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OBITUARY

Mrs. J. S. Heazeltine

Last Friday morning about six o'clock Mrs. J. S. Heazeltine suffered a stroke of apoplexy from which she died at 10:30 o'clock. Elva Ann Charles was born October 30, 1850, near Salem, Indiana. She was married to J. S. Heazeltine in Paris, Illinois, January 23, 1873. To this union four children were born: Roswell and Frank of Olathe, Mrs. C. L. Shipley of Libertyville, Indiana and Mrs. Alexander Gammell of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. All of whom were present at the funeral except Mrs. Gammill. The funeral services were held at the residence at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Buchanan officiating after which the remains were taken to Paris, Illinois, for interment. Mrs. Hazeltine united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church early in life, and she was an everyday Christian. As such a life was a blessing and benefaction to all within the sphere of its influence so is the death of such a one an irreparable loss to the home circle made desolate by her departure.

From Tracy Devault:

The following is believed to have been researched and written by Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" (McCoy) Hayward, wife of Sumner Hayward, 224 Richards Road, Ridgewood, New Jersey. It was attached to a letter she had written on January 30, 1958 and found in the records of the Washington County, Indiana Genealogical Society. Elizabeth was a professional genealogist and I suspect she was researching Manen Lot Payne for someone else. Recent research has answered some of Elizabeth's questions.

"THE PUZZLE OF M. L. PAYNE

William Payne (1804 - 1874) and his wife Elizabeth Dawalt (various other spellings used (1809 - 1909) had, among other children, a dau. Martha Jane, b. 1847. They lived at various places in Ohio, Ind.., Ill., and Tex. In 1863 William Payne was clerk of the Bapt. chh. at Utica; in 1865 of the same at Pekin. Washington co., deed indices show that he bought and sold land there (C-161, I-532, 538, G-190, S-315, 467, L-222, V-123) but I have only the refs. just noted, not the dates. By 1872 this couple were in Waxahachie, Tex., where both d. and are buried. Problem #1 is to fix the exact dates of their various moves and to discover just where they lived at what times.

To their home, presumably in Washington co., during the Civil War there came a very young man, Manon or Manuel Lot Payne. Here we come to the real mystery, for no less than 6 people have agreed on the fact that his story is muddled but none can straighten it out -- nor can I. M. L. Payne's family came from Villa Rica, Ga. (but a search of the 1850 & 1860 Census, which I made at Savannah, does not show him as a member of a household in that area). Several of his descendants have given the date of his birth as Mr. 11, 1842 BUT he is said to have been in the Confederate army at the age of 14, which just doesn't jibe. The tradition is that he was shot in the back or the neck, carried the bullet the rest of his life and consequently could not hold up his head properly. That last bit is more than tradition -- several people who knew him vouch for his peculiar posture. He may have been a deserter, which would account for his arrival in Indiana under cloudy circumstances, and maybe for his being shot in the back. He worked for the Paynes (query -- was his real surname Lot, and did he adopt the Payne surname to cover his tracks and the possibility of being court martialed?) My. 16, 1867, in Ind. (Where?) he m. Martha Jane Payne, mentioned above -- the marriage being strongly opposed by Elizabeth (Dawalt) Payne. The opposition was based, according to tradition, on his being "frivolous," even to the point of playing the fiddle (this would have been a grave offense in the eyes of a strict Baptist family of that day.) At any rate, his mother-in-law never forgave him and left the family home in Tex. to a different dau. than Martha Jane, also cutting him and his wife out of her will. As Elizabeth (Dawalt) Payne reached the overripe age of 100 she had plenty of time to think it over! Problem #2: did the marriage of M. L. Payne and Martha J. Payne take place in Washington co.? If so, do the records add any details, such as the age of the groom and the names of his parents? If the date of the marriage, My. 16, 1867, and that of the birth of the first child, My. 6, 1868, are correct (and I have only the say-so of descendants) then it was no shotgun marriage.

Among the fruitless searches already made are: search of Ga. census, as mentioned above; search of Terre Haute census for 1870 (there was a statement made that this was the residence of the family in 1872); and on-the-spot inquiry made in Villa Rica, Ga., by a descendant just a year or two ago; hunt for family Bibles; inquiry as to Confederate records. Anything that will throw light on this puzzle will be welcome, especially any records showing Washington co., doings. Are there old tax lists, for instance: I doubt if M. L. Payne ever owned property there but if any of his children were born there would their names, and his, be on the record? Church records would hardly be useful, considering the "frivolous" nature of the man but possibly his wife belonged to either Utica or Pekin Baptist church before they were married. If so, the date of her dismissal might be found. Both M. L. Payne and his wife d. at Waxahachie, Tex., he Ja. 22-23, 1926 (d. in the night, in his sleep, hence the uncertainty) and she Sp. 25, 1928, and are, I presume, buried there. They had 8 chn., with several of whom I've corresponded."

Name and dates per Stoner Pitts 2021 genealogy prepared by Gregory Stoner, online at ancestry.com.¹

MEMOIR - Margaret Lee "Maggie Lee" (Peak) Yarbro-Williams

Mama had a fever when she was a young girl. It left her slightly palsied. She taught school for a while before she married. It was hard for her to write. Her wedding ring was made from a twenty dollar gold piece and was heavy for a ring. If we did anything wrong, she would thump us on the head. Dad caught her one day and made her stop.

OBITUARY - Dallas, Texas Morning News; January 23, 1968; Section: D; Page: 5; GenealogyBank.com):

WOOD

Mrs. Nora H., 911 Singleton, Irving, passed away Sunday. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Hinson, Mrs. Doris Smalley, Mrs. Ann Glick, all of Dallas, Mrs. Faye Pullen, Denver, Colo.; sons, W. P. Wood, Garland, Erlin W. Wood, Howard L. Wood, both of Irving; 5 grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Maggie Peak, Mrs. Abbie Carisle (sic), Mrs. J. D. Keyes. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church of Irving. Rev. Carl Parker officiating. Interment Oak Grove Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Carl Neal, Jim Parks, Ernie Riddle, Art Ihnfeldt, Lynn Connor, Tom Stenson.

CHISM & SMITH FUNERAL

129 O'Connor, Irving, BL3-3446.

OBITUARY - Dallas, Texas Morning News; June 21 1962; Section: 4; Page: 3; (GenealogyBank.com):

CHARLES

Richard Emerson, 427 1/2 S. Ervay. Survived by sisters, Mrs. May Lafayette, Miss Nettie Charles; nephew, S. O. Charles. Chapel services 2 p.m. Friday, Rev. William P. Smith officiating. Interment Five Mile Cemetery.

DUDLEY M. HUGHES FUNERAL HOME, 400 E. Jefferson WH6-5133.

OBITUARY

FORMER EDGAR COUNTY RESIDENT PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN KANSAS

John Heazeltine, 74 years old, died Friday morning at his home in Olathe, Kansas, after an illness of several months.

He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Elizabeth Shipley, Mrs. Lydia Gambol, Ross Heazeltine and Frank Heazeltine. One sister, Mrs. L. W. Meredith, of Mulberry Grove, also survives.

Mr. Haxeltine was a resident of Edgar County for many years and was well known here.

The body will arrive in Paris on Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock.