Allison Scott

Allison married Louise "Lula" Payne on 30 Nov 1884 in Montague, Montague County, Texas. Louise (daughter of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born about 1862 in Shelby County, Missouri; died about 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He married, when he was past sixty, a plain country girl with a hammerlock on reality. She was much younger than he was. (Informant: Lewis Adair Payne).

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In Lewis Adair Payne's Personal Journal he wrote on March 16, 1936 "I went up to see Orville who is near death and promised [his brother] Claude to return and keep him company while he watched over him. Suppered at Uncle Frank's [Gentry] and then back to be with Claude. Homer Strong [married to Anna Laura Payne] was there too and stayed until nearly 1 am. Claude and I not to bed until 2:30. He gave me money to eat breakfast one." On March 23 he followed up with a related entry "Saw Claude who says that Orville is much better considering."

Later in life, Lewis told Kenneth Harvey that Orville 'was a terrible talker' and that he never married.

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A beautiful woman with a rose-petal complexion. A cosmetic company, Francis Denny, paid her salary for a year to prevent her working for the competition. She didn't have to do anything. She was quite clear in her mind that her features owed nothing to cosmetics-she considered her regular drinks of iced water to be the secret.

She later had one breast removed. When she was ill young Lewis Adair Payne was called into her room for the purpose of being told that he came from a good family and he was never to forget it. Lewis lived in her home for a time.

She married Ray Hard. He had invented some sort of oil field tool.

After Florence died it is believed that a set of beautiful Japanese hand-painted Noritake plates belonging to her was given to Lewis Adair Payne. They are now in the collection of Penny Ethlen Payne.

Family/Spouse: Ray Hard. Ray was born about 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Never married. He horse jockeyed for Sam Payne.

Family/Spouse: Charles West. Charles was born before 1894; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died young of T.B.

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A family genealogist, she did a lot of work on the Marshalls. In 1915, she compiled a single page handwritten family group sheet titled "Grand Father Marshall Family" from data presumably supplied by her mother, Lula Payne. The original is in the possession of Margaret Lou Rounds (Mrs. Clark) of Fort Worth. Her husband gave her a copy of Brook Payne's book when it was published in the 1930's.

Family/Spouse: William Rounds. William was born before 1902; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Had a genetic deformity in his hands passed on from his grandmother. See note on Charles West. He and his wife Martha had four children-boy, girl, boy, girl.

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Known as Billy. Photographed at the age of 14 in Duncan, 1927.

He had a mild form of webbed fingers.

He had a surveying company and he worked on contract for insurance companies. Lewis Payne worked for him for a while.

He later committed suicide.

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Has her mother's genealogy papers. She married twice. Margaret has a picture of the Marshall home in Missouri on her wall. She has a copy of Brooke Payne's book. She has the little cups associated with the Lewis Payne teapot.

Teaches music at Texas Christian University.