Schuyler County, Missouri. Margaret was born on 4 Feb 1848 in Missouri; died on 8 Feb 1926 in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ken Harver writes that she was a school teacher. Cova Jean Williams writes that she was buried at the Owens Prairie Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. If this is correct, it may have been in an unmarked grave as she can not be found on the 2001 Survey done by Karla Sharp for the USGenWeb and OkGenWeb Project. Nor can a listing be found for her on FindAGrave.

(Medical):Ken Harvey notes that she was crippled, and had a goiter.

Sarah married Levi Newton Payne on 28 Feb 1875 in Shelby County, Missouri. Levi (son of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born on 2 Aug 1856 in Shelby County, Missouri; died on 3 Dec 1932 in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth Harvey shows him as Fred Lafayette McClanahan, however his marriage record census records consistently show him simply as Lafayette. Perhaps his middle name was Fred, as a 1908 biography of brother-in-law W. H. H. Payne referred to him as L. F. McClanahan.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Barnett Twp
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 219 ED 36 Sheet 7B
148-150
McClanahan, Lafette Head W M Aug 1853 46 M 21 Mo Tn Tn Farmer
McClanahan, Caly J Wf W F July 1858 41 M 21 4/4 Mo Ky Ky
McClanahan, Lulu P Dtr W F Dec 1881 18 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Ada C Dtr W f Apr 1885 15 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Josephine Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Myrtle M Dtr W F May 1896 4 S Ok Mo Mo

1910 Census
Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook Village
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD --- ED 87 Sheet 4B
37/41
Boyer Andrew M Head M W 59 Wd Penn Penn Penn Carpenter Contract Work
37/42
Cox, Sarah E Head F M 27 D 3/2 Utah Eng Eng Laundress
Cox, Della D Dtr F W 5 S Utah Utah Utah
Cox, Sarah E Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Arz Utah Utah
37/43
McClanahan, Layfatte Head m W 58 M1 29 Mo Tenn Tenn Carpenter Home
McClanahan, Callie Wf F W 52 m1 29 4/4 Mo Ky Ky
McClanahan, Josephine Dtr F W 17 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, May Dtr F W 13 S Okl Mo Mo
37/44
William M and Clara LEE and family of Utah and Arizona
Sarah E. Willis Servant 19 Ariz Utah Utah

1920 Census
Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook Precinct, Holbrook Town
Enumerated 8 Jan 1920
SD 1 ED 87 Sheet 4B
93-105
Stoneking, Marion Head m W 25 M New Mexico Pa Kansas Bookkeeper Store
Stoneking, May m Wf F W 22 M Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Lafayette Father-in-law M W 65 Wd Mo Tn Ky Carpenter House
Clark, Olive Lodger F W 21 S New Mexico US US Deputy Co Clerk

Lafayette married Caldonia "Callie" Josephine Payne on 4 Aug 1878 in Shelby County, Missouri. Caldonia (daughter of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born in Jul 1858 in Shelby County, Missouri; died about 1916; was buried in Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Cooke County, JP No. 5
Enumerated 23 Jun 1880
Page 40D SD 3 ED 116
237-351
McClanahan, Dan W W M 25 Faremr Mo KY KY
McClanahan, Sarah J W F 23 Wf Keepign House Mo Iowa Mo
McClanahan, Jennie F W F 3 Dtr Mo Mo Mo
McClananah, Iris W F 1 Dtr TX Mo Mo

Daniel married Sarah Jane Quigley on 30 Jan 1876 in Dallas County, Missouri. Sarah was born on 13 Apr 1857 in Missouri; died on 22 Nov 1929; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Tunas, Dallas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Annie Lewis Miller on 17 Apr 1879 in Provo City, Territory of Utah.

Note: Would have only been 14 at the time???

Notes:

In 1910, it APPEARS that Frank was living in Bell County, Texas, and married to an Estelle. They were living, along with her two children from a prior marriage, in the boarding home of George Hughs.

Kenneth Harvey writes that "Frank was believed to have married his first wife in order to give her unborn son a name. He claimed the child was his but no one believed him in later years. He was known to be that sort of generous type of man. The mother died shortly after the marriage. At the time of the 1920 census, he was living with his brother-in-law in Duncan on Pine Street.

His sister Effie then raised the little boy that was believed to have been adopted. There were no papers involved. He was somewhat difficult youngster and was later sent to a military academy. He was not really very popular in the extended family-actually he was rather disliked. Afterwards he drifted to California and lost contact with the Payne family.

Peggy had been married before and had a son who was a gambler. He ended up owning the Wade Hotel in Duncan as a result. She had a daughter who lived out in Hollywood.

Spent thirty days in jail for allegedly making whisky during prohibition. He had not actually been making it but merely in the vicinity and the authorities knew that-they simply wanted more information. He refused to squeal however about who the real perpetrators were and as a result accepted the blame.

He didn't like cowboying. He would not stand for drunken brawls where he worked. Frank was a big man.

Frank is buried in Section 10, Block 10, Plot 2, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma. It is recorded that he died in Wichita Falls, Texas. (Dorothy Pattison, MCCLANAHAN FAMILY HISTORY (unpublished))."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Bell, 2 Wd Temple, ED 112
Payne, Frank W Lodger M W 46 M1 7 Missouri MO VA Commercial Trader Clothing Payne, Estelle E Lodger F 2 42 M2 7 2/2 Mississippi Kentucky Georgia
Keach, Harold G Lodger M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Keach, Georgia D Lodger F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Duncan
Haycraft H.S. Head RM W 48 Missouri Missouri Missouri Truck Owner
Haycraft, Effie Wife F W 36 M Tx Missouri Missouri
Payne, ---Brother-in-law M W 44 Missouri Missouri Missouri Real Estate
Payne, Clyde F Nephew M W 4 S Tx US US (Later called Payne Haycraft)

1930 Census
Payne, Frank Head Rent $22 M W 54 M age 1rst M 34 Mo Mo Mo Casing Oil Field Payne, Peggy J. Wife F W 40 M age 1rst M 37 Ok Ok Tx Cashier Cafe
Ireland, Buck H. Stepson M W 19 Ok Ok Ok Waiter Cafe
Coffey, Lavina J. Stepdaughter F W 10 Ok Ok Ok

Notes:

He was living with Sarah and their two children in either Richland or Rock Creek township, Stephens Co., Oklahoma in 1910. Ref: DWL 116/Family 116

Aubrey H. Payne, age 42, and his wife, Janie, were living in Marshall, Texas in 1919. [Payne, Walter W AFFADAVIT OF HEIRSHIP OF SAMUEL MARSHALL PAYNE WHO DIED INTESTATE]

As of the 1930 census, the family appeared to be living in Donna Texas. The household was headed by Jennie S. Payne, age 49, divorced. Aubrey H, age 50, was listed last, and as a boarder? He was also shown as divorced.

Aubrey married Sarah Jane Williams about 1904. Sarah was born on 22 Mar 1881 in Texas; died on 3 Aug 1964 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas; was buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

Kenneth Harvey wrote the following brief biography of Marvin Walter Payne: Marvin was named after the Methodist Bishop Marvin whom his mother particularly respected.

Marvin was about twelve years old when his photograph was taken in a family group with his parents. This photograph survives and is in the collection of Lewis Adair Payne (1997).

As a teenager he was out on the trail cattle herding with his father when he became very ill. Totally incapacitated he was left to lie in agony on the bedrolls in the accompanying chuck wagon. They were miles from anywhere. He later believed that the severe bouncing and bucking of the wagon as it slowly and labourously moved across the untamed countryside saved his life. Much later on it was proved that he had in fact survived a burst appendix; not a very common occurance. Most die from it. He was to say in later years that "I left my appendix on the Western Trail and the cattle walked over it."

He worked as a cowboy and attended high school part-time until he was twenty.

There is another photograph, this time of his high school graduation in from Quanah High School in May 1901. This shows him holding his sheepskin diploma-no "mere paper" at that time! The photograph shows five girls dressed like bridesmaids and one boy with a flower in his button hole, all students surrounding a man who is presumably the school principal. Marvin, the solitary boy (young adult), is at the rear (apparently education was not a very macho activity among the youth of the town). His younger sister Effie stands to his immediate right. Marvin read an essay to the assembled parents on "Closing Events of the Nineteenth Century." His sister Effie read an essay on "Duty." One of the other girls present was a Payne double first cousin, Lula Pearl McClanahan (daughter of Fred Lafayette McClanahan and Calla Payne). She read an essay on "Courage." Other graduating students were Bettie Carter, Cora B. Matlock, and a Miss Johnson. A long term correspondence with Miss Gabie E. Betts, later Burton (1871-?) begins after Marvin graduates from Quanah High School. Miss Gabie, as she refers to herself, used to live in Quanah where she taught in the elementary School. She was known as one of the best primary school teachers in the Panhandle. She later moved to teach at Clarendon College. She addresses Marvin in very affectionate terms--indeed as her son. The letters were saved by Grace after Marvin's death, and passed down to Mary Ann Mounts Payne.

Marvin graduated in 1903 from the Metropolitan Business School.

Marvin married Grace Gentry in 1907 and the young couple lived with her parents for some years in Oklahoma until they moved back to Quanah, Texas. He then worked there in a lumber company from about 1912.

On his father's death in 1916 the family farm was mortgaged and the family divided the proceeds. Marvin fell heir to the mortgage and immediately rented it out to help pay off the mortgage . He now worked as a book-keeper for a wholesale company in Chickasha, circa. 1920, and then moved back to Duncan where he was involved in a restaurant. He didn't stay long at that and he was to become the manager of the Chickasha Cotton Oil Mill in 1921. He then lost this job when the mill was sold during the depression. The family returned to live on the farm, four miles S.W. of Marlow, on Hell Creek. Unfortunately times were very difficult and he could not keep up the payments. The family property was repossessed by the mortgage company. The local official delivering the eviction notice, in about 1937, was a friend and he was to say "Marvin I hate to do this to you." The poor man's only response was "You have to, its your job." Marvin put the papers on the kitchen table in the house and never looked at them. The whole tragic experience hit him very hard indeed and really robbed him of all subsequent motivation. They now put the family furniture in storage but could not even keep up these payments; consequently it too was all lost. To add insult to injury, some years later oil was discovered ont he farm and today (1997) there is a sign which says; "Chevron USA Inc, W.M. Payne Lease Sec 35-2N-8W."

Grace's mother was unable to keep up payment on her own home mortgage, and sold the residence to her daughter and Marvin for a dollar. The families moved in with Mary on Spruce road. It was not long, however, before Marvin was unable to keep up those payments, and that house was lost as well. It was a bitter time. At some point the family returned to the old Marlow farmstead which they had been forced to leave, paying rent to live there. Marvin eventually went to work with a cattle auction company.

According to Fay Payne Yeager, Thomas R. Marshall (Vice President of the United States) was a cousin of Martha Jane Marshall Payne. He stayed in the home of Marvin and Grace (Gentry) Payne while on a speaking tour of Oklahoma. He said he remembered attending family reunions with Martha when he was younger.

M. W. Payne, Long Resident Here Dies

Duncan Banner Monday Jan. 5, 1947 Pg. 1 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

Marvin Walter Payne, 1106 Oak, died at 10 o'clock Sunday night in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a retired accountant.
The funeral service will be held at the Beeson Grantham Funeral Home chapel at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, with the Rev. John A Callan (sic), pastor of the First Methodist Church, and the Rev. Thurmond George, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Born in Gainesville, Tex., Pay ne came to Duncan in 1904 and had been a resident here for more than 40 years.
Surviving are the widow; three sons, Chad In Berlin, Germany, Lewis Adair of Stillwater, and Marvin W. jr., Duncan; one daughter, Mrs. Bob Thompson, Pampa, Tex;, one brother, Aubry (sic) H., Muleshoe, Tex; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Rich Edwards, Bill Boydston, J. B. McLendon, Leroy Tucker, Oscar Young, J. D. Walker, Leonard Bumpas, and H. C. Allen.

Marvin Payne is Buried in Marlow From an unidentified Duncan, OK newspaper, dated 1948

Death took a longtime resident of Stephens County this week after he had been ill for many years. Marvin Walter Payne died in a Duncan Hospital Sunday night. He had lived in Duncan and vicinity most of the time since 1904 and will be remembered as the manager of the Duncan Cotton Oil Mill, a position which he held for many years. Payne was born in Gainsville, Texas. When he was a child, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Payne, moved to Quannah, Texas, where they owned one of the big ranches in that part of the country. Payne was reared and educated in Quannah. He came to Duncan as a young man. He married Grace Ellen Gentry of Arthur in 1907.

He was in Chickasha for many years where he was connected with the Chickasha Cotton Oil Mill. In the early thirties he became ill and moved back to the old homeplace northwest of Duncan. He is survived by his widow and his four children, Chad who is now stationed with the Army in Berlin, Germany; Lewis Adair, Stillwater; Marvin W. Jr., Duncan, and Mrs Bob Thompson, Pampa, Texas. Funeral Services were held at the Beeson-Grantham Funeral chapel on Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. John A Callan of the First Methodist Church and the Rev. Thurmond George of the First Baptist Church officiating. He was buried in the Marlow Cemetery.

NOTE No Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, but known to be in Sect 10 Blk 10 (Lot 5?), Believed to be b.1-17-1881 d. 1-4-1948

(Research):World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Marvin Walter Payne
City: Chickasha
County: Grady
State: Oklahoma
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1851777
DraftBoard: 1
Age: 37
Occupation: Book keeper
Employer: J.D. Turner & Co., Chickasha, Grady Co. OK
Nearest relative: Grace Payne, Chickasha, Grady Co. OK
Height/Build: ------
Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/Brown

Census Information:

1930 census Stephens Co. OK King Twp., ED 69-7
Sheet 13B 511 So. 8th (?)
217/233
Payne, Marvin W., MW 49 M 26 TX MO MO
Payne, Grace, wife FW 41 M 18 TX TN WV
Payne, Chadwick, son MW 22 S OK TX TX
Payne, Mary, dau. FW 17 S OK TX TX
Payne, Lewis, son MW 16 OK TX TX
Payne, Marvin, Jr., son MW 4 9/12 S OK TX TX

They owned their home, with a value of $2000, and owned a radio as well.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Marvin married Grace Ellen Gentry on 22 Jan 1907 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Grace (daughter of William Miller Gentry and Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts) was born on 3 Nov 1888 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas; died on 16 Dec 1966 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Effie's date of birth is given as 1883 by the Ancestral File database.

There is another photograph, this time of his high school graduation in from Quanah High School in May 1901. This shows him holding his sheepskin diploma-no "mere paper" at that time! The photograph shows five girls dressed like bridesmaids and one boy with a flower in his button hole, all students surrounding a man who is presumably the school principal. Marvin, the solitary boy (young adult), is at the rear (apparently education was not a very macho activity among the youth of the town). His younger sister Effie stands to his immediate right. Marvin read an essay to the assembled parents on "Closing Events of the Nineteenth Century." His sister Effie read an essay on "Duty." One of the other girls present was a Payne double first cousin, Lula Pearl McClanahan (daughter of Fred Lafayette McClanahan and Calla Payne). She read an essay on "Courage."

Effie raised the boy that her brother Frank was believed to have adopted.

She never had any other children.

The Comanche Reflex
Comanche, I. T.
(Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma)
Friday, August 11, 1905
MISSES ADA MCCALLAHAN and EFFIE PAYNE of Duncan were in the city. Miss McCallahan has been elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of MISS FANNY BAKER.

Effie married Hugh S. Haycraft on 18 Jul 1909 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Hugh was born in 1878 in Missouri; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Cedar Twp, Weatherford
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 219 SE 37 Sheet 1A
3-3
McClanahan, W.P. Head W M Mar 1867 33 M 5 Mo Mo Mo Prof ???
McClanahan, Betty L Wf W F 23 M 5 3/3 Miss
McClanahan, Osa P Dtr W F Oct 1890 10 Chickasaw Mo MO
McClanahan, W. P Son W M Aug 1894 5 S IT Miss Mo
McClanahan, Jay Son W M Jan 1898 2 IT Mo MIss
4-4
McClanahan, E F Head W M Nov 1846 53 m 34 Mo Tenn Ky Harness Maker
McClanahan, W E Wf W F Feb 1849 50 M 34 9/7 Mo Indiana Ohio
McClanahan, W P Son W M Mar 1867 M 33 Mo Ill Mo Prof of Science School? (Duplicate listing)
McClanahan, JE Son W M Sept 1859 29 S Mo Ill Mo Harness Maker
McClahahan, P A Son W M Apr 1880 20 S Tx Ill Mo
McClanahan, Lee Son W M May 1885 15 S Tx Ill Mo

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, King Twp, Duncan Ward 2
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 5 ED 232 Sheet 15A
206-214
McClanahan, William P Head M W 42 m3 Mo Mo Mo Clerk Dry Goods
McClanahan, Beatrix Wf F W 21 M1 3 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
McClanahan, Klein B/D? Son M W 1 S Ok Mo Tx
McClanahan, W. Percy Son M W 15 S Ok Mo Miss
McClanahan, Jay Son M W 13 S Ok Mo Miss
McClanahan, Poe Son M W 7 S Ok Mo Miss
Sessum, Alice Mother-in-Law F W 38 m1 Tx NC NC
Sessum, George L Brother-in-law M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Sessum, Lila Sister in Law F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Sessum, Eunice Sister in law F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Carter County, Hewitt Twp
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 3 D 54 Sheets 24A and 24B
523-528
McClanahan, W P Head m W 53 M Mo Tenn Mo none
McClanahan, Beatrice Wf F W 32 M Tx Tx Tx none
McClanahan, Klein Son M W 11 S Ok Mo Tx
McClanahan, Jack Son M W 9 S Ok Mo Tx
McClanahan, Jay M W 22Wd Ok Mo Miss Laborer Oil Field
Hampson, Ed? Brother in Law m W 42 M Iowa England Conn
Hampson, Lillith Sister-in-law F W 27 M Tx Tx Tx
Hampson, G. Lyle Nephew M W 6/12 S Mo Iowa Tx
524-529
McClanahan, J E Head M W 44 M Mo Tn Mo Carpenter
McClanahan, Fanny Wf F W 34 M Ok Tn Mo
McClanahan, William Son M W 11 S New Mexico Mo Ok
McClanahan, Wynona Dtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jessie Son m W 6 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Leonard Son M W 4 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jay Son M W 2 1/12 S Ok Mo Ok
530-535
McClanahan, Chas M Head m W 39 M Tx Tenn Mo Laborer Oil Field
McClanahan, Eva Wf F W 25 M Tx Tx Tx
McClanahan, Claud M W 17 S Ok Tx Ok Laborer Oil Field
McClanahan, Orvill Son M W 9 S Ok Tx Tx
McClanahan, Earl Son m W 7 S Ok Tx Tx
McClanahan, Jerrell Son M W 1 4/12 S Ok Tx Tx

William married Ida L. Clapp before 1890. Ida (daughter of John C. Clapp and Mary "Mollie" Luanna Hoover) was born about 1868 in Missouri; died before 1895 in Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Betty Ously about 1895 in Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma. Betty was born about 1887 in Mississippi; died about 1906 in Oklahoma; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Beatrix Sessums in 1907. Beatrix was born on 18 Nov 1888 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1934 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by Ken Harvey and Cova Jean Williams to have married Martin LEDDY. Her FindAGrave memorial, created by Jean, has a photo of her headstone. It is engraved:

Mother, Stella R. Leddy, 1871-1894

Although there are other Leddy's buried in the Marlow Cemetery, there is not a listing for a Martin Leddy.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita County, Cordell Twp
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 5 ED 259 Sheet 2A
24-25
McClanahan, Edward F Head M W 63 m 44 Ill Tn Ky Farmer
McClanahan, Margaret Wf F W 62 M 44 9/7 Mo Oh Oh
McClanahan, Alva E Son M W 36 M 16 Mo Ill Mo Farm Laborer
McClanahan, Katie Dtr-in-law F W 33 M 16 7/6 Mo Ill Ill
McClanahan, Ida Grddtr F W 16 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Everet Grdson M W 15 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Quincy Grdson M W 13 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Grace Grddtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Fannie Grddtr F W 6 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Ernest Grdson M W 1 3/12 S Ok Mo Mo

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Okfuskee County, Bearden Twp
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 140 Sheet 1B
10-10
McClanahan, Alva E Head M W 46 M Mo Iowa Mo Farmer
McClanahan, Katie Wf F W 45 M Mo Mo US
McClanahan, Cloe Dtr F W 16 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Earnest Son M W 11 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Victor Son M W 7 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Iola Dtr F W4 3/12 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Maggie Mother F W 79 Wd Mo US US

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Seminole County, Red Mound Twp No. 10
Enumerated 11 Apr 1930
ED 67-23 SD 10 Sheet 6A
88-88
McClanahan, Alva E Head M W 56 M 19 Mo US US Farmer
McClanahan, Katie E Wf F W 55 M 18 Mo US Neb
McClanahan, Ida M Dtr F W 35 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Ernest E M W 21 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Victor Son M W 17 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Aola I Dtr F W 14 S Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Cecil Grandson M W 6 S Ok Ok Ok
McClanahan, Jack Nephew M W 18 S Ok Mo US

Alva married Eliza Catherine "Katie" Clapp on 22 Sep 1892 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Eliza (daughter of John C. Clapp and Mary "Mollie" Luanna Hoover) was born on 19 Dec 1875 in Missouri; died on 13 Apr 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Little Cemetery, Little, Seminole County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Carter County, Hewitt Twp
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 3 D 54 Sheet 24B
524-529
McClanahan, J E Head M W 44 M Mo Tn Mo Carpenter
McClanahan, Fanny Wf F W 34 M Ok Tn Mo
McClanahan, William Son M W 11 S New Mexico Mo Ok
McClanahan, Wynona Dtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jessie Son m W 6 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Leonard Son M W 4 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jay Son M W 2 1/12 S Ok Mo Ok

Jesse married Fannie Florence Copeland on 18 Jul 1907. Fannie (daughter of James G. Copeland and Mary "Polly" Denby Edge) was born on 2 Feb 1885 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 19 Aug 1975 in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cova Jean Williams shows that he died on 29 Dec 1936. This is earlier than the date shown on FindAGrave and that is engraved on his tombstone.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Carter County, Hewitt Twp
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 3 D 54 Sheet 24B
524-529
McClanahan, J E Head M W 44 M Mo Tn Mo Carpenter
McClanahan, Fanny Wf F W 34 M Ok Tn Mo
McClanahan, William Son M W 11 S New Mexico Mo Ok
McClanahan, Wynona Dtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jessie Son m W 6 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Leonard Son M W 4 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jay SOn M W 2 1/12 S Ok Mo Ok
530-535
McClanahan, Chas M Head m W 39 M Tx Tenn Mo Laborer Oil Field
McClanahan, Eva Wf F W 25 M Tx Tx Tx
McClanahan, Claud M W 17 S Ok Tx Ok Laborer Oil Field
McClanahan, Orvill Son M W 9 S Ok Tx Tx
McClanahan, Earl Son m W 7 S Ok Tx Tx
McClanahan, Jerrell Son M W 1 4/12 S Ok Tx Tx

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he was a resident and farming in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He listed his nearest relative as Cornelia Head McClanahan, his wife. He was of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Clinton Twp, Ward 2
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD 284 ED 119 Sheet 7B
227-236
McClanahan, Irah Head M W 30 m1 6 Tx Mo Mo Mechanic Carpetner
McClanahan, Cornelia Wf F W 24 m1 6 3/3 Miss Va Miss
McClanahan, Lois E Dtr F W 6 S Ok Tx Miss
McClanahan, Gladys L Dtr F W 4 S Ok Tx Miss
McClanahan, Ira P Dtr F W 1 S New Mexico Tx Miss

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Cedar Twp
Enumerated 3, 16 and 17 Jan 1920
SD 7 ED 24 Sheet 1A
6-6
Darden, Ociola Head M W 68 M Va Va Va Farmer Dairy Farm
Darden, Sallie Wf F W 52 M La Ga Ga
(Cornelia's father with his second wife, Sally Coker)
6-7
McClanahan, Ira Head M W 38 M Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Cornelia Wf F W 36 M Miss Va Miss
McClanahan, Lois Dtr F W 15 S Ok Miss Tx
McClanahan, Gladys F W 13 S Ok Tx Miss
McClanahan, Pauline Dtr F W 11 S New Mexico Tx Miss
McClanahan, Juanita Dtr F W 8 S Ok Tx Miss
McClanahan, Ruth Dtr F W 4 5/12 S Ok Tx Miss
McClanahan, Edwin Son M W 2 0/12 S Ok Tx Miss

Family/Spouse: Cornelia Head Darden. Cornelia was born on 5 Nov 1883 in Hinds County, Mississippi; died on 14 Feb 1972; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Custer County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as born in either Jacksboro, Texas or Decatur, Texas. Not listed on the 1900 census with her parents and sibling. Did she marry young? Said to have married George PATRICK. Unable to locate them on either the 1900 or 1910 census index.

Notes:

Said by Ken Harvey to have married Bessie HIGGS.

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes that the 1910 census lists Clarence age 54 b. TX with 3 children and a non relative -Madeline. There is a discrepancy in this and his birth date.

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Census Information:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita, Bessie Twp
Enumerated 31 May 1910
SD 5 ED 271 Sheet 2B
32-32
Payne, Clarence R Head M W 7 Tx Mo MO Farmer
Payne, Ida Wf F W 24 M 7 4/4 Kansas Indiana Oh
Payne, Esther Dtr F W 6 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Sylvia Dtr F W 4 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Mabel Dtr F W 2 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Madalene Dtr F W 8/12 S Ok Tx Ks

1920 Census
Arizona, Maricopa County, East Chandler, Pr 11
Enumerated 7 Jan 1920
SD 1 ED 29 Sheet 6A
107-115
Payne, Richard C Head M W 43 M Tx Mo Carpenter House
Payne, Ida D Wf F W 34 M Kansas Ind
Payne, Ester O Dtr F W 15 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Sylvia M Dtr F W 14 S Ok Tx Ks Farm Laborer
Payne, Mabel E Dtr F W 12 S Ok Tx Ks Farm Laborer
Payne, Madaline G Dtr F W 10 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Richard F. Son M W 8 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Guy T Son M W 6 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Violet D Dtr M(sic) W 4 11/12 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Laurence D Son M W 1 8/12 (twins) S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Florence C Dtr F W 1 8/12 (twins) S Ok Tx Ks


1930 Census
New Mexico, Dona Ana County, Garfield Eled Precinct 22
Enumerated 22 Apr 1930
ED 7-26 SD 4 Sheet 4A Stamped 291
68-82
Payne, Richard C Head M W 53 M 27 Tx Mo Mo Carpenter House Builder
Payne, Ida D Wf F W 44 M 18 Ks Ind Ohio
Payne, Richard T Jr Son M W 19 S Ok Tx Ks Laborer Farm
Payne, Guy T Son M W 17 S Ok Tx Ks Laborer Farm
Payne, Violet D Dtr F W 15 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Florence C Dtr F W 11 S Ok Tx Kx
Payne, Lawrence D Son M W 11 S Ok Tx Ks
Payne, Arlin T Son M W 8 S Ok Ts Kx
Payne, Ansel C Son M W 6 S Arizona Tx Ks

Clarence married Ida Delcina Thompson on 2 Jul 1903. Ida was born about 1885 in Kansas; died on 25 May 1953; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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."

(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

William married Shirley Thompson on 11 Jun 1905. Shirley was born about 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Louise Belter on 16 Jul 1910 in Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma. Elizabeth was born about 1891 in North Dakota; died on 17 Feb 1960 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Fred Lee Payne
Event Date 29 Aug 1950
Event Place Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Gender Male
Race (Original):
Age 70
Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name Levi Payne
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name Elizabeth Mcclanahan
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Address:
Residence Place:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
GS Film number 2241193
Digital Folder Number 4204517
Image Number 118
Reference ID cn 4104

Citing this Record:
"Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLVK-KLR : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Fred Lee Payne, 29 Aug 1950.

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Census Information:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Washita County, Union Twp
Enumerated 2 Jun 1910 by Thomas Hudgens
SD 5 ED 268 Sheet 22A Stamped 250
301-301 Payne, Levi and Sarah
302-302
Payne, Fred L Hd M W m1 7 Tx Mo Mo English Farmer
Payne, Alice C Wife F W 20 M1 7 Mo Mo Mo
Payne, Chester F Nephew M W 2 Ok Mo Mo

1930 Census
Arizona, Maricopa County, Goodyear Election Precinct
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 7-80 SD 2 Sheet 11A Stamped 236
201
Payne, Harold Head M W 23 M 22 New Mexico Miss Kansas Laborer
Payne, Evelyn Wf F W 21 M 20 Ky Ky Ten
202
Payne, Fred Head M W 49 M 23 Tx Miss Ka Foreman Ranch Cotton
Payne, Alice Wf F W 40 M 13 Mo Mo Mo
Payne, Ruby Dtr F W 12 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Levi Son M W 8 S Ariz Tx Mo
Payne, Walter, Son M W 5 S Ariz Tx Mo
203
Payne, Mollie Hd F W 43 Wd Mo Mo Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Cecil Son M W 24 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Gilbert Son M W 19 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Loyd Son m W 18 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Vernon Son M W 15 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Ethel Dtr F W 14 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Wilburn Son M W 10 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Floyann Dtr F W 8 S Ok Tx Mo

Fred married Alice Christine Lowry on 30 Aug 1903. Alice (daughter of Ulyses Sherman Lowry and Ida Frances Morley) was born on 9 Jan 1890 in Pollock, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 19 Jul 1943; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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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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

Walter married Mary Ann "Molly" Lowry on 30 Oct 1901 in Cordell, Washita County, Oklahoma. Mary (daughter of Ulyses Sherman Lowry and Ida Frances Morley) was born on 6 Apr 1886 in Lucerne, Putnam County, Missouri; died on 14 Jun 1960 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried on 16 Jun 1960 in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married William W. Copeland on 10 Dec 1910. William (son of James G. Copeland and Mary "Polly" Denby Edge) was born on 7 May 1875 in Missouri; died on 25 Dec 1957 in Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma; was buried in A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She never married. Ken Harvey notes "she was not considered right in the head."

Notes:

Said to have married Ed COOPER on 15 Oct 1921.

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes "There is another photograph, this time of his high school graduation in from Quanah High School in May 1901. This shows him holding his sheepskin diploma-no "mere paper" at that time! The photograph shows five girls dressed like bridesmaids and one boy with a flower in his button hole, all students surrounding a man who is presumably the school principal. Marvin, the solitary boy (young adult), is at the rear (apparently education was not a very macho activity among the youth of the town). His younger sister Effie stands to his immediate right. Marvin read an essay to the assembled parents on "Closing Events of the Nineteenth Century." His sister Effie read an essay on "Duty." One of the other girls present was a Payne double first cousin, Lula Pearl McClanahan (daughter of Fred Lafayette McClanahan and Calla Payne). She read an essay on "Courage.""

Notes:

The Comanche Reflex
Comanche, I. T.
(Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma)
Friday, August 11, 1905
MISSES ADA MCCALLAHAN and EFFIE PAYNE of Duncan were in the city. Miss McCallahan has been elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of MISS FANNY BAKER.

Ada McClanahan, Olive McClanahan's niece, was a great beauty. She was thought to have been brought up in Duncan. In 1933/4 she came back, or at least came, for a visit to Duncan from Arizona. Ada was looking for the Marvin Payne family and was asking directions. When she met the nineteen year old Lewis Adair Payne and asked him for their whereabouts He was totally tongue-tied by the sight of her. She was to report back to his mother, Grace, when she finally found the house that Lewis certainly wasn't going to give away any secrets.

Ada later married a man from Kingman, Arizona who is thought to have managed a picture theatre there. His name is not known. Ada may have married in Duncan if she had been brought up there, however, the McClanahan family do not appear in the 1910 Stephens Co. census. There is a the strong possibility that Ada was Callie's, approximately 45 year old, daughter in 1933. The idea is further substantiated by Lewis' understanding that Ada was a double second cousin of his. She may have had a previous marriage.

Notes:

A photo of her gravemaker is on her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "AlbFirefly."

It is a very simple marker, laying flat on her lot. It is inscribed "Mother Myrtle May Stoneking" with her year of birth, 1896, to the left of her name and her year of death, 1937 to the right.

Myrtle married Marion Allen Stoneking about 1918. Marion was born on 30 Nov 1895 in Kelly, Socorro County, New Mexico; died on 12 Jan 1954; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The FindAGrave memorial page for Loue Irmen "Iris" McClanahan, show that she was buried near her grandfather, Enoch Cox McClanahan, in the Montgomery Cemetery in Dallas County, MO, and further notes that:

"Loue Ireman (Iris) McClanahan was born February 23, 1879, in Texas, to Daniel Webster and Sarah Jeanette Quigley MaClanahan. She was the second child and daughter of seven children born to them. Neither Loue nor her older sister were to live to adulthood.

Her parents moved back to Dallas County, Missouri, where Loue died 2 weeks before her fourth birthday on February 9, 1883.

She is buried next to her grandfather, Enoch Cox McClanahan, in Montgomery Cemetery. Her stone is no longer legible.

Taken from A Journey Through Time with the Taylor Family of Missouri by Emma Sue Davenport."

From her FindAGrave Memorial Page, created by Larry Boyd and mainted by Emma Sue.

Notes:

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.

Sylvia married Woodrow Wilson Couch on 18 May 1928 in Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas. Woodrow was born on 9 Aug 1910 in Oklahoma; died on 14 Sep 1972 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas; was buried in Davidson Cemetery, Davidson, Tillman County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sylvia Payne Hudson (chudson@marktwain.net) emailed Charles Strong on 14 August 2002 that "(John) Marshall Payne...was married to ?? they had three children; Betty Payne Brown, John Payne, and Robert Payne. Betty lives in Egypt with her husband, I think John is in Tenn. and Robert (Bobby) died in Tenn. about 8 or 10 years ago. All of them have children, probably in Tenn. Uncle John died a couple of years after Bobby. He had married a woman named Lois from Tenn. when the children were small, and not too long after his first wife passed."

John married Amanda Belle Bond on 21 May 1930 in Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas. Amanda was born on 2 Jul 1909 in Missouri; died on 11 Oct 1936 in Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lynell Cordell notes that Ella Payne & brother Jean Payne...(she thinks)...are enumerated together in the 1930 Federal Census in Stephens County, Oklahoma, King Township, ED 69-5, Sheet 7B

Eugene married Joanna Devries about 1937. Joanna was born on 2 May 1914 in Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa; died on 1 Jun 2004 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eugene married Marjorie Rees Clark after 1940. Marjorie (daughter of Frederick Lake Clark and Marjorie Ella Rees) was born on 12 Jul 1922 in Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Feb 1989 in Oklahoma; was buried in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was born near the County Line of Stephens and Carter counties, Oklahoma.

An infancy photograph taken at Cobb's Studio in Quanah, Texas, circa 1910 which suggests that Chad, as he was known, was born there? however the 1920 census gives Oklahoma as place of birth. Photograph is in the possession of Lewis Adair Payne (1997).

He was named Claude after his father, Marvin's, great life-long friend Claude Holcombe, who lived in Quanah, TX.

He is not in the Payne/Gentry family reunion photograph of 1927, when he would have been nineteen, because ... could he have already joined the army?

Military Discharge recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 22, page 287. Not viewed.

His marriage probably occured before July 21st. 1936 as entered above as his younger brother, Lewis Adair Payne, "lunched at Chad's and Lois's [while in Duncan]. Place certainly run down, don't believe I could live there any more."4 on that date.

Worked for OTASCO in Guthrie c. 1939. 5

1955 ? "M-Sgt. C.C. Payne
Full military funeral services for M-Sgt. Chadwick C. Payne, 47, of 1907 Ash, will be held at 10:30 Tuesday in the new Post Chapel at Fort Sill with Chaplain (1st Lt.) Charlie W. Hargrave and Rev. Russell T. Rauscher, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in Fort Sill cemetery with Becker Funeral home in charge. Sgt. Payne, a captain in the reserve, died at 3 p.m. Saturday at the family home apparently of a heart attack. He had just been released from the hospital on a 24 hour pass at the time of his death."6

1998 ? Lewis Adair Payne, 84, ... ... ... died died Tuesday, 18 Aug. 1998, at Stillwater Medical Center [OK] .... ... ... He was predeceased by two brothers, Claude Chadwick Payne and Marvin Walter Payne and one sister Mary Olive Thompson. Survivors include his wife of fifty-five years, Lunora; two daughters; Robin White of Joplin, Mo and Penny Harvey of Glencoe, OK; and his two grand-sons Bracken White of San Francisco, Ca and Gentry White of Columbia, Mo and grand-daughter Anne Marie Busse of Joplin, Mo. ... ... ...7

Claude married Lois Macel Reed on 24 Dec 1935 in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Lois was born on 30 Jan 1917 in Gage, Ellis County, Oklahoma; died on 17 Oct 2004 in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Robert Andrew Thompson about 1941. Robert was born on 30 Oct 1897; died on 4 Mar 1986 in Burnet County, Texas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pampa, Gray County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lewis was named after David Lewis Adair who was dating a fellow resident of his parent's rented house (corner of 10th and Main, Duncan, OK.). David was so pleased when he was told falsely by the girl that the new baby was being named after him that he purchased a pair of shoes for the child. The gift was gratefully accepted. The name was probably shortened as there was a David L. Payne well known in Oklahoma history (a Yankee captain boomer involved in scandal).

1932 - Attended Ardmore High School.

1933 - In January, he moved to Lefors, Texas, to live with his aunt Pearl for the rest of the academic year. He went to the local High School. He was described on arrival as coming "from Ardmore with a fine [report] card." He immediately became a reporter on the school newspaper 'The Pirate' and gained a schoolwide reputation as a poet and orator.

1934-Graduated from Duncan High School.

1936-8 Began a daily journal which he was to regularly write up for one year. Went to work with a Tulsa barnstormer, Earl Field, and learned aircraft engines on the job. He earned about five dollars a week. He was living with his parents in Duncan.

1940 - Ground Instructor's Certificate # 41961-40 issued 10th October 1940.

1941-- Started teaching at Oklahoma A & M College. Aircraft mechanics certificates #M-64172-41 issued 7 April 1941

1943-45 Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor for Government Flight School, Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1945, Lewis, his wife Lunora, and their oldest daughter, Robin were living at 511 Hester Street.

1945-46 Self employed, buying and selling surplus wartime aircraft. In the June 7, 1998 Stillwater NewsPress, Steve Clark wrote that for a short time right after World War II, Stillwater had its own "air force...the warplanes-475 bombers and fighters began arriving at Searcy Field in 1945 to be parked until the government could figure out how to dispose of them...All 475 planes were bought by one man: Paul Mantz, the famous air racer and movie stunt pilot who died in the 1960s during the filming of THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX....Mantz paid $55,426 for the whole batch, making most, if not all of his money back by draining the planes's fuel tanks and selling the thousands of gallons of 100-octane gasoline. He kept 12 of the warbirds for himself...Most of the leftovers were sold to a scrap dealer from Wichita, though a few others escaped destructions..." Lewis Payne purchased one of the seven P-51 Mustangs in partnership with another man. At some stage his partner crashed and was killed. Lewis turned his share to the insurance money over to the grateful widow...In 1988 there are 51 of these aircraft still flying and each is worth about hald a million dollars.

1946-Pilot certificate #466435 issued on 19 March 1946

1946-1950 Instructor aircraft mechanic

1950-1952 Quality Control Inspector for Convair Aircraft, Fort Worth, Texas.

1952-61 Aircraft electrical shop supervisor, Arabian-American Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.

1961-1964 Started a retail liquor business in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This was not a success in a town where few people drank.

1964-1965 Downtown Airport, Oklahoma City.

1965-1968 Engineer for Philco-Ford Corporation, Fort Benning; Seychelles; Green Hill; Thailand; Vung Tau, Vietnam.

1968- Maintenance Supervisor, Swan Rubber Company, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

1970-1971 Field Engineer with Philco Ford, worked in Taiwan (9 months) and Iran (6 months) erecting still towers.

Obituary

"Lewis Adair Payne, 84 was a longtime breeder of Arabian horses in addition to being an aircraft mechanic. He was also a retired expatriate engineer.

He died Tuesday, 18 August 1998, at Stillwater Medical Center. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Private intermment and service will be at a later time in Duncan.

Payne was born March 15, 1914, in Duncan, to Marvin Walter Payne and Grace Ellen Gentry; both the children of Oklahoma Pioneers. He married Lunora McWethy in 1943. She is the daughter of William Meade McWethy and Ethel Arretha Phenis both formerly of Stillwater.

In the last 37 years of his life, Lewis devoted himself to the breeding of Arabian horses in the Stillwater area. His objective was achieve classical perfection in both body type and movement. His artist's eye later resulted in national recognition from a minority interested in the preservation breeding of this fine horse-celebrated by the 4th century B.C. Greeks in the marble statuary of the Parthenon frieze. At considerable cost to him he did not allow the untutored requirements of the market to damage the historic bloodlines of his horses. For a long time he stood alone.

Originally an aircraft mechanic in the later barnstorming days, Lewis was to instruct students in aircraft maintenance for the National Defense Training School during WWII at Searcy Field, the Stillwater airport. From there he spent nine years with his young family in Saudi Arabia working for Aramco. He later became an engineer for Philco-Ford with whom he worked all over the world.

He was a man who expanded his formal university classes with very extensive reading and travel. He last journeyed around the world at the age of 80. His curiousity was wide and his interests were cosmopolitan.

He was predeceased by two brothers, Claude Chadwick Payne and Marvin Walter Payne and one sister, Mary Olive Thompson. Survivors include his wife of fifty-two years, Lunora; two daughters; Robin White of Joplin, Missouri and Penny Harvey of Glencoe, OK; and two grandsons Bracken White of San Francisco, CA and Gentry White of Columbia, MO and grand-daughter Anne Marie Busse of Joplin, Mo.

Memorials may be made to the Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum."

Lewis's ashes were buried on a hill, under an oak tree, with a view of Hell Creek below. The burial site was on the land his grandfather Sam homesteaded and where he himself grew up during his teenage years. There was a brief informal religious ceremony conducted by son-in-law Tom White. Afterwords a picnic was served at the East Wing of the Stephens County Fairgrounds.

(The above is courtesy of Kenneth and Penny Harvey)

Lewis married Lunora McWethy on 8 May 1943 in Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Lunora (daughter of William Meade McWethy and Ethel Arretha Phenis) was born on 10 Feb 1911 in Lorena, Beaver County, Oklahoma; died on 8 Mar 1999 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stillborn. Not listed by his mother in her listing of her four surviving children, hence exact date unknown.

Notes:

Known as "Snort" from the noise he used to make as a baby when feeding.

He was a teacher in Cushing, Oklahoma for a long time. He read widely. Marvin later had a job working with the Indian community.

He liked Pow wows and "good" music. His favorite cigarette was Camel, cigar White Owl, drink Gin, sport football, and his favorite authors were the poets Byron and Whitman.

He was 54 when he died. The funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Andarko. His pall bearers were Joe Mayfield, Oral Jackson, Glenn Payne, Ed Monasco, Windell Haley and Homer Strong.

Marvin married Willadine "Deana" Myers on 29 Jan 1950 in Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Willadine was born on 28 Jul 1926 in Oklahoma; died on 28 Nov 1993 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the World War I draft he was a resident of Healdton, OK. He listed his place of birth as Marlow. He was employed by W. T Howard of Healdton. He was described as of Medium Heighth and build, with blue eyes and dark hair.

A William P. McClanahan, date of birth not shown, is buried at the Marlow Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. His date of death was shown as 26 Sept 1918, and he has a military marker, inscribed "OK Pvt 127 M. G. BN 34 Div." This appears to be the same William P. McClanahan, as an application was made for a Military Headstone for William Percy McClanahan, to be buried in Marlow, by W. P. McClanahan Sr of Healdton, Okla in 1931.

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was lsited as Jay McClanahan and was living in Hewitt, OK, and working as a Painter. His closest relative was shown as W. P. McClananah, his father. Listed as "widowed" at the time of the 1920 census. He was living with his father and stepmother in Hewitt, Oklahoma, and working in the oil fields. His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jean, instead lists him as Joy McClanahan, but there is not a photo of the tombstone to verify the spelling. He is shown as sharing a double marker with Kate McClanahan (1902-1998).

Notes:

Said to have died when a small boy. He was listed as a 7 year old at the time of the 1910 census. Not found on the 1920 census with his family, nor is he listed by the name Poe on the 1920 census index.

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Brenda Joyce, has the following excerpts from his obituary:

Son of William P. and Beatrix Sessums McClanahan; married Gladys Peachee; retired auto mechanic.

said to be published in The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau MO; Jan. 22, 1993

Dennis married Gladys Onita Peachee on 18 Dec 1928. Gladys was born on 9 Jul 1910 in Haileyville, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; died on 14 Mar 1973 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri; was buried in Cook Cemetery, Scopus, Bollinger County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that he was living with his uncle and aunt, Alvin and Katie McClanahan at the time of the 1930 Federal census, in Red Mound, Seminole County, Oklahoma. In their household is an 18 year old Jack McClanahan, born in OK, and listed as nephew.

The California Death Index has a listing for Jack A. McClanahan, born 12 Aug 1912 in Oklahoma and died 1 Mar 1965. Not know if this is the same Jack McClanahan, as his parents names are not transcribed. On the 1940 census, A Jack McClanahan, born ca 1913 on Oklahoma, can be found in Ukiah, California, married to Vevia May, age 22 and born in Oklahoma, and the father of a newborn son, Buford A. McClanahan. That Jack was shown as having lived in rural Gregg County, Texas in 1935, and Vevia in Seminole County, OK. Jack's occupation was shown as Laborer, Road Maintenance.

Family/Spouse: Corda Lillie Bottoms. Corda was born on 26 Nov 1900 in Scott County, Arkansas; died on 15 Dec 1958 in Hughes County, Oklahoma; was buried in Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he gave his address as "Gen. Del. McAlester, Oklahoma. He listed his place of birth as Texas. His employer was shown as "Boatman & Selby" of McAlester, Okla, and his nearest relative was his wife, Lola Boatman. Cova Jean Williams instead indicated his wife was Lola BOATMAN. Willie was said to have had blue eyes and brown hair.

FindAGrave links him to spouse Evelyn Ester McClanahan, (1904-1994, FAG#93628537), apparently a second marriage.

Grace married Shelton L. Lively about 1918. Shelton was born on 11 Jan 1903 in Oklahoma; died on 4 Apr 1966 in Kern County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Rob E. Newton

Cloy married Robert E. Newton about 1927. Robert was born about 1905 in Indian Territory; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther Lucille Lacy. Esther was born on 27 Jul 1914; died on 25 Apr 1987; was buried in Little Cemetery, Little, Seminole County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On FindAGrave, he was linked to a spouse named Opal M. (1917-1985, FAG #63478361). Cova Jean Williams instead showed his wife as "Jo."

Notes:

Obituary, below, copied from this FindAGrave memorial page created by Stone Seeker.

Source: Daily Ardmoreite

Services for William E. McClanahan, 90, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Larry Berryhill officiating. Burial with Navy military honors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

McClanahan was born July 4, 1908, at Tucumcari, N.M., to Jess and Fannie Copeland McClanahan. He died Feb. 20, 1999, in a Plano, Texas, hospital after a brief illness.

A resident of Ardmore since 1948, moving here from Healdton, he was a building contractor and engineer. As a Navy warrant officer in the Sea Bees during World War II, he saw duty in Alaska, Okinawa and Shimu. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, in Lodge 31, AF&AM. He and Marie Porter Lewis were married February 1978 in Mexico.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Rue McClanahan, New York City, and Melinda McClanahan, Washington, D.C.; four stepdaughters, Debra VanTilBerg, Celina, Ohio, Barbara Berry, Dallas, Carolyn McCabe, Middletown, Ohio, and Jill Philpot, Barboursville, Ky.; a brother, Jess, Wilson; a sister, Wenona Pollard, Delhi, La.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the enrichment foundation of any area school.

William married Rhuea Nell Medaris on 9 Apr 1933. Rhuea was born on 11 Jul 1912 in Kenefick, Bryan County, Oklahoma; died on 16 Nov 1973 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wenonah married William Earl Pollard on 16 Dec 1933. William was born about 1910 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jesse Olen McClanahan
Web posted February 10, 2006
HEWITT -- Graveside service for Jesse Olen McClanahan, 92, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at Hewitt Cemetery with the Rev. J.B. Lovelace officiating.

Born on Aug. 1, 1913, in Wewoka, Okla., to Jesse Edwin and Fannie Florence Copeland McClanahan, he died on Feb. 7, 2006, in Monahans, Texas. He was preceded in death by a son, Olen McClanahan in 1997; his parents; and two brothers, Bill and Joy McClanahan.

Jesse grew up in Healdton where he graduated from high school in 1931. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Ethel Ruth Todd on Sept. 1, 1935, in Ardmore and they raised their family in Wilson while he was employed by Shell pipeline. They lived in several towns until he retired after 25 years while living in McCamey, Texas. In 1973 they returned to Wilson. They moved to Monahans five years ago.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; a daughter, Alana Hogg and husband, David, Palestine, Texas; a son, Dick McClanahan and wife, Judy, Monahans; sister, Wenonah Pollard, Delhi, La.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by "EM."

Notes:

The 1994 obituary of her sister, Gladys L. Barksdale, shows her survived by sister Lois THOMAS of Everman.

Notes:

Obituary, as transcribed from the scan of the original from the Dallas Morning News, March 22, 1994, p. 22A, and added to her FindAGrave memorial page by Emma Shrum Butler Duke

Services for Gladys Louise McClanahan Barksdale will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Restland Wildwood Chapel in Dallas. Burial will follow at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.

Mrs. Barksdale, 87, died of pulmonary fibrosis Sunday at Life Care Center of Plano.

The native of Wewoka Indian Territory, now Wewoka, Okla., began her teaching career in Canyon, Texas.

Mrs. Barksdalb taught in the White Settlement school district for several years before joining the Dallas Independent School District in 1953. She taught second grade at Lenore Kirk Hall Elementary until her retirement in 1977.

Survivors include a daguther, Cynthia C. Durham of Plano, a son Richard M. Barksdale of Friendswood, Texas; four sisters, Lois THOMAS of Everman, Juanita HICKS of Crowley, Ruth SMITH of Duncan, Okla. and Pauline SHOEMAKER of Albuquerque, N. M.; and three grandchildren.

The SSDI shows her final residence as Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Loy Tidwell Barksdale. Loy was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Chico, Wise County, Texas; died on 8 Dec 1985 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1994 obituary of her sister, Gladys L. Barksdale, shows her survived by sister Pauline SHOEMAKER of Albuquerque, N. M.

Notes:

The 1994 obituary of her sister, Gladys L. Barksdale, shows her survived by sister Juanita HICKS of Crowley.

Notes:

The 1994 obituary of her sister, Gladys L. Barksdale, shows her survived by sister Ruth SMITH of Duncan, Okla.

Family/Spouse: Harry E. Smith. Harry was born on 7 Nov 1911; died on 9 Mar 1997 in Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Guy Oscar Hayes on 12 Sep 1922. Guy was born on 4 Oct 1902 in Emet, Johnson County, Indian Territory; died on 16 Apr 1984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLVZ-CMN
Name: Madalen Jones
Death Date: 1933
Death Place: Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona
Gender: Female
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Estimated Birth Year: 1909
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Father's Name: Richard C Payne
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Film Number: 2114596
Digital Folder Number: 4203164
Image Number: 1336
Reference Number: 336
Collection: Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951

Notes:

The SSDI shows that his Social Security account was established in California prior to 1951.

Family/Spouse: Ruby Latham Kimbro. Ruby was born after 1912; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLKX-6QS
Name: Guy T. Payne
Death Date: 01 Mar 1951
Death Place: Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona
Gender: Male
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Film Number: 2241001
Digital Folder Number: 4204511
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Reference Number: cn1645
Collection: Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951

Notes:

Date of birth is from the family bible.

Married first Sina "Girly", had daughter Doris; married second Lula Addy, had son Burton F. Payne; married third Edith, had Royce and Lenora.

Notes:

Date and location of birth is from the family bible. His birth location is sometimes instead shown as Tucumcari, New Mexico.

(Research):

1930 Census
Arizona, Maricopa County, Goodyear Election Precinct
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 7-80 SD 2 Sheet 11A Stamped 236
201
Payne, Harold Head M W 23 M 22 New Mexico Miss Kansas Laborer
Payne, Evelyn Wf F W 21 M 20 Ky Ky Ten
202
Payne, Fred Head M W 49 M 23 Tx Miss Ka Foreman Ranch Cotton
Payne, Alice Wf F W 40 M 13 Mo Mo Mo
Payne, Ruby Dtr F W 12 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Levi Son M W 8 S Ariz Tx Mo
Payne, Walter, Son M W 5 S Ariz Tx Mo
203
Payne, Mollie Hd F W 43 Wd Mo Mo Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Cecil Son M W 24 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Gilbert Son M W 19 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Loyd Son m W 18 S Ok Tx Mo Laborer Cotton Clean Up
Payne, Vernon Son M W 15 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Ethel Dtr F W 14 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Wilburn Son M W 10 S Ok Tx Mo
Payne, Floyann Dtr F W 8 S Ok Tx Mo

Family/Spouse: Evelyn Lankford. Evelyn was born about 1909 in Kentucky; died in 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date and location of birth from the family bible.

Linda Miller wrote that Jack died in a car accident when she was around eight years old (circa 1960). He ran off a bridge. It was probably around Hagerman, New Mexico, somewhere between Artesia and Roswell.

Linda also writes that Jack had a very colorful life "My dad said they called him Dakota Red?he walked with a lift on one foot because he had been shot with a tommy gun during a bank robbery he spent several years in prison off and on?in later years the drink really got to him. My dad always said he liked to drink but that he had a son that died in a school fire in Texas and after that he drank more. I remember him as a very kind man?he came to visit when I was young? I remember going to see him in a trailor when he was with a woman named Babe she was in my young eyes very pretty."

Notes:

The date and location of his birth is from the Family Bible.

Linda Miller writes that "Bert moved to Arkansas and had a farm that he worked for years he died there and
still has his only child a daughter (Christine?) and two grandchildren and many great-grandchildren living in Arkansas."

Notes:

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.

Notes:

The date and location of birth is from the family bible.

Family/Spouse: Waldeene Beatrice Lee. Waldeene was born in 1921 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas; died in Sep 1967 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No stone marker on his grave.

Notes:

Owner of the Payne Family Bible which includes "The Family Register of Mr. Levi Newton Payne and Miss Sarah Elizabeth McClannahan (1875)"

Ruby married Anvil Troy "Buck" Nichols in Dec 1936 in Higley, Maricopa County, Arizona. Anvil was born before 1918; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at about 3 or 4 months.

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that a grave marker for him was inscribed "Arizona Pvt US Army World War II"

Levi married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Walter married Betty Nell Denning on 7 Feb 1943. Betty was born on 26 Nov 1925; died on 27 Jul 2012 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried on 3 Aug 2012 in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche married Willie Earnest "Pud" Anderson on 5 Nov 1921 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Willie (son of Denton Thomas Anderson and Charlie Ada Hunt) was born on 23 Mar 1902 in Bray, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 1 May 1988 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been born in Haney, Oklahoma. He was a hobo, he would hop frieghts from Oklahoma to Arizona. staying with his brothers and sisters. Never married.

Notes:

Cova Jean Williams has a funeral Card states date of birth May 15, 1909 Duncan, OK.

Hazel married Payton Wheeler Phillips in Apr 1923. Payton was born before 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cova Jean Williams has his funeral Card. Kenneth Harvey has the place of death instead as Shafter, California. Kenneth also notes that the Military Discharge of Gilbert L. Payne is recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 22, page 84. Not viewed.

Marlow Review
Thursday, March 9, 1961

Brother of Marlowite Dies in California

Mrs. W. E. Anderson was notified Sunday of the death of a brother, Gilbert Payne, 50, of Shafter, Calif. He died of a heart attack Saturday night. Services were held on Tuesday.

Another sister, Mrs. Ethel Dannhein, Lamesa, Tex. survives . Joe R. Payne, Sr., is a second cousin.

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

Gilbert married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frankie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been born in Haney, Oklahoma.

Plot: Section 924, Lot 2, Grave 8

Vernon married Ruby Estelle Massey on 22 May 1934. Ruby was born on 26 May 1917 in Oklahoma; died on 15 Jul 1989 in Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been born in Haney, Oklahoma. Cova Jean Williams shows her middle name as Eugene versus simply Jean, as is indicated on the Texas Birth Index.

Ethel married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other records indicate death date as 3 May 1918

(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.

Notes:

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.

Wilburn married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Floy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Flossie married Walter Clifford Pattison on 17 Mar 1928. Walter was born on 24 Mar 1907; died on 2 May 1974 in Arkansas; was buried in A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Never Married

Notes:

Died of pneumonia. Buried on lots north of J.G. COPELAND.

Siblings Elizabeth Copeland, Andrew Copeland, and Chester Copeland share a headstone in the A J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy, Oklahoma. It is inscribed with their names and dates of birth of and death, and also with "Children of W. W. and Edith Copeland."

Notes:

They had no children together, but Enoch had children by a previous marriage.

Josephine married Enoch B. Linville on 14 Jul 1940. Enoch was born on 21 Feb 1896; died on 30 Apr 1975 in Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma; was buried in A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julia Selveria. Julia was born on 24 Sep 1920 in California; died on 6 Jun 1980 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Siblings Elizabeth Copeland, Andrew Copeland, and Chester Copeland share a headstone in the A J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy, Oklahoma. It is inscribed with their names and dates of birth of and death, and also with "Children of W. W. and Edith Copeland."

Notes:

Married 1st Dale GRIFFITH; 2nd Clifford WILKENS on 6 July 1956. No children by either marriage. Shown as Ivadel WILKENS on the social security death index.

Notes:

Buried on J. G. COPELANDS Gravesite.

Siblings Elizabeth Copeland, Andrew Copeland, and Chester Copeland share a headstone in the A J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy, Oklahoma. It is inscribed with their names and dates of birth of and death, and also with "Children of W. W. and Edith Copeland."