Thomas Hamilton Payne, II

Notes:

Thomas's mother died when he was just three months old. His father remarried shortly after he turned six. Sometime after his father's remarriage, Thomas was sent to Decatur, Texas to attend school. His daughter, Anna Laura Payne, believes this school was run by Jesuits. While he was away at school, about six months after his thirteenth birthday, his father died "of a long and lingering illness like consumption." Before he turned 17, Thomas's stepmother died as well. Within the next ten years, both of his younger half-brothers died tragically. In spite of suffering these many significant losses, Thomas was a gregarious and outgoing person with many friends. He loved to hunt and be in the outdoors.

Ken Harvey wrote "Tom was musical and learned to play the piano by ear. He seemed, throughout his life, to have had little sense of responsibility or of time. As a boy he would often disappear and be found, for example, asleep in a field. His father often had to saddle up his horse and go and get him when he was missing from home as a child."

Harvey continued "In the First World War Tommy served in the 90th Division US Army alongside his double cousin Carl. Tommy used to collect enemy arms after a military action, Carl reported, even though he was not allowed to keep them. He could be seen staggering across the battlefield weighed down, dropping a weapon from the pile he clutched when he saw another gun he preferred better. He was a marksman who shot left-handed. He had been excused from further army rifle practice in basic training, and allowed to fire holding the gun as he wished, when it was discovered how accurate his aim was."

Daughter Anna Laura reported that her father did not go oversees until after the Armistice, he was part of the later occupaying forces. She remembers waving to him from the train station as he departed for the service. After he returned from overseas, Thomas resumed his farming and ranching operations in Stephens county.

Charles Strong reports that Tom lost his land in the late 1920's, after the bottom fell out of the cattle market. He had borrowed money against his ranch from a bank in Wichita, Kansas to raise a herd of cattle. A couple of years later, when they had fully matured, he shipped them by freight train to Chicago to be sold. The market crashed, and the sale of his cattle didn't raise enough even to pay the freight charges that were due on his shipment. To avoid foreclosure, Tom arranged to sell his land holdings to Leonard Ketchum. Ketchum paid him a few thousand dollars in cash, and also assumed to notes that were due on the land, a fair and gracious offer that helped keep Tom on his feet.

Tom used this stake to homestead for a while in Wyoming, thinking this would give him a fresh start. He thought it a great adventure. Bessie was horrified. Charles Strong recalls that Bessie's initial impression of the Wyoming homesteads was favorable. She admired both the large screened in porches, and long clothes lines. Her admiration turned to stark terror, however, when she learned that the screened in porches were actually set up so the children had somewhere to play away from the rattlesnakes. She also came to realize that long lines between the homes and barns weren't for clothers. They were set up so that you wouldn't get lost and freeze to death going between your barn and your home in the case of a sudden blizzard. At Bessie's urging, they soon moved back to Oklahoma.

These setbacks eventually became too much for Tom. One day he simply disappeared, leaving Bessie and his children behind. Unbeknownst to them, he moved to California. This is how he was listed at the time of the 1930 Federal Census:

California, Los Angeles, Signal Hill, ED 1509
Taylor, Joseph A Hd M W 40 M @ 25 Calif Ill Ind Assistant Operator Gasoline Plow
Taylor, Mary A Wife F W 45 M @ 30 NY NY Ireland
Crossen, Albert Lodger M W 22 S Cal Cal Iowa Rotary Helper
Stamper, Edgar A Lodger M W 34 S Oklahoma Tenn Iowa Rotary Helper Garlington, Robert Lodger M W 35 D Alabama Georgia Alabama Rotary Helper Price, Sterling Lodger M W 49 M California Missouri Missouri Pumper Harris, Abbot B Lodger M W 31 D Pennsylvania Ireland Nebraska Promoter O&G
PAYNE, THOMAS Lodger M W 37 M @ age 20 Ok Missouri Ok Rotary Helper

The occupations of the lodgers in both the Taylor lodging home, and in the homes of their immediate neighbors, made it clear he was part of the booming oil and gas industry in California. In 1900, the state of California produced 4 million barrels. By 1910, this had jumped to 77 million barrels. In the 1920's three new major fields were discovered in rapid succession - Huntington Beach (1920), Santa Fe Springs (1921), and the biggest of them all, the Signal Hill, where Thomas lived. By April 1922, only 10 months after completion of the discovery well, Signal Hill was covered with 108 wells, producing 14,000 barrels daily. By the fall of 1923, 259,000 barrels of crude was being produced every day from nearly 300 wells. Signal Hill was the biggest field the already productive Southern California region had ever seen....this made California the nation's number-one producing state, and in 1923, California was the source of one-quarter of the world's entire output of oil!

(http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/signal_hill/signal_hill2.html)

Tom appeared to be in the Long Beach area for well over a decade. In August, 1943, he filed a document with the Long Beach, California Selective Service board. It was a request for permission to depart the United States to visit the country of Alaska, which was not yet a state. He was in the employ of Guy F. Atkinson Co of San Francisco, a heavy construction company. As the nature of his business was listed as "confidential," it is likely he was involved in a civil engineering project in Alaska related to the war effort.

Back home in Oklahoma, in September 1950, his family had him declared legally dead so they could probate his estate and apply for benefits based on his enrollement in the Chickasaw tribe. Daughter Lois Marie Payne was named executor. Because they had not heard from him in over twenty years, they had no idea if he was still living.

Tom remained in the Pacific Northwest after the second World War, working as a civil servant at various Air Force Bases in and around Alaska. When he became terminally ill, the Red Cross reconnected Tom and his family in Oklahoma, via letters, prior to his death.

On the Standard Certificate of Death, State of Oregon, Thomas H. Payne is shown as having died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon on December 12, 1957. His usual residence is shown as Palmer, Alaska, and his usual occupation is shown as Laborer. It appears that his marital status was subject to some question. It looks as if the "divorced" box was originally checked, and then scribbled over. The "married" box is checked, and the name of his spouse is shown as Mrs. Bessie Payne. The date of birth is given as March 20, 1893, and his birthplace is shown as Marlow, Oklahoma. Mother and Father are shown as "unknown." It is noted that he was a Veteran of World War I, and that the information on the death certificate was taken from his VA records. The certificate was signed by W.A Haug, MD, Asst. Pathologist. The funeral director was A.J. Rose and Son of Portland, and the cemetery or crematorium being Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. A telegraph regarding his death was sent the next day to Anna Laura Strong in Duncan.

His gravesite information is below:

PAYNE, THOMAS H PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/20/1893
DATE OF DEATH: 12/12/1957
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 2888 WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY

http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/willamette.htm

11800 SE MT. SCOTT BOULEVARD PORTLAND, OR 97266 (503) 273-5250

Anna Laura Strong also received a letter from Mrs. Earle W. Barry, Star Route, Palmer, Alaska some eight months after her father died. She had apparently written Mrs. Barry regarding some trouble they were having in regards to an insurance settlement. Mrs. Barry informed her that she had "never heard him mention a divorce at any time and I believe I would have heard tell about it some time when he was under the influence of liquor. He was in California before he came to Alaska. The boys met him in Amchitka Island that was an Army base, the last was Ladd Field...near Fairbank, before that he was (at) Eidson Base. I am sending some papers that were laying around. Hope they will help you. Tom was a good man. His worst enemy was liquor."

Among Tom's personal effects that were returned to his family were his wallet and four photographs: two of the photos were of co-workers, Lee H. Talley of Iowa and Richard Neal of Missouri; one photo of Tom himself in outdoor gear; and a studio portrait of "Marie and Midge." Richard Neal inscribed his photo, taken at Amchitka Base Headquarters, "To a very good Pal from a Boiler house cook." Marie inscribed her portrait, dated 1944, as well, saying that although it was "not a good picture" of either her or Midge, she thought Tom might wish to cut it down to fit his wallet. He chose to keep it intact.

His brown Norwegian Cowhide wallet contained several money order receipts, a blank check from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, receipts for funds he received as a VA patient in Oregon (claim #1431661), his 1956-1957 Alaska Resident Hunting License, an National Rifle Association of America Membership card, a Veterans of Foreign Wars Ballard Post 3063 card, a membership card from the Ladd AFB Civilian Club of Fairbanks, his U.S. Civil Service Commission retirement card dated May 6, 1957 (#CSA-466-659), his union card from the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 899, a receipt for a .22 caliber rifle, and a business card from the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, based in Philadelphia. On the back of this card was written "Benjamin Constant, Amazona Brasil, S.A.".

A few pieces of correspondence were returned as well. Among these were his 1943 permit to leave the US for Alaska; a 1948 letter from the IRS--mailed to Tom in Seattle--regarding a $32 refund on the 1946 taxes; a "Notification of Personnel Action from Ladd AFB," dated July 8, 1955, showing Tom's change in title from Stationary Boiler Fireman to Heating Equipment Fireman. His grade, WB-54-02-09, and his salary ($2.94 per hour) remained unchanged. Also saved were his separation from duty papers dated 20 May 1957. It showed that he was retiring due to disability, and that his permanent home address would be in care of Earl W. Barry of Palmer, Alaska. A prescription for various drugs to treat his bronchogenic carcinoma was included as well, signed by E. Dank, Capt. USAF, of Todd AFB. He also saved his acceptance as a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ironically, his VFW Life Member card (No. 4427), also in his effects, was dated 1-1-1958, two weeks after his death.

These effects, as meager as they seem, were treasured by his daughters, and remained in 2005 in the position of his granddaughter, Lynn (Payne) Moroney of Oklahoma.

He was 1/32 Indian by blood through his mother. He appears as No. 3686 upon the "lists prepared by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641), of persons entiled to enrollment as citizens by blood of the Chickasaw Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior December 12, 1902". Because of this, he was first alloted land when he was only eleven years old in Tishomingo, Indian Territory on July 9, 1904, Section 29, Town IN, Range 5W, 160 acres in total with a value of $1,040. (Cert # 8801, Cert 11253).

Thomas married Bessie Bird Gentry on 27 Dec 1912 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Bessie (daughter of James Edwin Gentry and Elzada Trawick) was born on 14 Dec 1894 in Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 3 May 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Vol. 3, Stephens County Marriage Book: , Lic. # 101
Thomas H. Payne, 19 to Bessie Gentry, 18 married 12-27-1912

Because of his outgoing nature, it must have come as a surprise to some when Tom Payne and Bessie Gentry were married a few weeks after her 18th birthday. Bessie was timid and shy by nature, and much happier in town than in the outdoors. They had five children in fairly short order, and times were tough in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. Charles Strong, Bessie's oldest grandson, also remembers that Bessie had very high standards, which her husband found hard to live up to. She was a thorough and dedicated housekeeper, and was almost obsessive about things being neat and tidy at all times. Charles recalled a story one of Bessie's brothers related to him about dropping by one afternoon for a visit. Bessie had just mopped, and refused to let him in, not wanting her immaculate floors stepped on.

1. Anna Laura Payne was born on 23 Oct 1913 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was christened on 23 Dec 1922 in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 15 Sep 2004 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 18 Sep 2004 in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
2. Dora Fay Payne was born on 30 Jan 1915 in Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 7 Mar 2002 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
3. Thomas Hardrick Payne was born on 17 Jan 1917 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 12 Apr 1997 in Shasta County, California.
4. Lois Marie Payne was born on 10 Feb 1920 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 20 Nov 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
5. Patricia Gabriela "Patty Gay" Payne was born on 8 Feb 1928 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; died on 2 Mar 1936 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 4 Mar 1936 in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

The 1890 Chickasaw Census showed: Payne, T B & Wife Husband's Age 26 Wife's Age 19 She was listed as Chickasaw by blood, and he was shown as Chickasaw by marriage.

Fay Yeager cites "Indian Pioneer History" volume 40 as saying "Thomas Payne was deputy Marshall of Ardmore 1891-1892." Ardmore is in Carter County, adjoining Stephens County.

On the 1896 Chickasaw Census Roll for Pickens County, Velma Township, Indian Territory, Thomas B Payne is shown as a 34 year old male, with his tribal enrollment taking place in 1897 in Pickens County (No. 77). He was shown as the son of Thomas H. Payne and Martha J. Payne, both noncitizens. His son, Thomas H. Payne, is shown as being 5 years old, 1/32 Chickasaw by blood, with a tribal enrollment also in Pickens County (No. 20), and shown as the son of Thomas B. Payne and Mollie Payne (deceased), a resident of Pickens County.

An unnamed baby, a child of Thomas Payne, is buried (undated) in Section 9, Block 15, Plot 7, Marlow Cemetery, Oklahoma. It is not known if it was a boy or girl. Could this have been a child of Thomas and Molly? The three of them are buried side by side.

Abstracts from the Duncan Eagle Vol. 12, 11 Oct. 1906. Local Mention:

Mr. & Mrs. Rufe Deck came down from Chickasha to attend the funeral of Tom Payne who died this morning at 6.

Died this morning at the residence of John O'Neill, Tom Payne, after a long and lingering illness like consumption. He owned a fine farm near Arthur where he lived with his family. He leaves a wife & 4 children, the oldest, a son who is attending school in Decatur, TX. He will be buried in the Marlow Cemetery. He was a bro. to Mrs. John O'Neill, Walter & Wm. Payne of Marlow. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell).

Charles Strong reports that Thomas Bunker Payne died without a will. He owned some 300 acres of land that he had been alloted as being a Chickasaw by Marriage, so it took some time to settle his estate due to his children being minors. He cites Stephens County OK Probate Case #290. Walter W. Payne was guardian and executor of his estate.

The Marlow Review
October 1907
Monument Unveiled
On Sunday afternoon in the biting wind the Duncan camp W. O. W. unveiled the beautiful monument erected by that order at the grave of Thos. Payne. The attendance was large the weather considered. The beautiful ceremony was carried out by the Duncan camp and a short talk made by G. W. Siever, C. C. of Marlow camp. The monument is imposing being the largest one in the cemetery.
11-15-07 Pg. C1

(Courtesy Lynell Gentry Cordell)

In a biography of his brother-in-law, John O'Neill, he was referenced as "Thomas, who was a rancher and died at Duncan at the age of forty-three."

(Research):Census Information:

1900 Census
Indian Territory, Picken Chicasaw, T1 NR 5W
Enumerated 25 Jun 1900 Wm F. McIntyre
SD 73 (lined through) ED 163 Sheet 13A Stamped 289

211-214
Payne, Walter Hd W M March 1867 33 M 5 Mo Ky Ky Farmer
Payne, Gertrude Wf W F Aug 1876 23 M 5 3/2 Tx Mo Mo
Payne, Emma Blanche Dtr W F Nov 1895 4 S Chickasaw Nation M
o Tx
Payne, Harry Carrol Son W M Feb 1897 3 S Ok Mo Tx
Payne, Mary Ethel Dtr W F Sep 1899 8/12 S Ok Mo Tx
Payne, Martha J Mother W F March 1826 74 Wd 1/1 Ky Va Va
212-215
Payne, Thomas B Hd W M Nov 1864 35 M2 Mo Ky Ky Farmer
Payne, Lilly Wf W F Nov 1878 22 M 2 2/2 Tx MO MO
Payne, Thomas H Son W M March 1893 7 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Tx
Payne, Marvin C Son W M Sept 1899 2/12 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Tx
213-216
James, Sarah Hd W F 1858 42 Wd 5/3 Mo Mo Mo Farmer
James Edna Dtr W F 1883 17 S Tx Mo Mo
James, Julia Dtr W F 1884 15 S Tx Mo Mo
James, Jessie Son W M 1893 6 S Chickasaw Nation Mo Mo
214-217
Scott, Alisie Hd W M Dec 1853 46 m 16 Indiana Indiana Ill Farmer
Scott, Lula Wf W F March 1862 38 M 16 6/6 Mo Ky Ky
Scott, Claude Son W M Jan 1886 14 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Orville Son W M May 1887 12 S Tx Ind Mo
Soctt, Florence Dtr W F July 1889 10 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Lindsey Son W M Oct 1890 9 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Martha Dtr W F Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ind Mo
Scott, Irene Dtr W F Oct 1897 2 S Ok Ind Mo

Thomas married Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick on 11 Jul 1891 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Mary (daughter of John David "Dave" Hardwick and Sarah Frances Dunephin) was born on 23 Oct 1872 in Indian Territory; died on 20 Jun 1893 in Marlow, Indian Territory; was buried in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Viki Anderson "Viki's Little Corner of the Web," http://www.roark-family.org/ shows that John David and Francis Dunephine had a child between 1872 and 1874. Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" writes that John David Hardwick and Frances Dunephin "had a DAUGHTER, name not known." (Emphasis added).

It appears that this daughter must be Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick, born 23 Oct 1872 in Indian Territory. Mollie married Thomas Bunker Payne in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1891. She died in 1893, leaving behind her husband and one son, Thomas Hamilton Payne II. Thomas Bunker Payne later enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation based on his marriage to Mollie.

The actual marriage license between Thomas and Mary shows her last name as HARDWICK. Thomas B. Payne's application for enrollment in the Chickasaw Nation by marriage shows the name as HARDRICK. That spelling appears to be incorrect.

All circumstantial evidence points to this being the only family into which Mary "Mollie" Hardwick, the wife of Thomas B. Payne, could fit. However, there is not as yet any definative proof. PLEASE EMAIL US at stxstrong@gmail.com if you can provide more information about the child of John David Hardwick and Sarah Dunephine, and/or help us prove or disprove that this child was Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick.

Notes:

Married:
In the matter of the application for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation, Thomas B. Payne was sworn before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Chickasha, I.T. on October 15, 1902 and testified as follows:

Q What is your name? A Thomas B. Payne Q How old are you? A I was born in sixty-four the 24th day of November. Q What is your post office address? A Arthur Q How do you spell that A A-r-t-h-u-r I think, Q That is in the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q How long have you resided in the Chickasaw Nation? A I have been here about sixteen or seventeen years. Q Lived here continuously for the past seventeen years? A Yes, sir. Q White man? A Yes, sir. Q Applicant to this Commission for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q What is the name of your Chickasaw wife? A Mollie Hardrick Q She is a citizen by blood of the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q Always recognized and enrolled as such? A Yes, sir. Q When was you married to her? A I disremember just when it was; the Comission has a certified copy of my license; it was in eighty-nine or ninety I think. Q Were you married with her in accordance with the Chickasaw license? A Yes, sir; I paid fifty dollars for the license. Q Was you ever married before you married that woman? A No, sir. Q Was she ever married before? A No, sir. Q Was you married to her in the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes; near Ardmore. Q Your Chickasaw wife now dead? A Yes, sir. Q When did she die? A It was the 20th day of this last June I think ten years ago. Q You lived together until that time? A Yes, sir; until she died. A She has been dead about nine years now? A Yes, sir. Q Have you remarried since her death? A Yes, sir; I have. Q When? A It was about this time four years ago when I enrolled and married some time in February or March. Q Whom did you marry? A A girl by the name of James. Q She is a white woman? A Yes, sir. Q Never recognized in any manner as a citizen of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations? A No, sir. Q Where were you married to her? A In the Indian Territory. Q Married under a United States license? A Yes, sir. Q Living with this woman still? A Yes, sir. Q How long did you say you have been living with her? A Since February or March, I think in February after the Commission was through some time in this month four years ago. Q You were married then the February after you made your application to the Commission? A Yes, sir. Q That would be in Ninety-nine? A Yes, I think so. Q You have lived with this woman about three years? A Yes, sir. Q Have you any children by her? A Yes, sir.

G. Rosenwinkel being duly sworn on his oath states that as stenographer to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes her reported in full all the proceedings had in the above entitled cause on October 15, 1902, and that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct transcript of his stenographic notes in said cause on said date.

The commission followed the ruling of the Department of the Interior in the case of Thornton D. Pearce (I.T.D. 4060-1904) relative to the question of forfeiture, and Thomas B. Payne was enrolled as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation on September 8, 1904.

He received a land allotment in Tishomingo, Indian Territory on December 20, 1904. His P.O. Box at the time was Marlow, Indian Territory. The land was in Sections 29 and 30, Town IN, Range 5W. He received a total of 190 acres with a value of $1,000. (Certificates 10150 and 13786).

In his sworn testimony, above, Tom states that he married Mollie in 1889 or 1890. This is supported by the fact that they can be found as husband and wife on the 1890 Chickasaw Census. However, the transcribed "Copy" of his actual marriage license, which was part of his Dawes enrollment packet, showed that they married on 11 July 1891 in Pickens county. There may have been an error on the transcription, or it could be that they were married in 1889, and remarried under a Chickasaw license in 1891.

Notes:

Thomas Hamilton Payne was born 1819 in Kentucky. He was remembered by his family as a great hunter with gun and with hounds. He apparently moved to Missouri sometime before his marriage in 1843.

Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls:

Year Owner Acres Section Township Range
Thomas H. Payne
80 16 59 9
80 16 59 9
40 17 59 9

This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners.

During the Civil War Thomas served in the Union Army. He enlisted with Captian C. Willmott in Shelbyville, Missouri on the 4th of April 1862. His unit in the Union Army was Capt. James W. Lampkin's Company H, 11th Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia Volunteers. Thomas was made corporal. He was described as 6 ft. 2 in, with a light complexion, black hair and blue eyes. According to his service records, "It became evident soon after enlistment that diseases existed rendering the soldier unfit for duty." On June 1, he entered the hospital in Palmyra, Missouri to be treated. He was later moved to a hospital in Macon, Missouri. Thomas was discharged 7 July 1862. Surgeon C.C. Dickinson, who examined Thomas state that he was unfit for service "because of dyspepsia...existing long prior to enlistment. This man has suffered symptons of dypepsia for many years...and was unquestionably unfit for service when he enlisted." However, Thomas's immediate superior Sgt. Brown later testified that "Thomas H. Payne was, to the best of my knowledge, a sound able-bodied man....(and became) disabled in the line of duty by sleeping...in a dank room with open windows (during a period of almost constant rain), by reason of which he contracted asthma and typhoid pneumonia (as did many other soldiers quartered in this room)." This contradictory evidence caused Martha problems as she was trying to receive his service pension; and she had to provide lots of documents in order to eventually receive it.

In the book APRIL 1865, Jay Winik notes that "On one level, (Missouri) was the very embodiment of the Civil War itself: a conflict-ridden slave state that didn't secede, a state deeply divided in loyalties, a state with an ill-formed identity. On yet another level, as it descended into full-scale guerilla war, Missouri became a very different creature altogether, less a reflection of what the Civil War was and more a mirror for what the Civil War could become. It became a killing field. Missouri also produced the most bloodthirsty guerillas of the war. Topping the list was Willam Clarke Quantrill, a handsome, blue-eyed, twenty-four-year-old former Ohio schoolteacher. A close second was Bloody Bill Anderson, whose father was murdered by Unionists..among their disciples were young men destined for later notoriety: Frank and Jesse James, and Coleman Younger...In early 1862, Quantrill and his band of bushwhackers launched a series of strikes into Kansas...(This led to) thousands of Federal troopers and Kansas militiamen (to) quickly pursue the bushwhackers...thus escalated the vicious cycle of retaliation and revenge...The Union soldiers hunted the guerillas like animals. By 1864, the guerrilla war had reached new peaks of savagry. Robbing stagecoaches, harassing citizens, cutting telegraph wires were everyday occurences; but now it was no longer simply enough to ambush and gun down the enemy. They had to be mutilated and just as often scalped...In one massacre, a Quantrill chieftain calmly hopped from one body to another, plundering his prey. Altogether he stepped on 124 corpses. In another massacre, those who surrendered were clubbed to death...(Eventually) all order broke down. Groups of revenge-minded Federals, militia and even soldiers, became guerillas themselves, angrily stalking Missouri, tormenting, torturing and slaying Southern-sympathizers. Ruthless repriseals and random terror became the norm, and the entire state was dragged into an incomprehensible and accelerating whirlpool of vengence...the very fabric of all civil society was torn apart...civilians became not just anxious spectators but unwilling participants. In a war without fronts, boundaries, and formal organizations, the divisions between civilians and soldiers/partisans almost totally evaporated. As time wore on, ever-greater numbers of people fled--to Texas, Colorado, California, Idaho even Tennessee. By 1864, most rural Missourians had become refugees, inside or outside the state." (Winik, pps. 158-163).

The following deed was made 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].

In 1877 and 1878, Tom's health became much worse. He was advised by his family physician (Dr. Payne of Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri, whose biography* follows this) that his medical condition "was incurable and he advised him to go to Texas as the change in climate (the air being less humid) might help him." In Brooke Payne's book THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA, he lists the following 10 children as accompanying Thomas and Martha Payne to Texas: Samuel, William H.H., Newton, Winfield Scott, Elizabeth, Catherine, Caroline, Berilla Jane, Thomas and Walter.

A published biography of William H.H. Payne has a slightly different list of children: 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; Lula, wife of Allison Scott, of Duncan; Thomas B. ; and Walter W., of Duncan.

Note that Berilla Jane is on Brooke Payne's list (and also the LDS Ancestral Files), but not in the biography of William H.H. Payne, or on any of the census records viewed. This could be the wife of Levi F. Payne. Therefore, it is assumed she is on Brooke Payne's list in error. Also, the LDS files have a son Lee, not listed in any other record. It is also assumed this also was an error.

Tom and Martha's daughter Catherine Joyner had preceeded them to Texas. The other children all (without exception) moved to Texas as well. [Conversations with Lewis Adair Payne; National Archives as College Park; Thomas H. Payne Pension Application #36012-General Affidavit blank completed and signed by affiant G.T. Joyner of Chillcothe P.O., Hardeman Co, Texas on 16 February 1889].

A neigboring farmer in Hardeman County was L.F. McClanahan, whom they became "intimately acquainted with." Two of their sons were married to McClanahan's. Both L.F. and another neighbor noted that Thomas was not able to perform manual labor (more than a quarter of his time) and that he had a severe cough. [National Archives as College Park; Thomas H. Payne Pension Application #36012-General Affidavit blank completed and signed by affiants L.F. McClanahan and J.B. Loring, Hardeman Co, Texas on 5 April 1887]

At some point around 1880, Thomas and Martha appear to have moved east one hundred miles from Hardeman County to Montague County, and in 1880 itself, they are enumerated on the Cooke County, Texas census.

In 1883, Thomas made a claim to be placed on the Invalid Pension Roll of the United States. He stated he was greatly disabled, which prevented him from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor (farming) by reasons of contracting asthma while in service of the United States. Thomas signed the declaration in ink with some difficulty. He clearly was a man unused to the demands of a pen.

Thomas died on September 14, 1884. Dr. John Stinson, who attended him at the time of his last illness, stated that "He was suffering at the time...with what I thought to be asthmatic bronchitis. He was physically a wreck...He had all the symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and continually suffered from asthma, up to the time of his death, which occured from exhaustion."

After Tom's death, Martha pursued the claim for a Widow's Invalid Pension. Her attempt gives the impression of being a much more determined assault on the official bastions, although the ultimate outcome is unknown.

There is a photograph (120X170mm) of the elderly Thomas Hamilton Payne in the collection of Lewis Adair Payne. The original was presumably done circa. 1880 in Montague, Texas. Mary Olive Payne's daughter Dorothy has the original retouched photograph.



Biography of Thomas Payn'e Family Physician, Harry C. Payne (Relationship, if any, unknown)

PAYNE, Harry C, MD (1879 - 1938)

Dr. Harry Clancet Payne worked his way through college, graduating from Missouri University School of Medicine in 1903. He was the son of Bennett Allen Payne, MD, who graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1868, practiced medicine in Clarence, MO, served in the Union Army in the Civil War, was captured, contracted Tuberculosis while a prisoner and died when Harry was only nine years old.

Dr. Payne practiced medicine for a short time at Cherry Box and nearby Clarence, Mo. In 1904 he married Edna Kahlke of Rock Island, Illinois, and they moved to Paris where he practiced until shortly before his death from cancer.

In 1921 he made an overland trip to Denver, Colorado with Albert Sladeck. He had been told that X-rays of his lungs indicated TB, but those taken at Denver showed what were diagnosed as old scars.

A patient willed him a 13-room home and acreage with the stipulation that it be used as a hospital for at least two years. It was known as the Meyer Memorial Sanitarium in honor of the late parents of his benefactor, Mrs. Minnie Westphaling. After several years it was closed as Paris was not large enough to support a medical facility, and was only twenty five miles from well established hospitals.

He was joined by Dr. Joseph Flynt in 1921. Dr. Flynt practiced in Paris until his death and was aswell loved as Dr. Payne.

Dr. Payne's wife preceded him in death in 1937. They had three daughters - Helen Ford, Virginia Gibbs, Mary Grace Winburn.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Enumerated 20 Sep 1850
Missouri, Lewis County, District 48
451-452
Saml Marshall 55 M Farmer 1720 Va
Hannah Marshall 53 F Va
Caladonia Marshall 12 F Mo
Elizabeth Marshall 9 F Mo
H/Cinderilla Kenosh 30 F $500 Va
452-453
Thos. H. Payne 30 M Farmer Ky
Martha J. Payne 23 F Ky
Sarah E Payne 5 F Mo
Harriett C Payne 2 F Mo
Saml A Payne 1 M Mo

1860 Census
Shelby Co, Missouri Census
281
Pain, Thomas H 41 M Ky
Pain, Martha Jane 34 F Ky
Pain, Sarah E. 15 F Mo
Pain, Harriet 13 F Mo
Pain, Saml. 11 M Mo
Pain, William 9 M Mo
Pain, Winfield 7 M Mo
Pain, Levi N 5 M Mo
Pain, Catherine J 3 F Mo

1870 Census
Missouri, Shelby County, Tiger Fork Twp,P O Nelsonville
Enumerated 29 July 1870
Page 20
143-143
Mahar, John 37 M W Farmer $250 $100 Mo
Payne, Thomas 51 M W $3500 $512 Ky
144-144
""" , Martha 54 F W Keeping House Ky
""", Sarah 25 F W Mo
""", Samuel 21 M W Mo
""", Willis 19 M W At School Mo
""", Scott 17 S M At School Mo
""", Lavina (sic) 14 F (sic) W At School Mo
""", Carrie 13 F W At School Mo
""", Luly 9 F W Mo
""", Thomas 6 m W Mo
""", Walter 3 m W Mo
Payne, Sarah 81 F W Ky
Hair, Robert 60 M W Farmer 5500 1820 Ky
145-145
""", Elizabeth 52 F W Keeping House SC
""", John 24 M W $1800 $575 Mo
Lair Aldeison 58 M W Farmer 6000 2650 Ky

The Familysearch "1880 United States Census and National Index" has the following:

1880 Census
Census Place: Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255298 National Archives Film T9-1298
Page 32
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Thomas H. PANE Self M M W 62 KY Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA
Martha PANE Wife F M W 53 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: MD Mo: VA
Elizabeth PANE Dau F S W 39 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Luseler PANE Dau F S W 18 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Wm. PANE Son M S W 29 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Thomas PANE Son M S W 15 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY
Walter PANE Son M S W 13 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY

(Medical):Y DNA:

A Direct Male descendant of Thomas Hamilton Payne, bearing the PAYNE surname, was tested by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. His line of descent is as follows:
Thomas Hamilton Payne b. 1819 Kentucky
Walter Winkle Payne b. 1867 Missouri
Harry Carl Payne b. 1898 Indian Territory
Living PAYNE, son of Harry

His DNA was predicted to be R1b1, the most common haplogroup in Western Europe.

The results were as follows:

(DYS#)
393-390-19-391-385a-385b-426-388-439-389-1-392-389-2-458-459a-459b-455-454-447-437-448-449-464a-464b-464c-464d
(Alleles)
13-24-14-11-11-16-12-12-13-13-13-29-16-9-10-11-11-25-15-20-28-15-16-17-17

More information can be found at the following website, part of the PAYNE DNA project. The kit was #48173, and our Payne group was assigned to lineage 1b

Thomas married Martha Jane Marshall on 5 Aug 1843 in Clark County, Missouri. Martha (daughter of Samuel Marshall and Hannah S. Hicks) was born on 27 Mar 1826 in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1900 in Oklahoma; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA by Brooke Payne, it is noted that she is the daughter of "Silas Marshall of Lagrange, Mo." This is not correct, Silas is actually her brother.

Following marriage in about 1844, the young couple were living next door to Martha's parents in Lewis Co., Missouri.

Fay Payne Yeager found the family on the 1850 census is Lewis County, Missouri.

Dorothy (known as Dotty Bob) Thompson has a Marshall family bible that may have information in it.

Her tombstone in Marlow Cemetery gives her date of birth as 27 Mar 1827; that is exactly one year after what family records show as her her actual birthdate. It is possible that the tombstone is incorrect.

She was 74 at the time of her death, and had been living with her youngest son, Walter and his wife Gertrude at the time of the 1900 census, taken a few months prior to her death.

Notes:

Married:
Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha J(ane) Marshall were married by Rev. Minor Ford a Minister of the Gospel in Clark County, Missouri on 5 August 1843. Sarah Ann Payne (then aged 63 and wife of Judge John Loomis Smith) signed an affadavit in 1889 stating that having been personally acquanted with the two, she had been present at the marriage of her brother Thomas Payne to Martha Jane Marshall by the Rev. Ford in August of 1843. [Thomas H. Payne Pension Application #494585--Army of the United States Certificate of Disability]

Following the marriage, the young couple were farming and living next door to Martha's parents in Lewis County, Missouri.

Notes:

John David "Dave" Hardwick might actually have been born early than 1852, as two month old John Hardwick is listed with his parents and brother James at the time of the 1850 census. Or did that earlier census record actually relate to Joseph, said to have been born in 1850?

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that John David Hardwick was an U.S. mashal and was killed in the line of duty. John and Creacy were both buried in the old Harney graveyard. He thought that the cemetery was moved to near Woodville at the time Lake Texoma was built.

The FORT SMITH CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1866-1900, references a case involving Dave Hardwick. It related to an incident that took place 23 January 1883 in Texas "on the Indian Nation." Charles CRISWELL testified that on that night a party of five men, including Milton B. OVERTON, Brit WILLIS and Dave HARDWICK came to his home and asked to stay the night and have their horses fed. They also wanted supper. He went to feed the horses and then Milton Overton "got after my wife (Sarah CRISWELL)" ----she jumped the fence and ran into the smokehouse. He grabbed her by the ankle, and Charles tried to push him away. Milton pulled out his pistol and Sarah CRISWELL hollered because she was afraid. Then HARDWICK came out with a pistol. Charles told him to put up the gun so no one would get hurt. HARDWICK told OVERTON to "behave himself and let the Woman get supper". The defendants later said they came from Sherman and had rented the horses out of the stable Charles said he was born in South Carolina and he was an Irishman. His wife was born in Grayson Co and was a White Woman and not an Indian. CRISWELL reported that Milton OVERTON told him the next morning that he was a Chickasaw, he said they were all Chickasaws. Charles said that he married his wife about 5 or 6 months previously in Grayson county. She was 35 and had been married once before. He said that HARDWICK did not molest his wife that night, and that as quick as Brit WILLIS got off his horse that evening, he had said he was sick and went straight to bed and did not attempt to molest his wife. Lewis COLBERT also did not attempt to molest his wife in any way---none of the defendants attempted to molest his wife in any way except Milton OVERTON. CRISWELL also said that he had heard later from a neighbor that the defendant Dave HARDWICK was an officer. Dave HARDWICK testified he was Constable in the Chickasaw Nation. He said he had four men with him as a posse to assist in making an arrest. They were Milton OVERTON, Brit WILLIS, Frank McLISH, and Lewis COLBERT. Milton Overton was 19 or 20 years of age and they "were all sober." He said he "did not see or hear nor was not Informed of any ??? between Milton and Mrs. Criswell on that night. I did not see Milton use any Improper Language or Conduct towards Mrs. Criswell. I did not tell Milton at any time that might to put up his pistol or behave himself when I went out to see where our Horses were and came back I said to Milton 'Come and lets go to bead that was all I said to him.'" HARDWICK further testified that he and Milton slept in the same room all night, that they had breakfast the next morning with the CRISWELL's and then paid for their keep and left. Charles CRISWELL was recalled to the stand and testified that they men were drinking something from a flask.

B. F. OVERTON, the father of Milton Overton, posted appearance bonds for everyone involved. He was Governor of the Chickasaw Nation at the time.

From About Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files, 1866-1900
Database of criminal case files

This database consists of criminal court cases of such famous outlaws as Wyatt Earp and "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby. Many of these 50,000 cases were heard by the famous "hanging" Judge Isaac C. Parker, appointed by President Grant to bring law and order to the territory of Arkansas. The descriptions provide the first and last name of the defendant, the type of crime, the year, the jacket number, and other information.

Coverage Dates:1883 - 1883 Part Of:Series: Defendant Jacket Files for U.S. District Court Western Division of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, compiled 1866 - 1900 Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted General Note(s):See also criminal defendant case file for Overton, Milton.

Variant Control Number(s):NAIL Control Number: NRFF-21-3W51-19696

(Research):From National Archives M2086 Roll 1

1878 Chickasaw Annuity Roll Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

#64-Hardwick Dave 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total

The above listing appears to be for John David Hardwick, with his wife, Crecy Harney. Is the Female child listed their newborn daughter, Ida? Or could it possibly be the older child born to Dave by his first wife, Sarah Dunephin? If this listing is for an older child, it would very possiblty be Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick, born ca 1872, parents currently unknown. It is known, however, that Mary/Mollie was a member of the Chickasaw tribe by blood.

#65 Hardwick George 1 Male Head of Household 1 Family Member Total (Brother)

#193 Hardwick J C 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total (Brother)

John married Sarah Frances Dunephin on 8 Feb 1872 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Sarah was born before 1855; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Hardwick, John David Dunephin, Sarah Frances 2/8/72 Thos.C.S. Boyd, Chief Justice Pickens Co. Pickens Co. Records

http://www.chickasawhistory.com/g_mar_2.htm

Notes:

William's granddaughter said that he never spoke of his own father, but often of his step-father Grymes, a slave owner and cripple. (Payne, p 289)

The first record of William in Shelby County, Missouri can be found in the minutes of the March, 1838 term of the circuit court of Shelby County, William Payne was one of a number of people brought up on charges of gaming. This indulgence was in the form of amusement for dull days, but authorities looked upon it as a dangerous practice, also as a means of "stuffing" their pocketbooks and creating a little stir. Bryant Cockrum, George Gentry, William Payne, Isaac Wooley, Elijah Owens and Robert Joiner were all charged with "playing at loo"; Joseph Holeman and Abraham Vandiver, "for playing seven-up"; Elijah Owens, John Ralls, and Abraham Vandiver, "for playing three up"; Wesley Habbiburton and Joseph Holeman were indicted "for permitting gaming in their house." Three of the parties were convicted. George Gentry was fined $2; Isaac Wooley $1, and William Payne $5. The others were acquitted. (HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, p 25).

The Shelby County 1840 Census shows Payne, William 0-0-1-0-2-0-0-1/0-0-1-2-0-0-0-1

Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls:

Year Owner Acres Section Township Range 1841 William Payne 80 13 58 10 1844 William Payne 40 34 59 10 1852-1854 William Payne 80 13 58 10
40 18 58 9 1858 William Payne Sr. Same as Above

At the time of the 1850 census, 20 year old Edward WILSON and 16 year old Sarah WILSON were living with William and Sally, as was 13 year old Philo HOWELL. They were born, respectively, in Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio. Relationship unknown. Philo Howell was still living with the family at the time of the 1860 census.

This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners.

William married Sarah "Sally" Hamilton on 17 Jan 1807 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Sarah was born about 1790 in Kentucky; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the book THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA, the author noted that "Mrs Payne had an unusual gift as a nurse and went about on horse-back rendering gratuitous service where needed in her neighbourhood." He said she was the daughter of Mrs. Mary (McKinzie) Hamilton, who consented to her marriage.

Listed with daughter Sarah Payne Baldwin on the 1870 Marion County, MO census, age 81.

Notes:

During a November 2002 research trip to Missouri and Kentucky, Charles Strong found in the Breckinridge County archives a booklet titled "Descendants of Thomas Marshall Bedford Co., Va. Plus Hix-Owen-Nicholson & Related Families" compiled by Ralph E. Marshall. Completed September, 1986" Charles copied numerous relevant pages from this booklet, the copies now in the files of Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio. This book states that Samuel Marshall was the next to youngest son of Thomas Marshall. It was speculated by the author that "Perhaps Samuel had demonstrated good business sense or was a favorite of his parents as Thomas appointed him the Executor of his Will in October 1819. William and Alexander were several years older than Samuel and lived in the same part the county but were not chosen for that responsibility. Samuel and Alexander must have been fairly close as brothers as they married the Hix sisters and then took their families to Breckinridge county, Kentucky.

Census and birth records indicated that the Samuel and Alexander Marshall families made the move to Kentucky after the 1820 census was taken but probably not later than the spring of 1821. Alexander is recorded as a grocer and shoemaker in his earliest years in Hardinsburg but there is less information on Samuel. The first record of a land transaction for Samuel shows him purschasing 141 1/4 acres of land for $330 from Littleton and Lucretia Martin of February 23, 1825. This farm was about 1 1/2 miles south of Hardinsburg and bordered on land purchased by Alexander in 1829. The 1830 census (below) lists Samuel and Alexander as neighbors and Samuel is shown with one slave. Charles made a xerox of the actual deed, which was in Book G, pages 143 and 144.

They are recorded there in the 1830 census [KY Microfilm No. 16, page 65]. The only other Marshall head of household is his brother, Alexander Marshall.

Samuel Marshall's listing on the 1830 census shows his household consists of one (1) free white male from between the ages of 5-10, and one (1) free white male between the ages of 30 and 40. There are also two (2) free white females under the age of 5, two (2) free white females between the ages of 5-10, and one (1) free white female between the age of 30 and 40.

Fourteen years later, in 1835, they migrated again, this time joining the great four year rush caused by the opening to pioneer settlement of the last Missouri Indian Lands. This great human movement, which ended in 1837, was not unlike the Californian gold rush of later years. This time the Marshalls settled in rural Lewis Co. from where they then moved to LaGrange at a later date, possibly in the 1870s.

A visit to the courthouse at Monticello in Lewis county revealed that Samuel was involved in many land transactions from 1835 to 1870. History books lists him as a settler in 1835 in Union Township 60, Range 6, so he probably farmed just west and perhaps a little south of LaGrange. (Ralph Marshall, p 27).

Census lists him as a retired farmer living in LaGrange with real estate valued at $5,000 in 1860 and $4,000 in 1870. Town of LaGrange currently has about 1,200 population and is located on the Mississippi River in southeast part of Lewis county. No examination has been made of all the recorded land transactions but Samuel and Hannah did sign a deed on March 23, 1867. Then the next record in July 1869 was for sale of land by another person acting as trustee for Samuel, an indication that he was no longer capable of handling his own affairs. Perhaps the last entry was in December 1870 where there was a Sheriff's sale of some lots Samuel owned in LaGrange. No will or probate is on record at the Monticello courthouse so perhaps there was little property left to be disposed of when Samuel and Hannah died. At this point, no cemetery record has been found to indicate when Samuel and Hannah died or where they are buried. It would seem logical that they were either buried in LaGrange or at Asbury Chapel where their son Winfield was laid to rest in 1871. The author walked over the LaGrange cemetery in June 1985 and found not Marshall stones but there were also areas where the markers were broken or had disappeared. (Ralph Marshall, p 27).

The following obituary was found by Mary Pat Strong and Charles R. Strong on an earlier research trip, in June 2002, at the LaGrange Public Library.

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, Nov. 8, 1878.

DIED

MARSHALL-In this city on the morning of the 4th inst. Samuel Marshall, in the 85th year of his age.

Mr. Marshall was one of the pioneers in this section, being one of the oldest men in the county. He has long been an invalid and his death was no surprise to his friends. A funeral discourse was preached at the residence of the deceased by Eld. Jas. Penn, Tuesday morning, after which the remains were followed to the city cemetery by weeping relatives and friends.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, District 48
Enumerated 20 Sep 1850
451-452
Saml Marshall 55 M Farmer 1720 Va
Hannah Marshall 53 F Va
Caladonia Marshall 12 F Mo
Elizabeth Marshall 9 F Mo
H/Cinderilla Kenosh 30 F $500 Va
452-453
Thos. H. Payne 30 M Farmer Ky
Martha J. Payne 23 F Ky
Sarah E Payne 5 F Mo
Harriett C Payne 2 F Mo
Saml A Payne 1 M Mo

1860 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, Lagrange Twp, PO Lagrange
Enumerated 12 Oct 1860
Page 137
993-1003
Sml Marshall 65 M Retired Farmer 5000 500 Va
Cinderella F Marshall 30 F Ky
Hannah S Marshall 63 F Va
Callie Marshall 21 F Mo
Lizzie Marshall 18 F Mo

1870 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, LaGrange, PO Monticello Mo
Enumerated 24 Aug 1870
Page 37 Stamped 690
296-292
Marshall, Saml 76 M W Farmer 4000 300 Va
Marshall, Hannad 73 W F Keeps House Va
Keenosh, Cardwell 50 F W At Home Va
Marshall, Callie 30 F W At Home Mo
Howe, Louisa 18 F B Domestic Servant Mo

Samuel married Hannah S. Hicks on 26 Mar 1817 in Bedford County, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Jesse Hix and Jane Ferrell) was born on 7 Dec 1797 in Campbell County, Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1875 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following Obituary was found by Mary Pat Strong and Charles R. Strong in June 2002 at the LaGrange Public Library.

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, April 30, 1875

DEATH.

MARSHALL-In this city after a short illness, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Hannah S. Marshall, wife of Samuel Marshall, aged 77years 5 months and 18 days. "Obituary next week".

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, May 7, 1875

OBITUARY

MARSHALL-In this city after a short illness, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Hannah S. Marshall, wife of Samuel Marshall, aged 77 years 5 months and 18 days.

"And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, write, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth." Yea, saith the Lord, Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors."

Hannah S. Hicks was born in Campbell county, VA., December 7th, 1797. Was married to Samuel Marshall, March 26th, 1817; moved to Breckenridge county, Ky., in 1821; joined the Methodist Church in 1822; came to Lewis county, Mo., in 1835, and died April 25th, 1875, having lived with her now bereaved husband more than 58 years, and she was a member of the Methodist Church 53 years.

Such is the brief history of an eventful life of love and piety. She was loved by her neighbors. Her children grew up to call her blessed; h husband, also; and he praiseth her. Of course she dies well, leaving the blessed evidence behind that God was with her.

"What fullness of rapture is there,
While Jesus His glory displays?
And purples the heavenly air,
And scatters the odors of grace."

May God bind up the wounded hearts that are left behind, for our mother '"Sleeps in Jesus' blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep." BY J. J. POAGE.

(Research):mtDNA Results

A direct female descendant of Hannah Hicks was tested by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Her line of descent from Hannah is as follows:

Hannah S. HICKS born ca 1797 Virginia
Martha Jane MARSHALL born ca 1826 Kentucky
Sarah Elizabeth PAYNE born ca 1845 Missouri
Annie Elizabeth O'NEILL b. 1884 Texas
Mary Patricia SPARKS b. 1914 Oklahoma

HVR1 Haplogroup was U4
HVR1 differences
from ?u?CRS?/u?
16179T
16221T
16356C
16519C

Her FamilyTreeDNA kit number is 58069, and mitosearch user id is ZD6FM.

The clan of Ulrike (German for Mistress of All) is not among the original "Seven Daughters of Eve" clans, but with just under 2% of Europeans among its members, it has a claim to being included among the numerically important clans. Ulrike lived about 18,000 years ago in the cold refuges of the Ukraine at the northern limits of human habitation. Though Ulrike's descendants are nowhere common, the clan is found today mainly in the east and north of Europe with particularly high concentrations in Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

http://www.oxfordancestors.com/your-maternal.html

Notes:

Married:
Jesse Hix was (the) surety at marriage of Samuel. (Ralph Marshall, p 16).

Notes:

Hardwick, John C.- white resident among the Chickasaws, was possibly the
last white man to marry a Chickasaw in Mississippi. He married Elizabeth
Jane Boyd (born February 3, 1828), daughter of James M. and Nancy Boyd,
in Marshall County, Mississippi. on November 25, 1844 (1). The couple
lived in Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1850, but moved west in 1852.
When they died is unknown, though they were in Pickens County in the
Chickasaw Nation in 1870. they were the parents of James (1847), Joseph
C. (1850-1884), John David (1852-1889), George D. (1854-1889), and Nancy
(married John T. Huff) (2).

(1) Garland, 130-134.
(2) Ibid. John C. Hardwick was probably related to the Bourlands.
John B. Bourland, son of Ebenezer Bourland, was born in Hopkins County,
Kentucky, and married Nancy R. Hardwick, daughter of James Hardwick of
Tennessee and wife Nancy Melar (Speer and Brown, ARK:35).
That is the only Hardwick listed. There are no Hardricks...

From "Who Was Who Among The Southern Indians", (Page 204)
a genealogical notebook, 1698-1907 by Don Martini, 929.314, printed in
1998, Falkner, MS. It is a guide to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Indian
tribes and the relatives/possible relatives.

(Transcription by Lola Crane, original not viewed)

Lissa Johnston shows he was the Sheriff of Pickens County, Oklahoma in 1870. She cites Marie King Garland's book, "Chickasaw Loves and Allied Families" as the source of her information about the Hardwick family.

In April, 1872, J.C. Hardwick was summoned as a witness on a (judical) case and paid $5 for his services.

On October 16, 1872, the County Judge appointed J.C. Hardwick County Treasury of Pickens County.

On the 21 of May, 1873, J.C. Hardwick was ordered to pay himself $1000 for building and furnishing a court house for Pickens County.

(Research):Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Tippah County, The Third Division
Enumerated 9 September 1850
155-155
John Hardwick 35 M Farmer Tenn
Jane Hardwick 28 F Miss
James Hardwick 3 M Miss
John Hardwick 2/12 M Miss

1860 Census
The Choctaw Nation, Indian Lands, Arkansas, P. O. Skullyville
Enumerated 29 October 1860
Page 19
216-216
James M. Boyd 63 M Farmer Mississippi
Mat Ault 30 M Miller Pennsylvania
John Ireby 31 M Wagoner Alabama
Christopher Wagoner 30 M Sawyer in Mill Germany
John C. Hardwick 35 M Carpenter Tennessee
J.W. Beam 31 M Carpenter S. Carolina

John married Elizabeth Jane Boyd on 25 Dec 1844 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of James M. Boyd and Nancy Mahota Love) was born on 3 Feb 1828 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jon Eastman Hardwick wrote that Elizabeth Jane Boyd was baptized at Martyn Mission.

Notes:

Married:
J.L. Christian, now deceased, posted the following query to a rootsweb message board:

Looking for leads to John C. HARDWICK parents, siblings, etc. in Tennessee. Was able to traced him back only to the Sept. 9, 1850 census in Tippah County, Miss. No trace before that time. John was Born abt. 1815 in Tennessee. He died before 1878?, Chickasaw Nation, Pickens County, Indian Territory. John married Elizabeth Jane BOYD 25 December 1844 in Mississippi. Elizabeth Jane BOYD a daughter of Nancy Mahota LOVE. Nancy LOVE was a daughter of Thomas LOVE and Homahota (Chickasaw Indian). Elizabeth was born 03 February 1828 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. John and Elizabeth children were;

1. James HARDWICK, born abt. 1847.
2. Joseph C. HARDWICK, born 31 March 1850.
3. John David HARDWICK, born 1852.
4. George HARDWICK, born abt. 1854.
5. Nancy L. HARDWICK, born 08 October 1858.

Notes: When John and Elizabeth left Mississippi (date unknown), they moved to a place called Poteau Hill near Fort Smith, Arkansas. It appears they lived near Elizabeth's parents for a while. On 16th of December 1854, they purchased a farm in Pickens county, I.T. from Robert H. LOVE, Bob LOVE had purchased the farm from his half brother's ( Ben LOVE) widow Charlotte CHOATE. It was known as the Cow Pen place in the lower Cross Timbers. (Source: Chickasaw Nation Records, Book 59, page 70). The farm was located on the west side of Horse Creek near its mouth and alone the north bank of Red River in Pickens County, C.N. and upon sections 16-15-21, Range 4, Township 7 east and south of
Arbuckle. (Source: Chickasaw Nation Records, Book 48, page 87)

John C. HARDWICK served as sheriff of Pickens County in 1870 and as County Treasurer from 1872 to 1874. In 1870 John was commissioned to build the Pickens County Court House. He received $1,000. John and Elizabeth are probably buried near Powell, in Marshall county, but no markers remain. (Source: Chickasaw Loves and Allied Families, by Marie King GARLAND.)

Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" cited only three known children born to John C. Hardwick and Elizabeth Jane Boyd, James, John David and Joe C. Hardwick. He noted that they were believed to be buried near Powell, Marshall County, Oklahoma, but with no stones remaining.