Grace A. Creel

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Grace can be found on the 1910 census in Hope Township, Stephens County, living with her parents William and Ora Creel. She was from a family of nine children, with six of her sisters and one brother still living at home.

Paul and Grace were married by W. H. Roper. The groom was eighteen and the bride was seventeen. Both were listed as from Cruce, Stephens Co., a place that no longer exists.

Mary Grace Payne was buried with her mother, on 24 July 1922, in Section 9, Block 15, Plot 1, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma.

Grace married Paul John Payne on 1 Oct 1919 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Paul (son of Thomas Bunker Payne and Lillian James) was born about 1901 in Indian Territory; died on 22 Jul 1922 in Union City, Canadian County, Oklahoma; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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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.