Anna (Smith) Payne (abt. 1835 - 1898)

Born about 1835 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William H. Payne — married 24 Feb 1853 in Clackamas County, Oregon

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1898 at about age 63 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

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Biography

Marena Ann Smith Michael's "obituary of herself" (Oregon Journal, 24 May 1913): "During the following winter [i.e., 1853-54, after the fatherless family arrived in Oregon], my older sister was married to William Payne; it was he who had furnished us a home during our first winter in Oregon.

Sources

• 1850 Census, Washington County, Iowa Territory:

p. 531, dwelling 217, family 217. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4V-LZ7 : 4 April 2020), Anna Smith in household of Elijah Smith, Washington county, Washington, Iowa, United States; citing family 217, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCG-5HV : 16 July 2017), Annie Payne in household of William H Payne, East Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 100, sheet 357D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,083.

Obituary of William H. Payne, the Oregonian newspaper, August 1899.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGW-FWWH : 11 July 2016), Anna Smith Payne, 1898; Burial, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States of America, Historic Columbian Cemetery; citing record ID 108269017, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108269017