M. C. PAYNE

PAYNE, MATTOCKS, LARABEE, CLARK

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Date: 5/18/2005 at 19:19:52

PAYNE, M. C., foreman of Stave, Hoop and Barrel Factory (H. G. Clark, proprietor), Clermont; born in Mercer Co., Penn., 1833; moved to Ohio in 1836; to Indiana in 1844; to Michigan in 1855; to Iowa in 1856; settled in Clermont in 1860. He was married in 1860 to Miss Aurelia Mattocks, from Pennsylvania; their children are Ida, Byron L., Frances E., Clara B., Orlo, Jason M., Lula; Byron L., Jason M. and Orlo are dead. He has held the office of Constable seven years and City Marshal six months. Mr. Payne held the position of foreman in the extensive barrel factory of Wm. Larabee for twelve years and for H. G. Clark three years.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Clermont Township
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