William Henry Harrison Payne

Notes:

Kenneth Harvey states his full name was William Henry Harrison Payne, being named after the President. Throughout his life, however, he used the intials W.H., although Brooke Payne does record them as W.H.H.

Charles R. Strong found this short biography below in the Duncan, Oklahoma Genealogy Library in early November 1999.

HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Vol. 2, pp. 250-25l

By Luther B. Hill, A.B., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York, 1908

William H. Payne. One of the strong personal factors in the upbuilding of the town of Marlow, has been William H. Payne, whose career has been closely connected with this section of the old Chickasaw Nation and Oklahoma for a quarter of a century. In the town itself, since it was started, he has shown ample confidence and has invested his capital in enterprises that further the welfare of the place. He was the first president of the Bank of Marlow, and is the principal factor in the recently organized Payne Lumber Company. He has also erected a business house and two dwellings in the town.

Mr. Payne's career has not been monotonous nor without interesting change from boyhood to the present. Born in Shelby county, Missouri, April 1, 1851, he grew up through boyhood with educational advantages that resulted from the primitive surroundings of that time and locality. After his sixteenth year he began hiring out for farm work, and turned most of his wages over to his parents, as was the old custom. He lived at home until he was about twenty-five, and then, with team and wagon, pioneered his way to Texas, crossing Red river at Delaware Bend and making his first stop at Loren's ranch in Cooke county. He rented some land of Loren and made a corn and cotton crop, but from 1879 on for several years he followed the cattle trail as a cowboy, and in this occupation first went over the ground in the vicinity of the present town of Duncan. After his marriage he located on a farm in Montague county, Texas, and began housekeeping with an extremely limited equipment. From Montague county he moved into the Chickasaw Nation, and at Velma built up his interests both as farmer and stockman. Five years later he brought his home and business to the vicinity of Marlow, where he has since remained. At this writing he still has a lease and runs some five hundred head of cattle, but it is his intention to close this part of his career and continue along quieter lines of activity. With the opening of the Comanche country Mr. Payne got a claim in what is now Tillman county, and while his family lived there to prove it up, he continued his stock business in the Indian Territory, and without neglecting business finally secured a patent to his land. In addition he has purchased some six hundred acres in the same vicinity, and eight or ten tenants are engaged in the improvement and labor of production on his large farm.

Mr. Payne's personal history connects him with the south. Though he was born in Missouri, his grandfather, William C. Payne, was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and had lived a time in Kentucky before moving the family to Missouri. The Paynes were established in Shelby county as early as 1833, and there the grandfather finished his life, passing away in 1865, at seventy-six. His wife was Sarah Hamilton, who also died in Missouri, and their children were: William, who died in Shelby county; Thomas H., father of the Marlow citizen above mentioned; Levi N., who died at Shelbyville, Missouri. Thomas H. Payne, living in a new country and without much assistance from home, gained his schooling in a log cabin and had only a small amount of the world's culture. He became a plain, honest citizen, and a man of worth wherever he lived. During the war he served with the militia in defense of the Union. The last years of his life were spent in Texas, where he died in 1882. He was an active man in the Democratic party. He married Martha Marshall, whose father, Sam M. Marshall, was a Virginian who had first moved to Kentucky and then to Missouri. Martha Payne died at Marlow, Oklahoma, in 1904, having reared a family of ten children, namely: 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., of Wewoka, Oklahoma; Josephine, wife of L. F. McClannahan, of Duncan; Lula, wife of Allison Scott, of Duncan; Thomas B., who died at Duncan, leaving four children; and Walter W., of Duncan.

William H. Payne married, in 1882, Mrs. Hattie A. Long. Her parents were John B. Brown and Adaline Trowbridge, Vermont people, whose other children were: John B., of California; Irene, wife of H. M. Case; Hiram, who died at Velma, Oklahoma; Hale J., of Los Angeles, California; and Joseph R., of Montrose, Colorado. Mrs. Payne was born at Quincy, Illinois, July 28, 1859, and by her first marriage has a son, Ed. H. Long, of Fort Worth, who married Myrtle Payne and has a son, Willie Virgil. Mr. And Mrs. Payne have two children, Joseph R. and Lee B.

From the notes of Ken Harvey:

1910 - Living in Wall Township (Marlow area) of Stephens Co., Oklahoma in 1910. They had a house servant, Pearl Ice (20).

William H. Payne donated a plot of land for the Marlow cemetery. One section was reserved for the Paynes. This Payne section was not large enough and is now full.

Charles Strong found the following obituary at the Oklahoma State Archives:

14 December 1917 DUNCAN BANNER

"Died

News of the death of Uncle Bill Payne, which occurred at home in Marlow Tuesday, came as a shock to numerous friends in Duncan. Death came suddenly and unexpectedly, he being in comparatively good health up to the time of his death.

Mr. Payne was one of the pioneer citizens of this country. He was a man well liked by all, a successful ranchman and business man, and his death has occasioned universal sorrow. He was a brother of W.W. Payne of this city, besides has many other relatives throughout this section.

Funeral services were held Marlow Wednesday, many friends paying a last mark of respect to deceased."

An obituary, found by Lynell Gentry Cordell, was also published in the Marlow Review on Thursday, December 13, 1917.

W.H. Payne Passed Away Monday Even'g

In the passing of William H. Payne, Marlow loses one of her pioneer citizens, a man of sterling worth and unblemished character. Mr. Payne was identified with the financial and executive interest of Marlow for many years. He was regarded with high esteem by all who knew him, and most by those who knew him best. Large in body, mind and heart, he lived daily the life of clean morals and justice. He was remarkably free from the petty quarrels and smallness that mar so many lives. Born in Shelbyville, Shelby county, Missouri, April 1, 1851, he grew to early manhood in the atmosphere of Kentucky hospitality and courtesy that makes northwest Missouri famous. At the age of 21 years he was identified with the Christian church of that place and never discarded the great moral principle of that faith. In the early days he moved to the country at a time when law and life were matters of little concern. In spite of thse enviroments he lived the hardy life of the pioneers and reared his family and built his home that is a credit to the community and worth of his service.

After some illness, he passed away on the 10th day of December, 1917, at his home surrounded by his loved ones whos knew him best and realized the full measure of his loss to them. He lived to the ripe age of 66 years, 8 months, and 9 days and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Marlow, Oklahoma.

His wife and children receive the unstinted sympathy of the entire community in their hour of sorrow, and his presence is missed by all. He died like he lived, free from emnity and bitterness.

The funeral service was held in his home at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 1917, conducted by Elder E. L. Kirtley and his lifelong friends Dr. P. L. Montgomery, T. L. Rose (?), C. Smyth....(remaining names illegible).

In a biography of his brother-in-law, John O'Neill, he was referenced as "William, a farmer at Marlow."

William married Harriet "Hattie" Adaline Brown on 11 Aug 1883 in Montague, Montague County, Texas. Harriet (daughter of John Burns Brown and Adeline Regina Trowbridge) was born on 28 Jul 1859 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; died on 12 Jun 1956 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 14 Jun 1956 in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parentage assumed based on name and dates of birth and death. He is buried in Section 10, Block 9, Plot 8, Marlow cemetery.

Notes:

Her parentage is assumed based on her name and the dates of her birth and death. She is buried in Section 10, Block 9, Plot 7 of the Marlow cemetery.

Notes:

A Military Discharge of a Joseph Ray Payne is recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 3, page 544. Not viewed.

In the petition of probate of his Will, filed in Stephens County Court, it is stated that Joseph Ray Payne died testate in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, on the 18th day of August, 1965, and that at the time of his death he was an actual bona fide resident of Marlow, and that he left surviving him the following:

Mabel Payne, wife, Marlow, OK Joseph Ray Payne, Jr, son, Marlow, OK Mary G. Purdum, daughter, c/o Woods, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK William T. Payne, son, 105 Washington Street, #2-A, Broken Arrow, OK Joseph Ellis Van Scoy, grandson, 2341 NW 31st Street, Oklahoma City, OK Philip Dale Van Scoy, grandson, 2341 NW 31st Street, Oklahoma City, OK

Joe (Ray) Payne, Sr. Local Prominent Resident Is Dead

Obit provided by Mary Gweliolyn (Marylyn) [Payne] Wade. Was a Xerox copy, apparently from the Marlow newspaper. Could not find one in the Duncan Banner. Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

Joseph Ray Payne, Sr. lifetime Marlow resident active many years in farming and ranching, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 12:30 a.m., in the local hospital. He had suffered ill health for some time. Born in Marlow on July 16, 1892, Payne was 73 years old. He lived here all his life and attended local schools. His marriage was in Marlow on July 28, 1911, to Mable(sic) Lyle.
Prominent in the farming and ranching fields for many years, in more recent years he had been retired. He was a member of the local First Methodist church. The family home is located at 511 N. Broadway.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two sons, Joseph R. Payne, Jr., Marlow, and William T.(Thomas) Payne, Tulsa, and one daugher, Mrs. Mary Lynn Purdum, Oklahoma City. Also there are seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral will be held Friday, August 20, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Clarence Ball, pastor. Burial will be in Marlow Cemetery with Callaway-Smith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Bearers will be John M. Briscoe, Jr., Jim Thompson, Ralph Abney, Jack Thompson, Seth Thompson, Ira Green, Hugh Gatlin, and Tip Graham.

NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 11 Blk 59, (Lot 4), states -- b. 7-16-1892 d. 8-18-1965

Joseph married Mabel Lyles on 5 Apr 1943 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Mabel was born about 1893; died about 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of 1956, he was living at 514 West Gilkey, Marlow, Oklahoma. This was also the residence of his mother, Hattie (Brown) Payne. As the Will of Hattie Payne does not dispose of the home, it is not known if she was living with her son in his home, or if it was her home but had been transferred to Lee prior to her death. Also living in the home on West Gilkey with Hattie and Lee were Hattie Mildred Shaw, granddaughter, and Kay Denice Shaw, Great Granddaughter.

Hattie left each of her heirs the sum of $10, and son Lee B. Payne was to receive the residue of all money; furthermore, she left her China Closet and all the contents to Mildred Shaw, and her Piano to Kay Denice Shaw, leaving the remainder of her property, including furniture, jewelry, and all other money to her son Lee B. Payne, "with full knowledge of the help and peace of mind which his love, care and affection has provided for me during my life time."

Lee's memorial inscription reads Lee D. Payne 2 June 1959. He is buried in Section 10, Block 9, Lot 5 in Marlow Cemetery.

An infant Joe R. Payne born circa 1913 and died 30 Oct 1913 is buried in Section 10, Block 9, Lot 6. It is possible this is a son of Lee's.

Charles Strong noted that according to court documents, Lee had been living in Chandler, Arizona prior to his death in 1959. On the 10th of January, 1961, the final decree and distribution in the matter of the Last Will and Estate of Lee B. Payne was decreed in the County Court of Stephens, Oklahoma. Harold N. Payne and Evelyn M. Payne were joint executors and trustees. Their relationship to Lee B. Payne is not known.

The residue of the estate at that time consisted of mineral rights for approximately 21 acres of land and cash of $214. The court found that Lee B. Payne left TWO SURVIVING SONS WHO WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THE WILL OF LEE B. PAYNE, DECEASED HEREIN, and said surviving sons were omitted heirs at law under the law of the State of Oklahoma; that said surviving sons were John Earl Payne and Henry Lee Payne, both being of legal age and competent and that each and both surviving children were the only surviving children of the deceased, the only other child of deceased being 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 the said Lee B. Payne, the same being John Lee McWhorter and Kay Denise Shaw; and future 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......(emphasis added) further finds; that under the terms of the will the estate is to be conveyed in trust to Millie Payne, wife of the deceased for life....

His Obituary, from the Marlow Review, Thursday, June 11, 1959, follows:

Graveside Services for Lee B. Payne

Graveside service for Lee B. Payne was held in the Marlow cemetery on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. George L. Needham, pastor of the First Methodist church.

Payne, 64, a former resident of Marlow, died at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in Chandler, Ariz., where he had lived for the past three years. The funeral was held Thursday at Chandler.

Serving as bearers for the local service, directed by Callaway Smith Funeral Home, were Pud Tullous, Roy Scott, John M. Briscoe, Virgil Flurry, J.W. Taylor and Cecil Troxel.

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

(Research):
Census Information:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Marlow
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 6 ED 257
298-379
Payne, Lee B Hd M W 24 M Okla Mo Ill Farmer
Payne, Millie Wf F W 24 M Okla Ky Ky
Payne, Henry Lee Son M W 3 S Ok Ok Ok
Payne, John Earl M W 2 S Ok Ok Ok

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Wall Twp
Enumerated April 21 and 22, 1930
ED 69-26 SD 9 Sheet 13B
244-253
Payne, Lee Hd M W 35 M 21 Ok Tx Ill Buyer Stock
Payne, Mildred Wife F W 35 M 22 Ky Ky Ky
Payne, Henry L Son M W 13 S Ok Ok Ky
Payne, John E Son M W 11 S Ok Ok Ky
Payne, Hattie M F W 7 S Ok Ok Ky

Family/Spouse: Mildred E. "Minnie" Seaton. Mildred was born on 28 Feb 1894 in Kentucky; died on 17 Oct 1969 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kept horses and raised pure bred beef stock. Lived at the edge of Marlow, Oklahoma.

On 7 June 1991, an "Order Approving the Final Account, Determining Heirship and Distributing Estate" was executed in the District Court within and for Stephens County, State of Oklahoma." It was noted that he died testate on the 1st day of February, 1990 while an actual bona fide resident of Marlow, Oklahoma and that on the date of his death he left to survive him as his sole and only heirs at law the following named persons, and none other, to-wit:

Billie Burrow Payne, surviving spouse Mary G. Wade, sister William T. Payne, brother Philip Dale Vanscoy, nephew Virginia Elizabeth Vansoy, great niece Joseph E. Vanscoy, Jr., great nephew Phyllis Dale Vanscoy, great niece

That said decedent left to survive him no children or adopted children, no issue of any predeceased children...

Joseph Ray (Jodie) Payne Jr.

Duncan Banner Fri. February 2, 1990 Pg. 3a Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

MARLOW - Lifetime Marlow resident Joseph Ray Payne Jr., 77, died Thursday, Feb, 1, 1990, in an Oklahoma City hospital.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church of Marlow with the Rev. Charles Nordean officiating. Burial will be at Mar-low Cemetery under the direction of the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home.
Mr. Payne was born April 10,1912, in Marlow. He graduated from Marlow High School and Oklahoma A&M. A rancher and farmer, he was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S Navy, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Marlow. He married Billie Burrow on April 5, 1943, in Lindsay.
Survivors include his wife of the home near Marlow; a brother, W.T. "Bill" Payne of Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Marylyn Wade of Marlow; and three cousins, Robert T. Lyle of Duncan and Mary Lou Mahaffey and Charles McKinney, both of Marlow.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Marlow First United Methodist Church memorial fund or the American Cancer Society.

NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect E Blk 59 (Lot 2), states b. 4-10-1912 d. 2-1-1990

Joseph married Billie Stinson Burrow on 5 Apr 1943 in Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma. Billie was born on 4 Jun 1913 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; died on 25 Dec 2002 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died young, in her twenties, from cancer. Not listed in the Will of Hattie Payne, who died in 1956.

VanScoy Funeral On Wednesday (Virginia Mable (Payne) VanScoy

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

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

NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 11 Blk 59 (Lot 7), states b. 8-15-1917, d. 9-29-47

Family/Spouse: Van E. Vanscoy. Van was born before 1917 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

John 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.

The following SSDI record is likely his:
JOHN E PAYNE 21 Dec 1917 06 Jul 2002 (P) (72) (none specified) 443-16-5923 Oklahoma

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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.

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

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Head stone observer in Marlow Cemenerary by Charles Strong. Could not find Obit in Duncan Paper. He is in back notrh east of cementery in Sec. 4A, Blk. 3, Lot 5. Nickname was "Ricky."