Francis Marion Payne

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Francis Marion Payne
b. 26 October 1849, Clark County, Indiana
d. 4 November 1928, Bellingham, Washington

m. 19 June 1873, Saluda, Jefferson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Luella Wells
b. 23 July 1852, Saluda, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 29 December 1907, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois

Children with Elizabeth Luella Wells:

  • Eva Grace (1874-1949) married James Lee Hesler
  • Estella May (1877-1975) married Albert Mellum
  • Claudia Laura (1880-1968) married Earl C. Applegate
  • Christina Florence (1883-1885)
  • Clyde Wells (1885-1952) married Balva May Mitchell
  • Winnie Luella (1889-1986) married Earl Palmer Hill
  • Edwin Francis (1892-1972) married Bertha Louise Adams

Francis and Elizabeth emigrated from Indiana to Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, after their
marriage in 1873.

Estella Mellum, Francis and Elizabeth’s second child, homesteaded a tract of land on Cyrus Island in Puget Sound, Washington, and later purchased an adjacent tract of 160 acres. She built her own cabin, as well as some of her furniture. Her father left Illinois to live with Stella at her island home after the death of his wife in Illinois.

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Marjorie P. Hoelzel
Wilmington DE

Benjamin C Payne

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Benjamin C Payne
b. 16 July 1798, Virginia
d. 21 February 1889, Boone County, Iowa

m.
Maria Bryant

Benjamin immigrated to Indiana in 1830 from Maryland. He emigrated from Indiana to Boone County, Iowa, in 1854. Benjamin served in the War of 1812.

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Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS

Dorrell Paul

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Dorrell Paul
b. 1820, Kentucky
d. 1877, Granby, Newton County, Missouri

m/1. 11 September 1840, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana
Nancy H. Stipe(s)
b. about 1824/5, perhaps Jessamine County, Kentucky
d. 1865, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana

m/2. 26 June 1865, Johnson County, Indiana
Sarah Ann (Dickerson) Broyles

Children with Nancy H. Stipe(s):

  • William Henry
  • Sarah Francis
  • John R.
  • Nancy Ellen
  • Mary Elsie
  • George Wesley
  • Joseph Thomas
  • Susan E.
  • James Jefferson
  • Lucinda
  • Isabelle
  • Mary Catherine
  • Dorrel Clinton
  • Robert Alexander
  • Laura

Children with Sarah Dickerson:

  • Granville Irvin (b. 1866, Indiana)
  • Anna J. (b. 1869, Missouri)
  • Jesse A. (b. 1871, Missouri)
  • Emily H. (b. 1874, Missouri)
  • General Lafayette Paul (b. May 1876)

Dorrell Paul immigrated to Indiana from Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1863. He emigrated from Johnson County, Indiana, to Granby, Newton County, Missouri, in 1869.

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Karen Dickerson Hillson
Belton MO

Thomas McDonald Patterson

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Thomas McDonald Patterson
b. about 1839
d. 23 July 1916

m. Montgomery County, Indiana
Katherine Grafton
b. West Virginia

Thomas Patterson lived in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, and attended Asbury College and Wabash College. He moved to the Denver, Colorado, area in 1872. He had primary responsibility for the enabling act that brought Colorado statehood. He was the first Democrat from Colorado in the House of Representatives and was later a Senator.

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Gretel Smith
Garrett IN

Sim Patrick

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Sim Patrick
b. 27 March 1852, Floyd County, Indiana
d. April 1932, Clay County, Illinois

m.
Maggie Watson

Children with Maggie Watson:

  • Roy
  • Harry
  • Cecil
  • Glenn

Sim also had three daughters who preceded him in death.

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Dawne Slater-Putt, from Clay County, Illinois Roots, fall 1993, p. 71

David Parkhurst

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David Parkhurst
b. 15 November 1783, Morris County, New Jersey, to Ezekiel and Abiel (Hathaway) Parkhurst
d. 6 September 1858, Effingham County, Illinois

m. about 1800, Kentucky or Tennessee
Jane Jenkins
b. about 1784, North Carolina, to Roderick and Nancy (Pack) Jenkins
d. 8 September 1858, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Jane Jenkins:

  • William (b. bet. 1801/1804-bet. 1870/1880) married (1) Rebecca Russell, (2) Martha Jane Taylor
  • Ezekiel (1808-aft. 1879) married (1) Mary Dias/Dies, (2) Aletha McClanahan
  • Abigail (b. bet. 1804/1810) married (1) Asa Russell, (2) Micajah Kittell/Kitchell
  • [–?–] (b. bet. 1804/1810-bet. 1820/1830)
  • Cynthia (1809-1891) married Mark Mitchell
  • Mahala Jane (1811-1874) married David S. Mitchell
  • Roderick (1814-1863) married Charlotte Knight
  • Tryphenia (1816-bet. 1865/1868) married Major Mitchell
  • Mary (1820-bet. 1870/1875) married (1) Jacob Legan, (2) Andrew J. Davis
  • John W. (1823-1862) married (1) Mary Ann Nay, (2) Nancy [–?–]

David and Jane Parkhurst immigrated to Indiana in 1836 from Smith County, Tennessee. They resided at Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana, and then moved in 1851 to Effingham County, Illinois.

Jane’s mother was either full-blooded or onehalf Cherokee Indian and was said to have had a very bad temper.

The family of Ezekiel Parkhurst, David’s son, had a rather turbulent life. Cousins in Tennessee maintain that Ezekiel’s second wife murdered him after 1870 in Smith County, Tennessee, by putting poison in his coffee. She left quickly for Chicago after his death and was never charged with the crime. Later, one of Ezekiel’s sons, John C. Parkhurst, married Martha Younger, purported to be a sister of the Younger brothers who rode with the Jesse James gang. Another of Ezekiel’s sons, Robert S. Parkhurst, moved to Missouri, where his second wife, it is said, stabbed him to death, took his money, and escaped to Texas. Apparently Ezekiel’s family had a streak of bad luck, especially with second wives.

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Yvonne Parkhurst
Tacoma WA

Ellen Owens

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Ellen Owens
b. 1835, Indiana
d. after 1890, Cedar or Polk County, Missouri

m. about 1850
John Miller
d. before 1860, Arkansas or Missouri

Children with John Miller:

  • Eliza Ann
  • Mary “Beckie” married [–?–] Miller

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JoAnn Wilkerson
Lenexa KS

William S. Oliphant

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William S. Oliphant
b. 30 May 1813, Dunfermaline, Fife County, Scotland, to Lord Oliphant
d. 20 April 1890, Austin, Travis County, Texas

m. 1840
Jane Elizabeth Van Zile
b. 1821, Indiana, to Peter and Ruth (Rodgers) Van Zile
d. 8 February 1867, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Children with Jane Elizabeth Van Zile:

William came from Scotland in 1835. The family lived in Jefferson and Dearborn counties of Indiana, before they left the state in 1852. William was the first jeweler and watchmaker in Austin, Texas.

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Connie Wallace Perdue
Austin TX
E-mail: clperdue@swbell.net

William James Oliphant

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William James Oliphant
b. 30 September 1845, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, to William S. and Jane Elizabeth (Van Zile) Oliphant
d. 11 November 1930, Austin, Travis County, Texas

m. 8 February 1877, Austin, Travis County, Texas
Alice Olive Townsend
b. 5 December 1852, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
d. 23 June 1908, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Children with Alice Olive Townsend:

  • Jane Elizabeth
  • Alfred W.
  • Lawrence E.
  • W. J., Jr.

He lived in Jefferson and Dearborn counties in Indiana, before emigrating in 1852. He was mustered into the Confederate Army, Company G, 6th Texas Infantry Regiment, in 1861. He was wounded several times and was in a federal prison camp. He studied photography and sold slides for stereoscopic viewers.

Submitted by:
Connie Wallace Perdue
Austin TX
E-mail: clperdue@swbell.net

John O’Kane

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John O’Kane
b. 22 September 1802, Virginia, to Henry and Sarah (Stevens) O’Kane
d. 5 January 1881, Louisana, Pike County, Missouri

m. 21 October 1830, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
Martha Verbrick
b. about 1811, Ohio
d. 16 November 1894, Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Children with Martha Verbrick:

  • Julia
  • Walter S.
  • James
  • Lavenia
  • John
  • Martha V.
  • Leila C.
  • Hettie

Elder John O’Kane came to White County, Indiana, before 1832. He lived in Fayette, Montgomery, and Marion counties before leaving the state after 1851.

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Win Wood
Vona CO 80861