Payson
Wolfe
Born about in Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Nayan Miengun
and Charlotte (Waukazoo) Wolfe
Brother of
Louis Wolfe
Husband of
Mary Jane (Smith) Wolfe
— married
31 Jul 1851 (to about 1870) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 67
in Cross Village, Emmet County, Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2010
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Biography
Payson is the son of Nayan Miengun and Charlotte Waukazoo.
Payson grew up in Michigan.
He had some formal education in one of more Indian mission schools. He was literate.
Payson worked as a farmer and hunter. He was one of the first Indians to vote in the state of Michigan. He served as constable in Leelanau County Michigan for a time. Between 1863 and 1865 he served in Company K, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, U.S. Army during the Civil War. He was captured near Petersburg, Virginia and survived several weeks in the Andersonville, Georgia prisoner of war camp. Late in 1864 he was paroled from there, spent a furlough in Leelanau County, and returned to his unit, remaining with them until it was discharged in 1865. Later he collected a military pension for wounds and diseases contracted during his service.
Payson Wolfe walked on December 7, 1900. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Cross Village, Emmet County, Michigan. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-8HVT : 13 December 2015), Payson Wolfe, 1900; Burial, Cross Village, Emmet, Michigan, United States of America, Cross Village Township Cemetery; citing record ID 30675832,
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