Shirley Thompson: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Shirley Thompson was born about 1877; and died.

Shirley married William Bertram Payne on 11 Jun 1905. William (son of Levi Newton Payne and Sarah Elizabeth McClanahan) was born on 22 Jul 1878 in Missouri; died on 22 Jun 1915 in Seminole County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Firm Fremont Payne was born on 14 Dec 1905 in Oklahoma; died on 14 Jan 1968; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
3. Harold N. Payne was born on 28 Feb 1907 in Oklahoma; died on 13 Nov 1983 in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona.
4. Chester F. "Jack" Payne was born on 16 Oct 1908 in Oklahoma; died about 1960 in New Mexico.

Generation: 2

Firm Fremont Payne

(1.Shirley¹) was born on 14 Dec 1905 in Oklahoma; died on 14 Jan 1968; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.

Notes:

Date of birth is from the family bible.

Married first Sina "Girly", had daughter Doris; married second Lula Addy, had son Burton F. Payne; married third Edith, had Royce and Lenora.

Harold N. Payne

(1.Shirley¹) was born on 28 Feb 1907 in Oklahoma; died on 13 Nov 1983 in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona.

Notes:

Date and location of birth is from the family bible. His birth location is sometimes instead shown as Tucumcari, New Mexico.

(Research):

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

Family/Spouse: Evelyn Lankford. Evelyn was born about 1909 in Kentucky; died in 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chester F. "Jack" Payne

(1.Shirley¹) was born on 16 Oct 1908 in Oklahoma; died about 1960 in New Mexico.

Notes:

Date and location of birth from the family bible.

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."