J R Payne

PAYNE, DEVORE, PARKER

Posted By: County Coordiantor
Date: 11/18/2006 at 23:01:17

J R Payne, farmer, Sec 12, P O Boone, was born in Cumberland county, Maryland October 19, 1830, and when an infant his parents removed to this county, where he has since resided and debotes his attention to farming , he now owns 525 acres of land, and has one of the best farms in the township, the father of Mr Payne, B C Payne, is a resident of this county, a man well preserved in years, who served in the War of 1812, the latter gave his son, when he became of age $100 and an horse, and with this small beginning our subject has by good management, made him a home of comfort and placed himself and family in very desirable circumstances, he was married April 8, 1852, to Miss Mary M Devore, a native of Richland county, Ohio, they have seven children living: Samuel B, Lloyd D, Wilber A, Cornelia A (wife of Mr Parker), Almeda, Lewis E, and Bertha E, they have lost one daughter, who died September 15, 1877

1880 Boone Co History Book