According to Brooks Payne, "A friend of the Rev. and Mrs. William Payne, Mrs. Keats from England, prevailed upon them to name their son after family, promising to leave him a large estate in England, which never materialized.
He was a representative at a Secession Convention at the outbreak of the Civil War. He opposed secession and argued for compromise. For his efforts, he was murdered by bushwackers. His body was found three miles from his home."
William McClung Paxton, in this book ANNALS OF PLATTE CO, MO writes that "Elder A. H. F. Payne died by the hand of an assassin. He often preached in Platte City to the Christian Church, and was greatly beloved....He was ordained an elder at Mayslick, and after preaching in Kentucky, came, in 1836, to Clay and thence to Clinton, where he was killed. His Southern blood was the excuse for his murder."
The inventory o fhis estate is recorded in Fayette County, Kentucky. He is buried in the old Payne grave-yard at intersection of Greendale and Sandersville pikes about four miles from Lexington; grave is marked.
Mortality Schedule for 1860 Sabine County "Benjamin W. Payne, farmer, age 42, male born in Georgia, died July 1859 of drunkness, sick 42 days" No dates are inscribed on his tombstone.
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, and son of B. W. Payne. He stated his father died in the early sixties.
1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850
Stamped 316
87-87
Margaret Payne 62 F $400 NC
Scott Ganntt 49 M Ga
88-88
Louisa Holoway and family
89-89
Benjamin W Payne 32 M Farmer Ga
Ursa Ann Payne 27 F La
Amanda Payne 5 F Tx
Epps Payne 3 M Tx
Sarah Agnes Payne 1 F Tx
There was a Berilla Payne on Brooke Payne's list of children that accompanied Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall to Texas. However, he was not found as a child of theirs on 1850 or 1880 census, nor is she recorded in as a sibling in the biography of William Henry Harrison Payne. Recorded by Joe Payne as having been born about 1873 in Missouri. She may have died young as Faye Payne Yeager, Lois Payne Hanna and Lewis Adair Payne all had not heard of her.
Brooke Payne may have been thinking that Thomas's sister-in-law, Berilla Jane Gash Payne (married to his brother Levi Payne) was part of Thomas's immediate family?
There is a marriage license filed April 11, 1864 certifying that L.B. Wilkes, Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, did on the 6th day of April 1864 united in marriage Wm. Benj. Stephens of Rolla, Mo and Meifs (sic) Berilla C. Payne of Marion County both of the State of Missouri. This matches the marriage records (3-164). This marriage is for a Berilla Payne from an entirely different Payne family. She is listed as a daughter of Francis Payne and Harriet Bowles, and granddaughter of Jesse Payne and Rebecca Crenshaw. This PAYNE descendancy report was printed out by Charles R. Strong from the Palmyra Library computer, family tree maker file for Jesse Payne born ca 1760. This file was compiled by John Eisenberg of Palmyra. From an indenture dated January 27, 1876 we know that as of that date, Levi F. and Barrilla Jane Payne were still married.
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."
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))."
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
Not on Brooke Payne's list of the children of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall. However, in the 1908 biography of her brother, William H.H. Payne, cited the children of Thomas Hamilton Payne as: "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." In another biography, this one of brother-in-law John O'Neill, she was referenced as "Gallic (sic), wife of Fred McClannahan, a carpenter and builder who lives at Holbrook, Arizona."
On the 1860 census, she was listed as "Pain, Catherine J. 3 F Mo" instead of as Caladonia Josephine. In 1870, she was simply listed as Carrie.
One day Callie commented, after hearing a story told by her grand-nephew Lewis Adair Payne, that she would "have to tell [Vice-President] Marshall about this!" Ken Harvey was not sure if this was a true story, of just Callie being playful with Lewis. It appears, however, that Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall was indeed a second cousin of Caldonia and her siblings.
Ken also writes that it was understood that three McClanahans (Olivia's siblings) married three Paynes (Samuel's siblings) in this generation.
Ken thinks her children went to Quanah High School, and that she dies in Quanah. However, as they lived in Oklahoma in 1900, and Arizona in 1910, this may not be correct.
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.
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."
FORT COBB Funeral for Ciera R. Payne, 9, 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.
Ciera died Friday Aug. 26, 2005, at her home.
Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Cobb, under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home.
She was born April 24, 1996, to Dean and Traci Rhoades Payne. She was known as "Toodles" to her family and played softball.
Survivors include her parents; two half-brothers: Randett Payne and Leslie Payne; two half-sisters: Christi Payne and Amy Perez; and grandparents: Roberta and Dick Owens and John Rhoades.
Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. today at the church.
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.
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
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
Obituary
The Duncan Banner online edition
Published on February 12, 2008
Feb. 14, 1937 -Feb. 9, 2008
Retired Maj. Chad C. Payne, 70, of Duncan, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in his home with his family after a lengthy illness.Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Heritage Oaks Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Bobby Howard officiating. Interment with military honors will be at 1 p.m. in Fort Sill Post Cemetery under direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home.The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Payne was born Feb. 14, 1937, in Duncan, to Chad C. Payne Sr. and Lois Reed Payne. He graduated from Lawton High School in 1955 and from Cameron University in 1957. He then attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1960. He married Pat Tompkins on Dec. 31, 1957, in Burkburnett, Texas.He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, flying helicopter gunships. He was awarded the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, Air Medal with 49 clusters, the Purple Heart, and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.
Mr. Payne was director of the Delta Elderly Nutrition Program serving Stephens and McClain counties for 31 years.He was a very talented Western artist and enjoyed painting, classical music and gun collecting.
Survivors include his wife, Pat of the home; two sons and a daughter-in-law: Scott and Michelle Payne of Duncan, and Richard Payne of San Francisco, Calif.; a sister, Rosemary Merriman of Florida; six grandchildren: Leslie Majors, Sydney Payne and Lyndsey Payne, all of Duncan, Kale Payne of Norman, Blake Payne of Fort Drum, N.Y., and Candice Payne of Edmond; and two great-grandchildren: Chase and Hunter Majors of Duncan.
He was preceded in death by his parents.Bearers will be members of the military.Honorary bearers will be Jim Busby, Tom Cooper, Bob Crissman, Pete Iglesias, Mike Klinker, Kirby Spain, Bill Stribling, Johnnie Sweeten and Early Watkins.Memorial contributions may be made to Fresenius Dialysis Medical Center, 4516 SE Lee Blvd., Lawton, OK 73501.Online condolences may be made at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com .
The following biography was written by Ken Harvey:
Duncan veteran pioneered air mobility idea in Vietnam.
Mention Vietnam, and the image most people conjure up is one of human tragedy. The conflict left enough gaps in the populace to cover a whole wall in Washington, to say nothing of the lingering effects veterans suffer from; injuries, disease, post-traumatic stress syndrome, chemical dependency, Agent Orange and, disturbingly, neglect. It was, after all, a defeat that most Americans would sooner forget.
But today we turn to Chad Payne for a slightly different picture-that of the Vietnam veteran as a pioneer in the air mobility concept. In 1971, W.E. Butterworth wrote in his book "Flying Army" that 'the war in Vietnam, whatever else it has cost, has given the United States Army a capability in mobility by air. Without the unprecedented maneuverability of the Airmobile Division, the Vietnam conflict would have gone much worse for the United States than it did,' Butterworth said.
Payne, now project director for Delta Nutrition in Duncan, was an Army pilot when helicopters came of age. He watched them outgrow their role of flying ambulance to become gunships, transports for cargo and personnel, and flying cranes for the retrieval of downed aircraft.
To appreciate the strides in aviation that came out of Vietnam requires some understanding of what went before. Military aviation dates back to the Civil War, when Thaddeus Lowe sent up his balloons for observation purposes.
The next stage in the development of aviation is represented by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division and dogfights between World War I fighter planes with dual machine guns synchronized to fire between spinning propeller blades.
Fast-forward to World War II. The Army Air Forces were created by Congress on June 20, 1941, but there were growing pains as the Air Force asserted its independence. The need for Army-owned, Army-controlled light aircraft responsive to the needs of ground forces became evident, and the Grasshoppers were born. These served as observation posts for directing artillery fire or as taxis for couriers.
Meanwhile, Russian-born Igor Sigorsky, who had shelved his idea of a helicopter in 1910 until technology had progressed enough to cope with the many problems posed by rotary-wing aircraft, decided in the 1930s that the time was ripe. By 1939, his VS-300 could stay aloft for two minutes. Two years' worth of modifications expanded that limit to 1 hour, 32 minutes, 26.1 seconds.
Others turned their minds to the problem (Stanley Hiller, Frank Piasecki and Larry Bell). During the Korean conflict, however, helicopters were used for little more than the medical evacuation purposes shown on "M*A*S*H.
Then came Vietnam.
The first people sent by President John F. Kennedy were special forces people and advisers. Helicopters made their appearance there in December 1961 with the Piasecki H- 21, a 20-passenger transport helicopter first acquired by the Army one month after the Korean armistice.
In response to a wish list known as the revised Military Characteristics for a Utility Helicopter of 1959, Bell Aircraft Co. produced the HU-1A, standing for Helicopter, Utility, Model 1, Modification A. The Army called it the Iroquois, but to Payne and his contemporaries it was simply the "Huey."
Brought to Vietnam by way of the Utility Tactical Transport Company in Okinawa, the Huey was the first turbine-powered helicopter produced in the United States.
"All of a sudden we had a relatively compact aircraft that was easy to maintain and speedier," Payne said.
In 1960, the same year that the 82nd Airborne Division began receiving them, the Rogers Board decided to put the helicopters into a more active combat role. In those days technical representatives from Bell Helicopter were in daily contact with the pilots, who used to get certificates from Bell saying that they were among the first to fly this new craft.
It was on Dec. 11, 1961, that the 57th Transportation Co. from Fort Lewis, Wash., and the 8th Transportation Co. from Fort Bragg, N.C., docked in Saigon. Aircraft were being used to transport troops in combat.
In 1962, Lt. Gen. Hamilton H. Howze, then the 18th Airborne Corps commander, was designated to set up a board to study combat mobility concentrated in the helicopter. Payne, who was going through flight school at the time the Rogers Board was in session, was by this time with the Aviation Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, which was part of the 18th Airborne Corps.
With a speed amazing to those who were observing the situation, the Howze Board cut through the usual bureaucratic red tape. Its recommendations were to proceed full steam ahead on the whole idea of Army Aviation and begin a divisional level troop test immediately.
After Utility Tactical Transport a Company got shot up by the Viet Cong in the initial gunship clash in January 1963, Payne saw the Army begin to replace Huey A's with B's in May-June 1963. The A's had a 550-hp engine. The B's initially had a 960-hp engine, but later it was beefed up to 1100 hp with a few modifications. The engine weighed 595 pounds and could be changed in the field in 30 minutes. It also had blades that could chop through trees to get into tight places; the old H-21 had had wooden blades.
"The aircraft was designed to work on, to fly, to use," Payne said.
It was still designed for "med evac, but it could hold a command control console for controlling a whole operation; haul cargo and troops into combat; broadcast messages or drop leaflets for propaganda purposes; and then there was Payne's favorite use: by mounting guns and rockets on it, the helicopter became a fighter bomber.
When his superiors learned he had flown H-21s in flight school and had 500 hours of flight time in Hueys, Payne was sent to the 33rd Transportation Co. at Bien Hoa.
"We began to concentrate on implementing the concepts initially spawned by the Rogers Board and tested by the Howze Board," Payne said.
The 33rd Transportation Co. became the 118th Aviation Co., and by the end of September, they were all flying the Huey B model. There were two platoons of 'slicks' used as cargo/personnel transports and armed with machine guns in the doors. There was one platoon of gunships equipped with machine guns and rockets. Payne ended up as an instructor pilot of the gunship platoon. His job was to make sure everyone was current in the M-6 weapons system, which consisted of four machine guns on a flexible mount that could be aimed by the co-pilot.
"We wanted more firepower, so we came up with a jury-rigged rocket system. We scrounged and stole parts from various places and had to do our own wiring. I spent a lot of time down at UTT learning to build and employ weapons systems because that was the only gunship company in the world."
"We ended up with a rocket system which we bolted to the gun mount. It held 16 rockets. if one was hot, you were stuck with it. The rocket tube would blow up. Sometimes it would cause damage, sometimes not. You never knew what might happen when you hit the trigger. You might end up in a rice paddy running from your helicopter 'cause it was about to explode."
In November 1963 Payne was on the way to mess hall when he heard that the president had been shot in Dallas. Coming as it did one month after the Vietnamese overthrow in which they used a barricade of tanks to keep the U.S. troops from interfering, it gave him a strange feeling to be in a foreign country and hear of Kennedy's assassination.
Activity picked up in December. A co-pilot, Lynn Rothenbuhler of Fort Wayne, Ind., was killed instantly by a single bullet that month. Within a week, two gunships from UTT were lost. Both pilots had been Payne's friends back in the 82nd Aviation Battalion. A complete crew was lost on one. The other was shot down in the Mekong, and only two survivors were pulled from the water. For the rest of Payne's tour, the 118th Aviation Co. operated all over the country from Camau in the south to Quang Ngai in the north.
Gunships generally flew in pairs for protection, but Payne's was the exception. Col. Kenneth D. Mertel liked to fly in a gunship, and he wanted to fly with an instructor pilot.
"We used to get into some hellacious gunfights. If we'd ever been knocked down, we would have been MIA because there was nobody to pick us up," Payne said.
Payne returned to the States in May 1964 to the next development in air mobility, the 11th Air Assault Division at Fort Benning, Ga. After a three-month-long field problem in which he went up against his alma mater, he was sent as part of a mission to help settle problems in the Dominican Republic. He spent the first anniversary of his return from Vietnam in the Dominican Republic, musing that he had hardly seen his family since he had been back.
Payne was one of only 300 who could wear the 11th Air Assault badge on his right shoulder to indicate combat. The next thing he knew, he was hearing a speech by President Lyndon B. Johnson that the 11th Air Assault had been redesignated as the 1st Cavalry and was going to Vietnam. Payne was soon told he didn't have to go unless he wanted.
The reason was that he had already had two combat tours within a year. Having returned in May 1964 from one tour of duty in Vietnam, he was sent with the 11th Air Assault to quell problems in the Dominican Republic and spent the first anniversary of his return there, wondering when he would ever get to see his family.
Payne spent one month training new members of the Ist Cavalry, checking people and getting them ready for Vietnam. Then he went to Fort Rucker, Ala., where he became a gunnery instructor. (Fort Sill had been home to the Army Aviation School until August 1954, when it was relocated to Fort Rucker because the other combat arms of the Army objected to the prospect of artillery dominating what was obviously going to be a function of the Army as a whole, according to W.E. Butterworth in his 1971 book "Flying Army").
There was no gunnery program when he arrived, so Payne had to write the gunnery familiarization program. He remembers that as 18 months of relative peace and time with my family "also, some of the best duty I ever pulled in the Army."
In 1967, when he left Fort Rucker Army Aviation was producing 600 pilots a month. That contrasts with 22 new pilots turned out the month of his graduation seven years earlier. The Army's helicopter program was at this time only 19 years old.
In '67 it was back to Vietnam for another tour. Payne was initially assigned to the 9th Infantry Division and three months later to the 120th Aviation Co., which operated out of Hotel 3 on the Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base in Saigon.
"We lived downtown in a villa, had maids to wash our clothes and shine our boots, great restaurants to eat in, and no shortage of Viet Cong." he said.
Again he ended up with the gunship Platoon, dubbed the Razorbacks by their original platoon leader, who had attended the University of Arkansas. Payne was with them from September 1967 throughout the remainder of his second tour.
By this time, the Army had a C 8 model Huey which was 20 knots faster than the B model, but they seemed to be everywhere else but with the Razorbacks, which still had the B's and the M-16 weapons system.
The Tet offensive, the biggest battle of the war, came in January 1968. Payne's unit was off-duty when they got a call saying the embassy was under attack. He was one of five people in a jeep headed for Tan Son Nhut when they took a bullet through the windshield. It came out the middle of the jeep, but miraculously, no one was hit. Payne said he had a bad feeling, nevertheless.
"Nobody could fire. We were working over the city. Nobody could shoot into the city," he said.
Aircraft were drawing some tracer fire off the runway and Payne flew down Highway 1 across the end of the runway.
"As I turned, the assault on Tan Son Nhut started right under me, They must have thought I was a 'slick' 'cause they never paid any attention to me," he said.
He dumped 48 rockets on an enemy regiment that was on line, advancing on Tan Son Nhut.
They broke the initial assault but the VC did not give up. His team went back to the airfield to re-arm, then took off again for the west end of the runway, but the enemy was waiting for them. They hit the machine gun, and the man stationed there caught part of the fire through the web between his forefinger and thumb. It smashed the gun, and he wrapped a handkerchief around the wound.
"Whole sections of Saigon were destroyed during that fight," Payne said. There was nowhere else to go; every major city was under attack. His craft took 39 hits in about 12 seconds on one pass, and nearly everyone aboard but himself was nicked.
They were still receiving fire as they approached the heliport. Even at a hover, the enemy seemed about to overrun them. They took cover under a revetment so they could rearm their aircraft. Payne said he had 26 men in his platoon, enough to man four helicopters.
"That was the only time in my life I knew I was going to die," he said. "Obviously, I was in error."
Payne said they took off down their own flight line and he was about to hit the firing button when he got the call that the Viet Cong were falling back. The 3/4 Cavalry of 25th Infantry Division set up a defensive perimeter around the heliport so that they had a secure place to rearm and refuel.
"The movies are correct. The cavalry does come to the rescue. They felt like we'd rescued them, we felt like they'd rescued us."
"In the first 12 hours of the Tet offensive, all 9 aircraft of the Razorback platoon were shot up beyond local repairs and were replaced by rebuilt Huey B's flown in from Corpus Christi, Texas. We slapped weapons systems on 'em. They were intended for 1st. Cavalry, but they ended up with us. They decided the capital (of South Vietnam) was more important," Payne said.
Just prior to dawn that morning, they got a call from Capital Military District asking them to check out the Cholon district of Saigon. By this time, there were fires all over Saigon and smoke was building up.
The Razorbacks caught a lot of ground fire on their way over. From the air they could see jeeps turned up on their sides and the bodies of children and civilians sprawled out. They were irked to see, in the midst of the havoc, a senior officer's Bachelor Officer Quarters where a poolside party was in progress, and the officers' Vietnamese girlfriends waving up to them.
"That was the first night of the Tet offensive. We ended up firing into Saigon a whole lot. We chased them into the countryside ... The fighting went on into April," Payne said.
In late April, they got word of a second offensive in the making. Somewhere along the line, Payne had been promoted to major, and he had orders to leave for home May 14. So far, he had been lucky.
Then, in the Giadinh area of Saigon, in the middle of the night, about the first of May, he was hit for the first time. He watched a little flash down below him, and felt his knee come up and hit him in the chin. The bullet had come through the chin bubble of the helicopter and some of the heavier metal pieces. Part of the jacket hit him on the little finger. He thought the finger had been shot off, but it was just a metal fragment stuck into it that came out quite easily.
The real wound was on the back of his thigh. "I still have the bullet in my leg. Nice little memento, but I can't show it to anybody," he said.
Payne felt the impact, but went back for another pass. When he landed, a litter was fetched, but he was walking around and didn't want to get on it because he felt if he did it would be giving up.
"I made it through almost two years of flying gunships before I got wounded. I think that's a record," Payne said.
He left as the May offensive was scaling down, and got out of the Army in 1971, but by that time the gunships he had helped pioneer were accepted by the Army and the rest of the world. (1)
Military Discharge recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 21, page 93. Not viewed. Chad was awarded three Distinguished Flying Crosses during his military service.
2000 Chad Payne's former gunship door gunner is a Hollywood screenwriter and movie producer now. He told Chad he keeps writing him into some of his characters. He evidently rounded out the Col. Kilgore character in "Apocalypse Now" using Chad as his model. Apparently that's the character that famously said "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". Chad claims he finds that scary, but I don't think there is much that would scare the same Chad.(2)
The book "Seven Firefights in Vietnam" records Chad Payne's Vietnam experiences in greater detail.
Chad is becoming quite a successful Western artist now. His prints are selling like hot cakes. He is really very good indeed. A serious western artist in his spare time.(3)
(1). Mitch Meador, Mitch (1993) Duncan veteran pioneered air mobility idea in Vietnam. The Sunday Constitution newspaper, January 10, 1993 - Duncan Oklahoma (2). Harvey, Kenneth Charles (1996) (3). Payne, Lewis Adair (1996) Conversation with Kenneth Charles Harvey
At the time of the 1920 census, he was a lodger in the home of M.J. Ross, in the King Township of Duncan. He was listed as single, a Farmer, and as "Working Out,"
Marloy (sic) Boy Dies Yesterday At Stillwater
Duncan Banner Fri. April 18, 1924 Pg. 8 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003
Clyde Payne, of Marlow, died at Stillwater Monday, according to word received by his uncle, W. W. Payne, of this city, last night. No. particulars concerning the death were given. He was attending A & M college. The body will arrive in Marlow and burial will be there Wednesday at 3 o'clock. Deceased was 26-years old and a son of Tom Payne, pioneer citizen of Stephens county. He was a brother of Carl Payne who was killed in a grade crossing crash near Minco (Oklahoma) several months ago. He is survived by a wife, formerly Miss Willie (Billie) Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hall of this city.
Marlow Review
Thurs. April 17, 1924
Marlow Man Died At Stillwater Monday
Local Post of American Legion Gives Military Funeral
Clyde Payne of this city died Monday at Stillwater where he was attending the A & M College. The body arrived in this city Wednesday and was laid to rest in the City Cemetery at 10:30 o'clock that morning.
Deceased was 26 years old and a son of Tom Payne, pioneer citizen of Stephens County, and a nephew of Mrs. W. H. Payne of this city. He is a brother of Carl Payne who was killed in a grad crossing accident near Minco several months ago. He is survived by his wife and child. Mrs. Payne was formerly Miss Willie Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hall of Duncan.
Mr. Payne was a veteran of the World War serving in the United States Navy. Funeral services at Marlow were in charge of the local post of the American Legion. A firing squad from Duncan assisted the local post in conduction the last sad rites and paying their respect to one of their number who had served his country well and honorably.
(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 11 Blks 78 & 85 (Lot 7), states b. 9-13-1899 d. 4-13-1924, and reads "At Rest."
According to Fay (Payne) Yeager, her half-uncle Clyde Marion Payne was hooked on drugs, probably heroin or cocaine. This may have been due to World War I wounds. According to Fay, he had kicked the habit and was attending Oklahoma A & M in Stillwater. When he became ill, he made his wife (Bill) promise to not allow use of drugs. His death was supposedly a bad one. Both Fay and Lois PAYNE mentioned Clyde's wife as "BILL". Both commented how they competed to sit in her lap. Bill was glad to accomadate them, however she required them to "sit still and not wiggle."
Brooke Payne notes that his name is spelled in various ways: D.V., Devaul, Duvall, Deval, De Vall, Devall. In spelling it Devall, Payne follows the practice of living descendants who use the name. (Payne, p 251). He took at active part in the civil affairs of his State, being a member of the Legislature 1801, 1805, 1817, and 1828. He was State Senator 1807-1811; Presidential elector 1813, 1817, and 1825. 1816 he was Justice of the Peace in Mason co.Collins's HISTORY OF KENTUCKY (says)...'he joined Capt. Kenneth McChord's troop of cavalry and served in 1791 under General Charles Scott against the Indians on the Wabash...in 1813 he was appointed Major in Col. Richard M. Johnson's regiment of mounted rifleman. On 5 Oct 1813 at the Battle of the Thames he charged at the head of his battalion through the British lines; and in company with General Harrison's aides when in pursuit of General Proctor...also said to have distinguished himself at the Battle of River Raisen, Michigan where in January 1813 the Americans suffered an overwhelming defeat by the British and massacre by the Indians." (Payne, p 252).
Dora Fay Pierce Yeager, 87, of Oklahoma City died Thursday, March 7, 2002, in Oklahoma City.
Service was held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Assumption Catholic Church in Duncan, with the Rev. Donald Wolf officiating. Burial was in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home. Mrs. Yeager was born on Jan. 30, 1915 , in Duncan to Thomas H. and Bessie Gentry Payne.
She married Edward R. Pierce, who preceded her in death in 1951. She then married George Yeager in 1965. He preceded her in death in 1977.
She was a homemaker and also worked as a bookkeeper.
She was a member of Assumption Catholic Church. She is survived by one daughter, Lynn Moroney of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Anna Laura Strong of Duncan and Lois Payne Hanna of Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas H. Payne III; a sister, Patty Gay Payne; and her parents. Grandchildren include Siobhan Moroney of Highland Park, Ill.; and Tracy Moroney of Studio City, Calif. Great-grandchildren are Michael Moroney and Anne Green of Highland Park, Ill.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas H. Payne III; and a sister, Patty Gay Payne.
(Transcription courtesy of Lynell Cordell).
Avid genealogist, and gathered much of the information contained in these files.
His father's will dated 31 Jany 1697/8 referred to him as his second son, and left to him 700 acres. In 1702, Daniel McCarty and wife Elizabeth (Edward's mother) applied for administration of the estate of "Edward Paine, deceased, son of William and Elizabeth Paine".
In 1755, on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians, Ensign Edward Payne marched with an outfit commanded by Capt. Lewis Elzey to Winchester. Members of the party had enlisted to serve 30 days. No relief arriving at the expiration of that period, some of the officers and enlisted men chose to leave. Among the group that left was Ensign Payne. Therefore a subsequent claim for compensation for this service was rejected. He later served as a Church Warden, Justice of Fairfax County, and Sheriff. In 1782 he was recorded in the Virginia Census as head of a family consisting of 8 whites and 26 blacks.
Col. Edward Payne was a member of the Danville (Ky.) Convention on 23 May 1785. Kentucky was finally separated from Virginia in 1792 after seven such conventions. Edward was a member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention and Senatorial elector for Fayette County.
In 1782 he located his home on 5000 a. West of Lexington and built a log cabin on the site of the late Joel Lyle's home. Two years later he returned to Va. and brought back with him his father, brothers and sisters. With the exception of William and Jilson, the family took up claims on the old Frankfort pike and reaching towards the Versailles pike. His second marriage was to Mrs. Preston of Va, with no issue. (Payne, p. 257).
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.
Henderson David showed that he married first Susan J. CRIGLER, on 17 Feb 1876 in Culpeper, Va. He and Susan were the parents of George, Lizzie, Edward, Ellis, Hunter and Mary. By his second wife, Bettie BUTLER, he had John, Ashby and Norman.
1900 Census
Virginia, Culpeper County, Catalpa Magisterial District (except Culpeper town)
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 4 Sheet 10A
157-158
Payne, Elias Head W M May 1854 46 M24 Va Va Va Farm Laborer
Payne, Bettie Wf W F Jan 1870 30 M 24 7/7 Va Va
Payne, Ellis Son W M Fab 1880 20 S Va Va Farm Laborer
Payne, Hunter Son W M Apr 1886 13 S Va Va Farm Laborer
Payne, Mary Dtr W F Jun 1892 8 S Va Va
Payne, John Son W M May 1896 4 Va Va
Payne, Ashby Son W M Mar 1897 3 S Va Va
Payne, Bessie Dtr W F Fab 1888 12 Va Va
Payne, Edward Son W M Nov 1878 21 Va Va Farm Laborer
A deed in Middlesex County dated 7 Apl 1690 recites that Henry THACKER of Christ Church Par. had m. Elizabeth daughter of John Payne, Jr. They had seven children. (Payne, p 59).
Her father's will dated 1697/8 referred to her as under sixteen. She m. John Sturman of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County. The will of her stepfather, Daniel McCarty, dated 1724, bequethed her a Bible and expressed the wish that she make good use of it. The present non-original record of this will names her as Elizabeth Sherman, which name, according to contemporaneous records of Westmoreland County, clearly should be Sturman.
Was 19 in 1850 Shelby Co. MO. census and living with her parents. Still at home at the time of the 1860 census, and listed as age 31. Married Frank W. BOSWORTH They lived at Marseilles, ILL and had 4 children.
5 January 1867 between Francis and Elizabeth Bosworth of Marion County, Missouri to Levi F. Payne, selling him land in Shelby County, Missouri for $120. The land was an undivided (1/8) interest which they received by virtue of inheritance as heirs at law of William Payne, deceased. (Book T U p-56)
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].
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
Ken Harvey notes that she is neither in the group photo of Permelia and Walter's family, nor is she remembered by Lewis Adair Payne. She is also not listed with her other sisters at the time of the 1910 census. She probably died young, before the photo of the other children was taken in 190
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.
Frances Payne Sewell, 69, of Garland died Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at her residence.
She was born April 28, 1996 (sic), in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Leroy Payne Sr. and had lived in Garland since1960. She was a 1944 graduate of Hemphill High School and then obtained degrees from the University of North Texas and Stephen F. Austin State University. In 1980, Mrs. Sewell retired from Garland Independent School District after 17 years service teaching at Freeman, Bradfield, and Parkcrest Elementery Schools. She also taught music and voice in her home.
Mrs. Sewell had been an active member of the First Baptist Church in Garland since 1960, participating in Sunday School, choir, and Bible Study Fellowship. She was also a member of Critic's Choice Book Club, Women's Book Club, Daughters of the American Republic, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Baylor Hospital Auxiliary, Garland Symphony, Garland Community Concert Association, Dallas Opera Association, and Dallas Symphony Association.
Survivors: sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Payne and Jacquelyn Sewell and Jimmy and Doreen Sewell of Garland; grandchildren, Travis Sewell, Rachel Sewell, and Chelsie Sewell; and a brother, James L. "Jamie" Payne Jr. of Hemphill.
She was preceded in dehat by her husband, Dr. Robert B. Sewell, on April 25, 1991.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Garland with Dr. Charles Cockrell and Dr. Steve Davis officiating. Interment followed at Restland Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Williams Funeral Directors in Garland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the music ministry of First Baptist Church in Garland.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)
Name Fred Lee Payne
Event Date 29 Aug 1950
Event Place Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Gender Male
Race (Original):
Age 70
Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
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Spouse's Name:
Father's Name Levi Payne
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name Elizabeth Mcclanahan
Mother's Birthplace:
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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.
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
In 1675, George witnessed a deed in Rappahannock County by Margaret Warren of land on Pepetick Creek adjacent to John Payne. In 1694, he served on a grand jury, and in 1696 he was involved in a case wherein two of his servants were ordered to work overtime, having been away without leave. In the same year, his brother, Richard Payne of Richmond County deede to him 60 acres on the north side of the of Pepetick Creek. In that same year he was witness and attorney for his nephew William Payne of Lancaster county,
George's will and subsequent court records show that he had five children, George, John, Thomas, William and Jane. It made no reference to his wife; leaving all his land to be divided between his two oldest sons George and John. Should either die, his part was to go to his son Thomas, who was also left a negro named Ginnie. His "father Thomas Pace" and his "brothers George White and Daniel White" were named as executors.
Thomas Pace, Gentleman of Rappahonock County was married to Jane, the widow of Thomas White. It was a daughter of Thomas and Jane White, name unknown, who married George Payne. Therefore, Thomas Pace is actually his stepfather-in-law, and George and Daniel White were his brother-in-laws.
In 1711 his father's will left him 120 a., a two-year old heifer, a horse called Brandy, and an equal share of testator's personal estate. In the same year Anthony CARNABY was appointed as his guardian; two years later John JENNINGS became his guardian. 1715 he became of age, as evidenced by law suits. He and wife (1) MARY sold land in 1718 to John JENNINGS that was left to grantor in his father's will. 1724 he was appointed Under Sheriff of Ri. Co. 1742 he was Admr. of estate of George LEWIS. 1746 in the settlement of his estate, payment was made to Meredith Payne, and an infant child of George Payne's was referred to but not named. His personal estate was valued at 178 pounds and included, among many other items, one white servant, one negro, furnitue, books, cattle, sheep, horses, hogs, farm implements, etc. His widow (w. 2) MARTHA married John PEYTON in 1746. (Payne, p. 370).
This material has been abstracted from the book "The Paynes of Virginia" by Brooke Payne (pages 260 through 289). Died intestate. In 1787 he was named as one of the executors of his father's will, and as co-guardian of his minor brothers and sisters. The LDS Ancestral files show he was also married to Helen Combs. This appears to be in error. It was actually his brother, Benjamin Payne, who married Helen.
Ken Harvey writes that "Her mother died following her birth and she was taken in by her grandmother Mary E. Mounts. She used to call her "Mama" as she was the only mother she ever knew. Her father always paid her expenses. Her hair was carefully cut off by her father when it was medically advised. She was suffering from a fever or something. It was evidently very beautiful hair and it was preserved. Unfortunately the hair disappeared following her father's second marriage. Her grandmother used to take it out and wash it every year. In those days it was quite valuable. The children greatly resented the second wife who they suspected sold the hair."
She was a 1924 graduate of Duncan, Oklahoma, High School.
Ken shows that she was married to a Charles Bernie, and that they had an infant that was born around 1924 that died at about one year of age.
Her death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that she was the widow of Charles Birnie. A Charles Birnie (Jr.?) was the informant. Her usual residence was listed as Roswell, New Mexico.
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.
Gjon Marshall Cragg Payne was born November 25, 1950 and left this earthly plane on January 14, 2022. He was the first of seven children born to Marvin "Snort" and Deana Payne. He started his life in Duncan, OK, moving to various other places that the oil-field sent them, all the while acquiring more siblings until the early 60s when his father began teaching.
Gjon graduated from Cushing High School in 1969. Shortly after high school Gjon received his draft notice, burned it in protest of the Vietnam War, and then enlisted in the Army to help ensure a placement more to his liking. There he became a helicopter mechanic and began his career path in aviation. After a tour in Vietnam and upon completion of his enlistment, he returned to Oklahoma and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical Technology at Oklahoma State University.
Just prior to graduating in 1977, he met his soon-to-be bride, Molly Raye Whitlow, at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Cushing. Their love for each other and their love of poultry led them to marry on Thanksgiving Day. Together they traveled around to various locations including a time with Petroleum Helicopters, living on the bayous of Louisiana. It was there they began their family and he became a Daddy when Sara was born. Shortly after, he moved his wife and daughter back to Oklahoma so they could be closer to family, while he continued to commute back and forth to work on the Gulf Coast.
In 1984, while living in Pawnee, their family grew with the birth of their first son, Ian. Being with family became increasingly important when he learned they were expecting their third child. Gjon accepted an opportunity to work as an A & P mechanic at a major airline. They packed up and moved to Minnesota. Their nuclear family was complete when Sean was born a few months later. They spent two decades rearing their children in the "great white tundra." After a series of unfortunate events they felt the pull once again to return to Oklahoma to be closer to family. Their life together began in Cushing, and the circle was completed upon his passing.
Being "Gramps" to his grandchildren was one of the highlights of his life. All six brought a special twinkle to his eyes. He loved watching them grow and play and enjoyed attending their various activities. He was proud that his grandson Hunter graduated from CHS exactly 50 years after he had. One of his favorite activities was participating in Cushing's high school marching band and he was so proud his granddaughters Bella and Kira are now marching to the same drumbeat. He was constantly amused by Willow's personality, impressed by Cora's intelligence and delighted in the sweetness of little George Marshall.
Gjon was as unique as his name. He was a quiet and wise observer. He appreciated the arts: music, painting, sculpting, beadwork, poetry. He was an artist, but too humble to call himself one. A member of the Comanche Nation and having Caddo roots, he was proud and oh so knowledgeable about his Native American heritage. He was a deep thinker and a frustrated perfectionist, always thinking of ways things could be better. Whether it was politics, history or spiritual beliefs, Gjon was ready to impart bits of wisdom and knowledge to those who would listen. And when he spoke, people listened. In spite of his serious side, he had a silly, and at times, a wildly inappropriate sense of humor. These are just some of the things his family will miss.
Gjon is preceded in death by his parents and youngest sibling, Lynn Payne Gouge, his father-in-law Zane Whitlow, brother-in-law Albert Whitlow and sister-in-law Gwen Whitlow Buttram, as well as several beloved nieces and nephews.
He is survived by his wife Molly Payne, daughter Sara Payne Keyes and husband Jake Keyes, of Cushing, grandchildren Hunter, Kira, Bella and Willow Keyes, son Ian Payne and wife Chelsea of Lakeville, Minnesota and grandchildren Cora and George, and son, Sean Payne of the home. Also his mother-in-law Ann Pippenger of Cushing and brother-in-law Zane Whitlow of Tulsa. Sisters Zara Payne, Mary Witten and Jayne Smith. Brothers Dean Payne and Paul Payne and a plethora of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and friends, including lifelong friends Greg Holman, Joel Moore, Randy Judd and Rick Reiley.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel, Cushing, Oklahoma. Arrangements are entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home, Cushing, Oklahoma.
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
Could she have been listed as Harriett C Payne 2 F Mo on the 1850 census, born ca 1848?
On a transcript of the 1860 Shelby County census, there is a 3 year old Catherine J Pain listed, which means she would have been born ca. 1857. According to the 1880 census, she was age 28, which means she would have been born closer to 1852. This would make her only 10 years younger than her husband, not 15. Is is likely that the 1860 listing for Catherine was actually for younger sister, Caladonia.
Catherine and her husband, Tom Joyner, are the first of her family to move to Texas. They arrive in Hardeman County in the spring of 1879. In a biography of her brother-in-law, John O'Neill, she was referenced as "Harriett Katherine, who now lived in Idaho...widow of the late Thomas Joiner, a farmer..."
1827 he was appointed constable for 2nd District, Fq. Co., for 2 years. 1829 he was reappointed. 1831 he was on jury. This is the last Court reference to him in that County. He probably moved to Indiana. (Payne, p 410).
H(arry). C(arl). Payne Dies Today Duncan Banner Wed. February 20, 1957 Pg. 1 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003
Harry Carl Payne. 60, was found dead in his home on Duncan route 4, about 8 a.m. today. Death apparently was the result of a heart attack. A neighbor, Hoyt (Pete) Hardin, took Payne home between 8 and 9 p.m. Tuesday. Hardin, a brother-in-law, returned this morning and found Payne slumped on his bed and dead. Sheriff James Rose reported Payne had apparently sat on the bed and taken off his shoes, then suffered the heart attack. A retired farmer and rancher and veteran of World War I, Payne had lived in this area most of his life. He was a member of Velma Baptist Church. A native of Butler, Indian Territory, Payne was born February 14. 1897. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church here. Roy V. Harp, First Christian Church pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Marlow Cemetery under direction of Grantham Funeral Home. Survivors include three sons, Paul James of 102 East Oak; W. L. of Duncan route 4; and Carl Jr. of Comanche. Also three sisters, Mrs.(Virginia Payne) Hoyt Hardin of Duncan route 4 and Mrs.(Vera Payne) John Young and Mrs. (Louise Payne) Charles Birnie, both of Roswell, N. M. and seven grandchildren.
NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 10 Blk 10 (Lot 9), states b. 4 Feb 1898 (note in obit 2-14-1897) d. 2-19-1957. Assumed the headstone was correct.
Additional Notes from Kenneth Harvey:
There is an infancy photograph of Carl taken circa 1898 by L. C. Kelley in Duncan, I.T. It is in the possession of Lewis Adair Payne (1997).
All of their three sons, their only three children, were in the Pacific theatre of the 2nd. World War and all three were at the battle of Iwo Jima. All survived even though they were in the thick of the fighting. Dorothy Pattison records another son "Dickie" but this is unlikely.
1903-He was photographed at the age of four with his great-grandparents, John and Pamelia Gentry in Alma, I.T.
1923-Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry of this city (Duncan) celebrated their "Golden Wedding Day" Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne, a few miles east of this city.
Her father's will notes that "Hattie Mildred Moore, who predeceased her father, the said Lee B. Payne, herein. That the children of Hattie Mildred Moore, deceased daughter of Lee B. Payne were heirs under the terms of the Will of said Lee B. Payne, the same being John Lee McWhorter and Kay Denise Shaw."
It appears from this that Hattie may have been married at least three times: to a McWhorter, a Shaw and a Moore. Note that at the time of her grandmother's death (Hattie Brown) she was listed a Hattie Shaw, and living with her was daughter Kay Denise Shaw. She was instead listed as Hattie Moore at the time of her father's death a short time later.
Henry was omitted under his father's will. In the final distribution of his father's estate, it was noted that the children of "ONE OF THE OMITTED CHILDREN OF LEE B. PAYNE, were heirs under the Will of Lee B. Payne , herein, the same being Michael Payne, Mary Ellen Payne and Patrick Payne. THAT THE TWO OMITTED CHILDREN OF LEE B. PAYNE, DECEASED TESTATOR HEREIN, WERE JOHN EARL PAYNE AND HENRY LEE PAYNE, who entered this probate matter and voluntarily signed Disclaimer and Renunciation of Interest hereing in the entire estate of Lee B. Payne......"
However, it was not noted which of these two brother's was the father of the Michael, Mary Ellen, and Patrick Payne.
Took the oath of office as Ensign, 89th Regt., P.W. Co. Militia, and served as Lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Tyler's Co., under Lt. Col. Gerrard Alexander, during the last part of the War of 1812. About 1820 he moved to the area of Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he owned a saw-mill and a large number of slaves. He later moved to Daviess Co., Mo.. He married Talitha Cumi WYATT, and they had eleven children.
Jackie G. Adamson McQueary, 65, she died at home in the company of her family, closest friends and two beloved pets, on Nov. 10, 2007, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
She was born on April 3, 1942 in Van Nuys, Calif., the daughter of Eugene Russell Payne and Marjorie Reese Clark Payne.
She lived in many different places growing up. The oldest of seven children, she helped raise her younger sisters and brothers. In Neosho, Mo., in 1960, she met Harold Ralph Adamson.
They were married in December 1960 and had two children. They owned a ranch outside Goodman, Mo., until 1978. At that time they moved to Redlands, Calif., until 1991. In time she felt the need to be closer to her grandchildren, and relocated to Fort Collins, Colo.
Her husband died in Fort Collins in 1995.
In 1997, she married Patrick Lane McQueary. They moved to Casper in 1998, where she lived until her death.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, wife, and sister but mostly a mentor and friend to all.
She was always joyful and full of life. She had a great sense of humor, was extremely witty with her words, she had incredible amounts of spunk. Dancing was a great passion. She was an excellent seamstress, she loved to cook and bake.
She made the very best blackberry cobbler in the world, she loved yellow roses, and a good Scotch whiskey.
She is survived by: her husband, Patrick Lane McQueary of Mills; her daughter, Denise L. Adamson-Weakland and husband of Mills; her son, Terry L. Adamson and wife of Calhan, Colo., her sisters, Sylvia Hudson of Bethel, Mo., Connie Givens of Springfield, Mo., and Angel Sue Swartz of Verona, Ill.; her brothers, Andy R. Payne of Bartlesville, Okla., Richard A. Payne of Denver and Mickey Joe Payne of Woodlake, Calif., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband.
Interment at the Glenrock Cemetery .
Burial::
Glenrock Cemetery
Converse County
Wyoming, USA
M. Sarah WEBSTER in Franklin County. He is said to have lived in Ohio. It appears from records relating to his father's pension that in 1877 he lived at Tipton, Moniteau Co., Mo. (Payne, p. 410).
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-21 SD 17 Sheet 2A Stamped 16
25-28
Payne, J. Leroy Head M W 33 M 27 Tx Tx Tx Salesman Automobile
Payne, Fronie Wf F W 26 M 29 Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Francis E Dtr F W 2 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
James L. Payne, Jr., "Jamie", 82, a lifelong resident of Sabine County, passed away in his home, Thursday, March 9, 2017. He was born June 24, 1934 to Fronie and Roy Payne, Sr. in Hemphill, Texas.
Jamie graduated from Hemphill High School and received his bachelor's degree in business from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. He married Ella Frances Griffin (Fran) on August 12, 1967; they were married for 49 years.
Jamie owned and operated Hemphill Motor Co. in Hemphill, Texas for over 50 years following in the footsteps of his father, Roy Payne, who had founded the dealership in the 1930's. He received the Chairman's Club Award with Ford Motor Company, Ford's highest honor, along with numerous other awards.
He was active in the community and served on the board of directors of First Bank & Trust, on the Hemphill School board, on the Sabine County Hospital board, and served as director of Shelby Savings Bank. He was a longtime member of the Hemphill Lions Club.
Jamie was known for his honesty, integrity, and his straightforwardness to tell it like it is. He was a friend and mentor to so many and never knew a stranger.
Jamie is survived by his wife, Fran Payne of Hemphill, Texas; his son, Sonny Payne of Dayton, Texas; his daughters, Paula Pruitt and husband, Ronnie of League City, Texas, Pamela Payne of Dallas, Texas, and Liz Noyes and her husband, Jason, of Dallas, Texas; his grandchildren, Jase Payne of Houston, Texas, Kaitlyn Mayfield and her husband, Wesley, of Pearland, Texas, and Bailey Pruitt of League City, Texas; great grandchild, Wyatt Mayfield; and two nephews, Jimmy Sewell and Robert Sewell of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Frances Payne Sewell.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at First Baptist Church, 301 Hwy 87 S, Hemphill, Texas with Rev. Derrick Hicks officiating and eulogy by Bob Neal.
Pallbearers are Dan Fussell, James Allen Payne, Gaylon Waller, Charles Mitchell, Jimmy Sewell and Robert Sewell. Burial will follow the service in Hemphill Cemetery.
Contributions to the American Cancer Society would be greatly appreciated by the Jamie's family.
Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website, also published in the Sabine County Reporter on March 8, 2017, Page 8
No record of her marriage or death. 1724 George and Daniel WHITE were ordered to answer her petition made by her "nearest friend" John JENNINGS, and to pay John JENNINGS 735 # for her use. This order is recorded in King George County. There is no other identifiable court reference to her. (Payne, p. 375).
Said by Kenneth Harvey to have married Albert M. MILLS on 4 Sept 1887 in Culpeper County, VA. He was the widower of Sarah E. Mason, whom he had married on 10 May 1876, also in Culpeper.
1900 Census
Virginia, Culpeper County, Salem Dist
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 11 Sheet 3A
40-40
Mills, Jennie Head W F Oct 1865 34 Wd 4/4 Va Va Va
Mills, Harrison Son W M Sept 1888 12 S Va Va Va At School
Mills, Nellie Dtr W F Mar 1890 10 S Va Va Va At School
Mills, Charles Son W M Dec 1893 6 S Va Va Va
Mills, Robert Son W M Jun 1895 4 S Va Va Va
See pages 44-51 of "The Paynes of Virginia" for more information on John Payne, Sr. He appeared to be a ship owner, as he was paid for provisioning and transporting Burgesses from Lancaster to James Town. He may also have been a carpenter, as in 1656 the county court ordered him to make for the county one pair of stocks and a whipping post.
His date of birth is approximate and is based on an affidavit concerning delivery of pork to Jamestown which states his age as "44 years or thereabouts". This was probably a visual estimate of a Clerk of the Court rather than based on his own oral evidence.
As suggested by the comparatively late date of the Court records relating to his two younger sons, it is not improbable that he was married twice, and that Margaret was his second wife. John Payne had the following children--Richard, John, William and George. It is believed that he had also one or more daughters; but since his will cannot be found, although it is recorded that he made one, it is practically impossible to identify any such daughters.
A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #B3C9R, and the FamilyTreeDNA Kit number is 48173.
More information can be found at the following website, part of the PAYNE DNA, which can be found at the following URL:
http://papayne.rootsweb.com/dna-project/
The kit was #48173, and this Payne group was assigned to lineage 16.
The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.
His wife, Anne, was the daughter of Col. John WALKER of Ra. Co.
The earliest record relating to John Payne was filed 10 November 1655, noting a gift by his father to the latter's sons Richard and John, Jr of two heifers named Coll and Stiwelin respectively.
On March 23, 1670, John Payne Sr. and his wife Margaret made a deed to their daughter-in-law Anne Payne, widow of their son John, of the land whereon she was living "to occupy, possess, and enjoy the aforesaid dividend during the minority of the child or children now in her womb..." The unborn child referred to was Elizabeth, born in 1670. (Payne, pp. 54, 55).
Lived in Richmond County, and often confused with his nephew John who also lived in Richmond after he came of age. John deeded land to his brother William in 1695, with no signature or acquiescence of a wife. Brooke Payne was not able to account for him after 1702. He speculated that it was possible he was the same John Payne that died in St. Anne's Par., Es. Co., 1711, leaving the widow Susannah. There is no evidence that the John Payne of Es. Co. left any children. (Payne, pp. 58, 59).
1711 his father's will left him 120 a., a horse called Whipster, and an equal share of testator's personal estate. 1719 John JENNINGS and John PAYNE, Planters, sold to Nicholas SMITH, Gent., of Sittingbourne Par., land "once in the possession of John PAYNE and w. Margaret, grandparents of the present granto John Payne, and given by the will of the said grandfather to his sons John and George; this land lay on Pepetick Creek adjacent to Nicholas SMITH and near Humphrey QUESENBERRY's mill in the head of a swamp called PAYNE's Beaver Dam."
By 1732, he married Anne JONES in King George County, as shown by his signed statement. John PAYNE had several children, the oldest being George, named in his lease 1737/8; and two others--Reuben and Francis--name in his will. That there were still others is clearly implied in this will. The records of the following only are detailed in Brooke Payne's book, George, Reuben, Francis, and John. (Payne, pp. 370-371).
His will dated 25 Apl 1811 (27 May 1811), provides for his wife but she is not named; six children are named. 1763 there were three suits agains him in Fq. Co. 1767 he leased from Lord Fairfax 100 a. in the Manor of Leeds on W.S. of Cobler Ridge, Fq. Co., naming sons William and Augustine.
Moved to Kentucky in the mid 1780's. He was arrested by Colonel Levi Todd on 6 September 1786 and threatened to be treated as a deserter until he furnished a substitute for his service. He settled in Scott County at Payne's depot near Georgetown. The Magazine of the Kentucky Historical Society refers to him as General John Payne, and states that he commanded Kentucky troops in the first expedition against the Indians in 1812. He was a State Senator from Scott County from 1830-1832.
According to his son, Asa, he died after being thrown from his horse.
Westerfield's book of Kentucky Genealogical and Biographical Sketches states that he was in the Virginia Militia, and present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, soon after which he settled in Kentucky; was active in the Indian wars on the frontier; a general in the war of 1812, a State senator, a farmer and large slave holder, and died in 1837.
Served in the War of 1812. In 1814, he received an appointment as Cadet at West Point. He rode to Washington with his Uncle, Richard M. Johnson, later Vice President of the United States, arriving just after the city had been burned. In June 1815 the accidental discharge of a cannon tore off his right arm and blinded him. He was furloughed and granted a pension of $8 per month.