Dr. Douglas Amos Payne

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1851
• Alternate birth: 30 May 1857, Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia
• Alternate death: 24 Nov 1943, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Notes:

"Dr. Douglas A. Payne. Services for Dr. Douglas A. Payne, an ear, nose and throat surgeon in Chicago for nearly 60 years who died yesterday, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel at 5107 North Clark street. Dr. Payne was 92 years old. A graduate of Johns Hopkins university, Dr. Payne was instructor for many years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Veda Macdonald. His home was at 1058 Catalpa avenue." [Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov 1943, p. 39.

Note that the statement that he was 92 years old at death is almost certainly an exaggeration; multiple records point to a birth year of 1857, making him 86 when he died.

Douglas married Mary Parthenia Thompson on 12 May 1888 in Cook County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Samuel Thompson and Louisa M. Cilley) was born on 1 Mar 1856 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 21 Nov 1942 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 23 Nov 1942 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Park, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Veda Louise Payne was born on 8 Feb 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 6 Dec 1975 in Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin; was buried in Eagle River Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin.

Notes:

"He was a farmer, and a soldier in the Confederate Army, and was known as James Wi Payne -- the Wi being a contraction of Withers. This practice of attaching a special surname to those Payne men in this community who possessed the same baptismal name extended through several generations and resulted in some picturesque combinations that would make up an interesting chapter." [The Paynes of Virginia, citation details below]

James married Elizabeth Holtzclaw on 6 Aug 1841 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles Holtzclaw and Clement Welch) was born in 1821; died after 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His gravestone reads:

In Memory of FRANCIS PAYNE, Died April 13th, 1859
In the 79th year of his age.
He had long been a mamber at the Baptist Church and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. A fond father, an affectionate husband, kind neighbor, and firm friend.
His flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpets awful sound
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise
and in my Savior's image rise.

Francis married Patsy Withers on 10 Nov 1807 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Patsy (daughter of James Withers and Elizabeth Rosser) was born on 15 Feb 1789; died on 24 May 1836; was buried in Payne Graveyard, Orlean, Fauquier, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Clement Welch on 4 May 1815 in Fauquier County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Clemence.

Notes:

From The Paynes of Virginia (citation details below):

[Francis Payne and Susannah Jett] were reared within a half-mile of each other in homes on Muddy Creek, the present boundary between Stafford and King George Counties. The earliest record relating to him is his father's will written 1762, in which it is provided that £4 be spent on on his education. I judge from this provision that he had shown a predilection for some profession or an exceptional intelligence.

1764 suit in Fauquier Co. by John Grant vs. Francis Payne, trespass. In the same year he was on jury in that county. 1768 he was witness for John Smith in Fauquier Co.; some of the grandchildren of these two men intermarried in 1837. 1775 Francis Payne received from Lord Fairfax a lease of 233 acres in the Manor of Leeds, Fq. Co., adjacent to William Payne on branch of South Run, in which were named his wife Susannah and son William. 22 Feb 1779 he was appointed Ensign in Fauquier Co. militia, and served about two years in the Revolution. See Auditor's Journal for 1783, Richmond, Va. 1788 he received a second lease of 90 acres in Lot 212, Manor of Leeds, Fauquier Co., in which were named his sons Presley, Jesse, and Francis. 1792 he was appointed Overseer of the Poor in Fauquier Co., an office that was performed in pre-Revolutionary days by the Vestry. In the same year he was witness for John Jett of Fauquier Co. 1801 he was again made Overseer of the Poor. 1806 he was a member of the group of Overseers of the Poor who sold the glebe of Hamilton Parish, Fq. Co., to Joseph Blackwell; other members were Augustine Jennings, John Grant, James Hunton, George Marshall, James Withers, John Marr, etc.

1816 his administrator was his son Francis. His inventory shows considerable personal property, including ten slaves.

Francis married Susannah Jett about 1766 in King George County, Virginia. Susannah (daughter of Peter Jett and Rebecca Bowen) was born in 1746; died in 1820; was buried in Payne Graveyard, Orlean, Fauquier, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"During the Revolutionary War James Withers served during the years 1777 and 1778 as a First Lieutenant in Capt. Windsor Brown's Co., in the First Virginia State Regiment commanded by Col. George Gibson. At the conclusion of the War there is some evidence that he became a physician." [The Wigfield and Nelson Families of Fauquier Co., Virginia, citation details below]

James married Elizabeth Rosser between 1767 and 1768. Elizabeth (daughter of John Rosser and Mary Neavil) died after 1825 in Woodford County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1742

Notes:

He supplied beef to the Fauquier County militia during the Revolution.

Josiah married Susannah before 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Elizabeth Dulin in 1769 in Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of William Dulin and Clemence Ball) was born about 1752 in Prince William County, Virginia; died about 1772 in Fauquier County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]