Descendants of Presumed Progenitors Thomas and Catherine Payton
The names of Thomas and Catherine and a sibling relationship between Patrick, James, and
Margaret are assumed from the naming conventions the three used for their children (and from the
three having settled simultaneously, next door to each other, in Downie in the 1830’s). Patrick and
James named their first sons Thomas, and Margaret named her second son Thomas. Patrick’s first
daughter, James’s third daughter, and Margaret’s second daughter were named Catherine.
The three Payton siblings emigrated from Ireland to Downie Twp, Perth Co, Ontario in about 1834.
They are of interest to us because each married a Herron: James married Bridget Walsh, believed
to be a daughter of Margaret Herron; Margaret married William Herron, one of the five Herron
siblings; and Patrick’s second wife was Richard Herron’s widow, Mary Henneberry. James and
Margaret moved on to Iowa, while Patrick remained in Downie.
Patrick Payton b. ca. 1805 Kilglass, Co. Roscommon, Ireland (50/56/60/76/82 at death), d. 24 Oct
1882 Downie, bur. O’Loane cemetery (the original St. Joseph’s cemetery), illiterate
1m. ca. 1831 Ireland Jane Hogan d. 1841 or 1842
2m. 1842 or 1843 Stratford Mary Henneberry, widow of Richard Hearne/Herron (see Herron)
In 1842 Patrick had 100 acres on lot 11, concession 10, Downie Twp, and was already widowed. Mary
Henneberry was also widowed, and lived kitty corner from him on lot 10, concession 9. In 1851 Patrick and
Mary were living on his farm; Mary’s had been sold to James Brennan. In 1863 Patrick’s land is listed under
his own name and his sons’, Thomas and Patrick.
Patrick’s children by Jane Hogan were:
1.
Catherine Payton, b. ca 20 Mar 1833 (18/26/40/49/61/72 at death) Co. Sligo?, Ireland, d. 28 Oct 1911
St. Mary’s, Perth Co. She was trying to start a fire when her clothing caught on fire. Her screams
brought her son from the barn but she died the next morning. She m. ca 1855 William McDermott, s/o
Terrance McDermott and Margaret McDonald (see McDermott), b. 20 Aug 1827 (22/30/50/55/75 at
death) Co. Sligo? Ireland, d. 27 Nov 1902, St. Mary’s. In 1851 Catherine was a sponsor at the baptism
of a younger William McDermott, s/o Terrence and Mary Herron. In 1861 Catherine and William were
living in a log house. In 1871 and 1879 they were living on a 50 acre farm with 29 acres cleared, 6 acres
of pasture and 1 acre of garden. In 1881 they were sharing a household with the John Kane family. In
1901 they were still in Downie.
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Jane McDermott, b. 29 Apr 1855 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s
Terrance McDermott, b. 1856 (x/5/14/23/33) Ontario, d. Jun 1930, m. Susan Hogan, b. ca 1861 Ontario,
d. Jun 1925. In Downie with 2-year-old son William in 1891. Moved to Detroit area before 1914.
Margaret Ann (Maggie) McDermott, b. 27 Feb 1858 (x/3/12/21) Ontario, d. 1945
m. 23 Apr 1886 Mark J. Killoran VI (1856-1922) s/o Michael and Bridget
Elizabeth McDermott, b. 9 May 1860 (x/1/10/19) Downie, d. 19 Jan 1936
m. Mark Killoran IV (1851-1907), both bur. St. Mary’s. Living in Downie in 1901 with 8 kids.
William McDermott, b. 18 May 1862 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s, d. 1 Nov 1944 Brantford, Ontario
m. Alice Kennedy (1871-1931), living in Downie in 1901 with two children.
Patrick McDermott, b. 1 Feb 1864 Downie, d. 1947 St. Mary’s, still single in 1901 and claiming to have
been born 2 Jan 1871, m. Annie Maria Lennon (1875-1930)
Bernard McDermott, b. 8 Oct 1865 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s, d. 1 Jan 1949 St. Mary’s, living alone in
Downie next to James Keane family in 1901, m. 30 Sept 1913, Holy Name of Mary, to Ann Teahan
(1873-1948), prob. niece of John Teahan who m. Anne Payton.
Sabina (Bina) McDermott, b. 28 Sep 1867 (x/x/2/12) Downie, d. 1951, still single and at home in 1901
and claiming to be only 27, m. > 1901 John Gatschene (1859-1947).
Jane Ann (Jenny) McDermott, b. 24 Nov 1869 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s, still single 1901
Richard McDermott, b. 26 Apr 1872 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s, d. 25 Apr 1902, Boone, Boone, Iowa
m. Agnes Collins (1876-1956)
Thomas J. McDermott, b. 30 Jul 1874 Downie, bapt. St. Joseph’s, claimed in 1901 birthdate was 24 Aug
1878, d. 9 Jul 1950, bur. St. Mary’s, m. > 1901 Catherine Conway (1883-1968)
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2.
Thomas Payton, b. July 1834 (16/25/37-44/65) Ontario, d. >1900
m. 1 Feb 1858, Stratford, Ellen/Helen Kennedy, b. Jan 1834 (?/24/?-44/65) Ireland
Farming in Nissouri West, Middlesex Co in 1871, emigrated to Marion, Sanilac Co, Michigan in 1873
(per 1900 cenus; son Bernard said 1877 and 1880 in 1900 census, 1880 in 1910 census, 1881 in 1920
census). In 1900 they were farming in Wheatland Twp with their youngest daughter, next to their son
Bernard. Ellen had borne six children, of whom two were dead by then. .
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Jane Payton, b. 30 Dec 1858 (x/2/?-21) Downie
John Payton, b. 1860 (x/1/?-19) Downie
Ann Payton, b. 1864 (x/x/?-15) Ontario
Bernard Payton, b. Mar 1869 (x/x/?-12/31/42/51) Ontario, d. 1927 Port Huron, Michigan, m. 1892 Adell
McVetie, b. June 1877 Marion, d. 1961 St Clair Co, bur. Mount Hope cemetery, Port Huron. Six daughters.
Bernard was living in Wheatland next to his parents in 1900, in Marion in 1906 and 1910, and in Port Huron
in 1920, where he was a laborer in a lumber co. Adell was still in Port Huron in 1930.
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Mary E. Payton, b. Sept 1893 Sanilac Co, a school teacher living at home in 1920, school principal 1930
Bernard L. Payton, b. Nov 1895 Sanilac Co, not at home 1920
Vincent Harold Payton, b. May 1900 Wheatland, not at home 1920
Uretta?? J. Payton, b. 1901 Michigan, gone from home 1930
Catherine Angeline Payton, b. 1905 Michigan, gone from home 1930
Frances M. Payton, b. Apr 1909 Marion, bookkeeper in 1930
Helen Payton, b. Feb 1915 Michigan
Dorothy E. Payton, b. Dec 1917 Michigan
2.5. Thomas Payton, b. 1871 (x/x/?-8) Nissouri West
2.6. Annie Payton, b. Dec 1881 Michigan, still at home 1900. Ellen would have been 47 at her birth, which
suggests Annie might have been an illegitimate child of Jane or Ann.
3.
Bernard Payton, b. 6 Apr 1836 (14/24/34/45/55) Ontario, d. 21 Feb 1921 (mistakenly Patrick in 1861)
m. Mary McDermott, d/o Terrance & Margaret McDonald, b. 25 Jul 1837 Ireland, d. 27 March 1912.
Bernard and his father Patrick are the only Paytons left in Downie in 1871. Bernard and Mary were
sponsors at the baptism of Matthew McDermott, s/o Terrence McDermott and Mary Herron, in 1856.
3.1. Jane Payton, b. 10 Jul 1857 (x/2/14/23) Downie, d. 10 Jan 1913, was still at home in 1881 (confused with
Margaret in 1861), m. James M’Larkey, b. ca 1857, d. 26 Jan 1917
3.2. Margaret Payton, b. 1858 (x/3/12/21) Downie (she ages only 9 years every decade, which is a good plan), d.
18 Feb 1917, m. ca 1879 John Murray, s/o Michael Murray and Margaret Walsh, b. ca 1853 Ontario, d. 19
Feb 1925. Living in Downie with first son Michael, 1, in 1881, two doors away from John’s widowed mother.
3.3. Catherine Payton, b. 25 Jul 1859, not in 1861 census, presumed died in infancy
3.4. Patrick Payton, b. 31 Jul 1861 (x/x/10/19/28/33) Downie, d. 17 Sep 1932, m. < 1891 Rebecca Quinlivan, b.
ca Mar 1867 Ireland, d. 15 Feb 1898, both buried Stratford. Farming in Downie 1891 and with Bernard 1901.
3.5. Terrance Payton, b. 28 Aug 1863 Downie, bapt. St Joseph’s, d. 6 Apr 1876 Downie, bur. O’Loane cemetery.
3.6. Bernard Payton II, b. 4 Feb 1867 (x/x/4/14/23) Downie, d. 1955, m. >1901 Mary Ann Nagle (1878-1942)
3.7. Mary Payton, b. Mar 1871 (x/x/1 mo/10/18) Downie, d. 1942, m. John Nagle (1872-1953)
3.8. Thomas Payton, b. 16 Aug 1873 (x/x/x/8/16) Downie, d. ca 1917, m. >1901 Catherine Keane (1870-1957)
3.9. Timothy Payton, b. 13 Apr 1877 (x/x/x/4/14) Downie, d. 1948, buried with his parents in Stratford, m. 29 Oct
1907 Downie to Anna O’Connor, great granddaughter of Margaret Herron. Living grandchildren in Toronto.
3.10. John Payton, b. 1881 (x/x/x/x/10) Downie
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Jane Payton, b. 1838 (13/?/?/?) Jane was a sponsor at the baptism of her niece Jane McDermott in 1855
5.
Sabina Payton, b. 28 Feb 1840 Downie, d. 28 Jan 1907 Boone, m. her stepbrother Richard Herron
(see Herron)
6.
Anne Payton, b. 1841 (10/?/?/39) Downie, dead by 1891, m. 19 Nov 1860, St. Joseph’s, Stratford, John
Teahan, b. ca 1834, s/o William Teahan and Margaret Monaghan, d. 8 Mar 1894, orphaning three minor
children. John and Anne were sponsors at the baptism of their nephew Thomas McDermott in 1874. In
1901 all of their children except William, Mary, and Jane were living together in Downie.
6.1. William Teahan, b. 10 Dec 1863 (x/x/?/17), m. Ella Unknown, b. 26 Mar 1873, living in Downie in 1901
with daughter Mary, b. 8 Dec 1900
6.2. Thomas Teahan, b. 1 Sept 1865 (x/x/?/15/24), d. 10 Jun 1951, m. > 1901 Mary Ellen Kearney (1877-1945)
6.3. Mary Teahan, b. 1866 (x/x/?/14/22), m. > 1891 Thomas Killoran (1861-)
6.4. Jane Teahan, b. 1868 (x/x/?/12/20), gone from home 1901
6.5. Catherine Teahan, b. 21 Apr 1871 (x/x/x/9/18)
6.6. Ellen/Elenor Teahan, b. 26 May 1874 (x/x/x/6/16)
6.7. John Teahan, b. 4 Jan 1876 (x/x/x/4/14)
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6.8. Margaret Ann Teahan, b. 4 Mar 1877 (x/x/x/3/12)
6.9. Richard Teahan, b. 27 Mar 1880
Patrick’s children by Mary Henneberry were:
7.
Margaret Payton, b. 20 Jan 1844 Downie, bapt. St. Peter’s, d. 1891-1901
m. 17 Feb 1862, St. Joseph’s, Stratford, Patrick Walsh, b. 1827 (24/30/42/53) Ireland, d. 15 May 1889,
s/o John Walsh and Margaret Herron, illiterate, farming the original Patrick Payton farm in 1871.
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Mary Walsh, b. 18 July 1863 (x/x/8/18/?/?) Downie, bapt St Joseph’s
Margaret Walsh, b. 9 Mar 1866 (x/x/5/15/24/29!) Downie
John Walsh, b. 20 Sept 1869 (x/x/2/12/22/30) Downie, in Stratford with his siblings in 1901, d. > 1927
Joseph John Walsh, b. 15 Feb 1871 (x/x/1 mo/10/20) Downie, named Patrick in 1871, bachelor, d. 21 Feb
1927 Stratford of a broken back, probably the Joseph Walsh b. 28 Feb 1876 Ontario, working as a domestic in
the house of John Henneberry in 1901.
Ann J. Walsh, b. 1873 (x/x/x/7/17) Downie
Richard Walsh, b. 1 Oct 1876 (x/x/x/4/14/24) Downie
Alice Walsh, b. 1878 (x/x/x/2/11/?) Downie
William Walsh, b. 30 Nov 1882 (x/x/x/x/8/19) Downie
Agnes Walsh, b. 1 Nov 1886 (x/x/x/x/4/14) Downie
Alice or Ann or Alley Payton, b. 24 Mar 1846, may have died before 1851 census, but was probably
still alive in 1848 to account for the headcount that year’s census found in the Patrick Payton household.
An Alice Payton served as witness to the marriage of Margaret McDermott and Mark Killoran in 1884.
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James Payton b. ca. 1815 (40/50-57/62) Ireland, d. after 1880 prob. Iowa
m. ca 1838 Stratford to Bridget Walsh, b. ca 1820 (35/50-57/58) Ireland, d. after 1880 prob. Iowa,
presumed daughter of John Walsh and Margaret Herron.
James probably emigrated with his older brother Patrick to Downie in about 1834. In 1842 he had 100 acres
on lot 12, concession 10, next to his brother, and he had two young daughters. In 1848 he had five children.
He was still on this farm in 1851. In 1863 he had lot 9, concession 9, the former William Herron farm. In
the second half of 1865 he immigrated to the U.S. with all of his children except possibly Mary, and settled
in Marcy, Boone, Iowa, where he was a farmer and laborer. He was naturalized 2 Oct 1869.
1.
Elizabeth Payton, b. 1839 (11/?-31/43) Downie, d. 1880-1895, m. ca 1859 Perth Co to Patrick Egan,
b. June 1826 Ireland, d. 5 Feb 1903 Marcy, bur. Moingona Cemetery. Elizabeth was a witness to the
marriages of her cousin Sabina and stepcousin Richard Herron in 1857, and of her cousin Catherine in
about 1855. In 1870 and 1880 she and Patrick were in Marcy, Boone Co, Iowa. Patrick was a coal
miner in 1870, a laborer in 1880. Patrick was living with his youngest daughter in 1895 and 1900.
1.1. James Francis Egan, b. 14 Oct 1860 Perth Co., d. 2 Jan 1934 Boone, Boone Co, Iowa, a coal miner and
laborer, m. 7 Jun 1885 Moingona, Boone Co., Martha Peacock, d/o Scottish immigrants John Peacock (coal
miner) and Margaret Johnstone, who immigrated in the early 1860’s and lived in Utah, Illinois, and then three
doors from the Egans in Marcy in 1870, b. 17 Feb 1865 Salt Lake City, d. 25 Jan 1954 Boone. In 1900, 1920
and 1930 James and Martha were living in Boone. He gave 1865 as his immigration date in all three censuses.
In the 1900, taken in June, he said he had been in the country 24 years, indicating that he immigrated in the
second half of 1865. Not found in 1895 census. They had two children.
1.1.1. James B. Egan, b. May 1886 Iowa
1.1.2. John Francis Egan, b. 15 Jun 1888 Moingona, d. 19 Sept 1948 Lakewood, Los Angeles Co, bur. Calvary
Mausoleum, Los Angeles, m. 23 Jun 1914 Boone to Isabel Margarit Meis, d/o German immigrant Anthony Herman
Meis and Illinois-born Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, b. 29 May 1894 Boone, d. 30 Aug 1972 Long Beach, bur. All Souls
Cemetery, Long Beach
1.1.2.1. John Rodgers Egan, b. 14 Oct 1915 Boone, m. 11 Sep 1934 Dorothy Marie Thuss, b. 2 Feb 1916
Cumberland, Allegany Co, Maryland, ten living children
1.2. Patrick C. Egan, b. ca 1862 Canada, a blacksmith living with Swedish immigrants in Marcy in 1880, 1m. 2
Mar 1884 Dallas Co to Mary E. Wiltse, 2m. 8 Apr 1896 Boone Co. to Sophia M. Harrison, b. 31 Dec 1876
Iowa, d. 15 Jul 1967 Boone Co. In 1887-1920 Patrick was a blacksmith in Woodward, Des Moines Twp,
Dallas Co, Iowa, perhaps in business with his brother John Thomas. He had a daughter by Mary who
apparently died in childhood, and two children by Sophia. No members of this family found 1930.
1.2.1. Mertal Egan, b. 1887 Dallas Co
1.2.2. Marjorie M. Egan, b. 1900 Iowa, graduated Woodward High School 1918, gone from home 1920
1.2.3. Charles H. Egan, b. late 1909 or early 1910 Iowa, graduated Woodward High School 1927
1.3. Bridget Egan, b. late 1863 or early 1864 Canada, m. George Lander
1.4. Mary A. Egan, b. prob. July 1866 Iowa, m. 30 Nov 1886 Polk Co to Thomas J. O’Connell, b. ca 1865 Iowa ,
living in Boone, Boone Co. in 1895. Thomas was still there in 1920 and 1930, with a second wife, Julia (m.
1905).
1.4.1. Thomas W. O’Connell, b. 1887 Iowa, railroad conductor in Boone in 1920, m. Olive M. Unknown, b. 1888 Iowa to
Indiana parents
1.4.1.1. Mary Louise O’Connell, b. 1910 Iowa
1.4.1.2. Frances O’Connell, b. July 1919 Iowa
1.4.2. Patrick Henry O’Connell, b. 1888 Missouri, possible match Henry O’Connell b. 28 Sept 1888, d. Oct 1972 St. Paul,
Minnesota, divorced and living with his Aunt Eliza in Des Moines in 1920, where he was “Special Agent” for an oil
company
1.4.3. Nellie O’Connell, b. 1891 Marion Co, Iowa
1.5. John Thomas Egan, b. Apr 1870 Boone Co, prob. Marcy, m. 31 Jan 1894 Boone Co. to Lydia Mae Taylor,
b. 1875 Boone Co to a Virginia or Kentucky father and Pennsylvania mother. John was a blacksmith in
Woodward, Des Moines Twp, Dallas Co, 1895-1930. They had two children.
1.5.1. Ruth M. Egan, b. 1895 Iowa, gone from home 1920
1.5.2. Gerald T. Egan, b. 7 Jun 1901 Iowa, d. 24 May 1973 Berkley or Perry, Dallas Co, m. 1925 Aurel? L. Unknown, b.
1905 Iowa, living in Woodward without children yet in 1930. Gerald was a mail carrier.
1.6. Eliza Egan, b. Apr 1872 or 1874 Iowa, m. 1894 Thomas E. Fenlon, b. Jan 1868 or 1870 Illinois, living in
Redfield, Dallas Co with her father in 1895, in Des Moines in 1920.
1.6.1. Lawrence E. Fenlon, b. Dec 1894 Dallas Co, m. 1921 Ethel F. Unknown, b. 1897 Iowa, living in Des Moines in
1930
1.6.1.1. James W. Fenlon, b. 1922? Iowa
1.6.1.2. Patricia A. Fenlon, b. 1924 Iowa
2.
Mary Ann Payton, b. 1842 (9/20/?/?) Downie. Probably married in Perth Co and remained there.
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3.
Catherine Payton, b. Apr 1844-1846 (7/18-26/37/54) Downie
m. 3 July 1866, Boone Co to John Kirby, b. Apr 1841-1844 (?/20-?/?/56) Canada (see Sarah Kirby,
below), RR Watchman in Marcy in 1870. They later moved to Glenrock, Converse Co, Wyoming and
opened the Kirby Hotel. In 1900 John was a butcher in Glenrock.
3.1. Unknown Kirby, d. < 1900
3.2. James H. Kirby, b. Sept 1869, Marcy, d. 1880-1900 per Catherine’s statement in census (4 living children)
3.3. John Richard Kirby, b. 1872 Iowa, m. 1891 Myrtle B. Woolman, b. 4 Oct 1872 Henry Co, Iowa. In 1910
John, 37, was a coal miner in Anderson, Big Horn Co, Wyoming. In 1930 he was 56 and a foreman in a coal
mine in Frederick Twp, Weld Co, Colorado. Before that he had lived in Carbon Co, Montana and Hot Springs
Co, Wyoming. In 1910 he claimed Canadian parents, in 1930 an English father and Irish mother, which was
correct if he was talking ethnicity.
3.3.1. John Noah Kirby, b. 9 Oct 1891 Wyoming, d. Aug 1975 Basin, Big Horn Co, Wyoming, m. 1919 Mary Unknown,
b. 1893 Montana to a French Canadian father and Missouri-born mother. John was a grocer in Thermopolis, Hot
Springs, Wyoming in 1920, and a clinic manager there in 1930.
3.3.1.1. Richard A. Kirby, b. 28 Feb 1921 Wyoming, d. 19 Apr 1995 Los Angeles Co, SSN issued Wyoming
3.3.2. Victoria? Kirby, b. 1892 Wyoming
3.3.3. Ella? Kirby, b. 1896 Wyoming
3.3.4. Lester R. Kirby, b. 1907 Montana
3.3.5. Myrtle Bio Kirby, b. 1909 Wyoming
3.4. Mary E. Kirby, b. Feb 1874 Iowa, m. 1896 Charles F. Smith, b. Oct 1868 Illinois to Scottish parents, his
second marriage. Charles was a blacksmith in Glenrock in 1900.
3.5. Rachel May Kirby, b. 30 Apr 1876 Iowa, d. 10 Aug 1967 Denver, Colorado, m. 23 May 1901 Glenrock,
Converse Co, Wyoming, to John McGregor McNeil, b. Scotland, d. 8 Dec 1918.
3.5.1. John R. McNeil, b. early 1902 Colorado, still single and at home in 1930, coal mine superintendent
3.5.2. Donald Vincent McNeil, b. 21 Feb 1904 Glenrock, Wyoming, d. 18 Jul 1992, m. 3 Sept 1925 Denver to Katherine
Temple Woolfolk, b. 9 Dec 1906 San Antonio, d. 9 Dec 1989. In 1930 Donald was, like his brother, a superintendent
in a coal mine, in Milner, Routt Co, Colorado. They were divorced before 1936, when Katherine remarried.
3.5.2.1. Donald McNeil Randall, b. Sept 1926 Colorado
3.5.2.2. Nancy Karen McNeil Randall, b. June 1929 Colorado
3.5.3. Margaret M. McNeil, b. 1907 Colorado, still single 1930
3.6. Margaret J. Kirby, b. Jan 1878 or 1879 (x/x-?/2/21) Iowa
3.7. Unknown Kirby, d. < 1900
4.
Thomas Bernard Payton, b. 2 May 1844 (5/15-25/37) Downie, d. 17 Oct 1895 Ruthven, Palo Alto Co,
Iowa, naturalized 2 Oct 1869, farming with his father in Marcy in 1870, farming in Norwalk,
Pottawattamie Co in 1880. Thomas married two other members of the Perth County diaspora. The
sister of his first wife was married to the brother of his second.
1m. 26 Apr 1869 Moingona, Boone Co. Sarah Elizabeth Kirby, d/o John Kirby of England and Ann
Unknown of Ireland, b. 3 Aug 1848 Canada (prob. North Easthope), may have died in or after childbirth
1875, can’t explain why she doesn’t appear with Thomas in 1870 census
2m. 24 Apr 1876, Moingona, Boone Co. Mary Agnes Anglum, d/o Irish immigrants William Anglum
and Mary Clyne, b. Aug 1857 North Easthope, Perth Co, Ontario, d. 17 Mar 1949 Billings, Montana
(bur. Douglas, Converse Co, Wyoming), outliving all but one of her children. Mary was living with her
five youngest children and her widowed father William in Silver Lake Twp, Palo Alto Co, in 1900. She
was living in Helena, Montana in 1917. Her oldest son Albert hopped a freight train to the mining town
of Glenrock, Wyoming in 1893, joining Kirby cousins there. Her stepson John moved to Glenrock in
1896 or 1897 and opened a grocery store, and the rest of the family, including Mary’s father, later
followed, looking for a curative climate for three daughters with tuberculosis. They all died young, and
William Anglum died in 1905. Mary was living alone in Billings in 1930, where she was proprietor of
an apartment building. She gave 1875 as her immigration date (i.e., shortly before her marriage).
Children by Sarah:
4.1. John James Peyton, b. 16 Mar 1870, Moingona, Boone, Iowa, d. 15 Feb 1937, 1m. Clara Parks (18671893), 2m. 2 Mar 1898 Wyoming Alma “Allie” Businger, b. ca 1875 Iowa. John was manager in a grocery
store in Glendora, California in 1930. He and Alma died before 1940.
4.1.1. Kirby L. Peyton, b. 11 Mar 1899 Wyoming, d. 6 Feb 1971 Glendora, m. 1927 Jean McDonald, b. 30 Dec 1906 Ohio,
d. 16 Jun 1995 Orange Co. Kirby was a radio technician in Azusa, Los Angeles Co in 1930.
4.1.1.1. Susan Peyton, b. > 1930, m. William Montgomery
4.1.1.2. John Peyton, b. > 1930
4.2. Sarah Elizabeth Payton, b. 14 Feb 1873, Moingona, d. 7 Jan 1955, Spencer, Clay Co, Iowa, m. 1891 John
Herman Parks (1865-1933), brother of Clara Parks. In 1930 they were farming in Meadow Twp, Clay Co.
4.2.1. Ralph L. Parks, b. 1912 Iowa
4.2.2. Mary M. Parks, b. 1918 Minnesota.
4.3. Richard Henry Payton, b. 14 Jan 1875 Moingona, d. 18 Jan 1875
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Children by Mary:
4.4. Mary Marguerite (Marguerite) Peyton, b. 21 Jan 1877, Iowa, d. 11 or 14 May 1924 Billings, Montana, bur.
Douglas, Converse Co, Wyoming, age 47, operated a needlework and art shop and taught china painting.
4.5. John Albert William (Al) Peyton, b. 24 May 1879 Boone Co, Iowa, d. 3 Jan 1956 Cascade, Montana, the
only of Mary’s children who lived to a decent age (76), he was a miner, cowboy, sheep shearer, grocer, and
then sheriff of Converse Co, Wyoming, 1911-1913 and 1922-?. Joined the Army in 1917. Albert m. 3 May
1902 in Douglas, Converse Co to Pauline E. “Lena” Smith, b. 29 Nov 1879 at Y Bar Y cattle ranch north of
Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, one of the first white children born outside of a fort in Wyoming Territory, d. 18
Mar 1970 Casper, Natrona Co, Wyoming.
4.5.1. Albert Lester “Pete” Peyton, b. 6 Jun 1903 Wyoming, d. Nov 1979 Gillette, Wyoming, 1m. 1928 Eunice A.
Physter, b. 1906 Iowa, living with his family in 1930, 2m. Cheyenne to Cecilia Culavin Skroch, b. 1907, who was
living in California in 1996, but died in Gillette in 1999. High school state champion in discus and javelin, fire chief
of Lusk, manager of the Lusk telephone exchange, served in the Army in WWII. Three stepchildren, no children.
4.5.2. Pauline Marguerite Peyton, b. 23 May 1911 Douglas, d. 30 Aug 1996 Douglas, a high school teacher in Cheyenne,
Douglas, Long Beach, California, and Casper, did not marry. Served in the United States Army as a WAC from
1943-1946 and was discharged as a major. Served in the reserves from 1952-1960.
4.6. Gertrude Isadore Peyton, b. 7 Sep 1881 or 1882 Pottawattamie Co, a bank teller, d. 28 Dec 1907, age 25, of
tuberculosis, bur. Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse Co, Wyoming
4.7. Rachel Ellena Marie Peyton, b. 9 Feb 1884 Harrison Co, Iowa, d. 14 May 1924, age 40, of tuberculosis
4.8. Edward Thomas Peyton, b. 15 Jul 1886 or 1887 Iowa, d. 14 Jan 1921, San Pedro, California, age 33, bur.
Douglas, Wyoming. Attended St. Thomas Academy. Joined the Navy in 1907 and served in submarines.
4.9. Bernard (Barney) Peyton, b. 14 Jul 1889 or 1890 Ayrshire, Palo Alto Co, Iowa, d. 25 Aug 1935, age 45,
railroad clerk, lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and later Montana, but had his children all born in Douglas, m.
1914 Wyoming to Elvira Smith, sister of Pauline, b. 13 Nov 1890 Pleasant Valley Ranch, Albany Co,
Wyoming Territory. Barney was a railroad postal clerk in Douglas in 1910. Living in Silver Bow Co,
Montana in 1920. In the 1930 census Barney is not at home: Elvira is listed as head of household, married.
She was working as a music teacher, her son Richard as a paper boy, and they were renting their home for
$45/month.
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4.9.4.
Edna Mae Peyton, b. 22 Oct 1914 Douglas, Converse Co, d. 23 May 1916 Douglas of pneumonia
Richard L. Peyton, b. 8 Nov 1916 Wyoming, d. May 1971 Choteau, Teton Co, Montana
Nancy Madeen Peyton, b. 4 Mar 1918 Wyoming, d. Jul 1978 Los Angeles, m. Unknown Fair
Robert S. Peyton, b. 1919 Wyoming, living in Woodland, California in 1979 and 1996, daughter Barbara Peyton of
Sacramento?
4.10. Ida Marie Peyton, b. 19 Dec 1891 or 1892 Palo Alto Co, Iowa, d. 31 Dec 1908 Douglas, Wyoming, age 16,
of tuberculosis.
5.
John Payton, b. 22 Apr 1846 (3/12-?/30/46/?/?/72) Downie, bapt. St. Peter’s, d. 1921, bur. Sacred Heart
Cemetery, Boone
m. 15 May 1878 (license) Boone Co to Sarah Jane Stephney, b. 1856 Illinois, d. < 1920 Iowa (possibly
6 Nov), sister of Hannah (see below), resident in Marcy, Boone Co in 1870. In 1880 John was a RR
Brakeman living in Marcy, Boone, Iowa and Sarah’s mother Eugenia (Emma in 1870) was living next
door. Sarah’s sister Emma married Richard Kiely, another Downie Irish emigrant, and was living with
him in Missouri Valley in 1880, along with her brother Walter (Wallace in 1870). John was a widowed
police officer in 1920, and living with his sons and their wives in Boone, Boone Co. Gave 1865 as his
immigration date.
5.1. Frank W. Payton, b. Nov 1878 Iowa, electrician, d. 26 Jan 1934, bur. Woodland Cemetery, Polk Co, m.
Florence P. Unknown, b. ca 1885, no children as of 1920. In 1900 Frank was a laborer in Griggs Twp, Ida
Co.
5.2. Unknown Payton, died in infancy per John’s tombstone
5.3. Unknown Payton, died in infancy
5.4. David L. Payton, b. ca 1884 Iowa, railroad engineer, m. Sabatha? E. Unknown, b. ca 1888. In 1930 David
was widowed and living in Des Moines, and his daughter was in the care of relatives.
5.4.1. Mina J. Payton, b. Aug 1916 Iowa. In 1930 Mina was living with her aunt and uncle, William and Effie Hutton, in
Saylor, Polk Co. Based on parent birthplaces, I believe Effie was Sabatha’s sister.
6.
Richard Payton, b. 25 Apr 1848 (2/12-22/30) Downie, d. 27 Dec 1928 Moline, a blacksmith apprentice
with James Gibson and living with his parents in 1870 in Marcy, working as a blacksmith in Moline,
Rock Island, IL (on the Iowa border) in 1880 and 1900, a designer in a plow factory in Moline in 1920.
m. 9 Aug 1878, Rock Island Co, Ida May Young, b. Jan 1858 Illinois, widow living in Rock Island in
1930.
6.1. Musetta Margaret Payton, b. 13 Jun 1879, Moline. Single, 40, stenographer in the plow factory in 1920,
listed twice in the census, once with her parents, once as a roomer. Not found in 1930.
6.2. Unknown Payton, b. and d. 1880-1900
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6.3. Lyle Payton, b. 22 Aug 1882 Moline, d. 15 Sep 1966, Stockton, San Joaquim Co, California, m. 1917 Lola
M. Unknown, b. 1885 Illinois. Lyle was a city civil engineer in Moline in 1920. In 1930 Lyle and Lola,
childless, were living on W. Elm St, Stockton, California, where he was again employed as a civil engineer by
the municipality.
6.4. Ida Payton, b. Aug 1885 Moline
6.5. Olive Payton, b. Jun 1887 Moline
6.6. Albert D. Payton, b. 19 Sept 1891 Moline, d. July 1978 Rock Island Co, Illinois, m. 1914 Myrtle V.
Unknown, b. 19 Oct 1896 Illinois to Swedish parents, d. Mar 1982 Rock Island. Albert was a Moline city
engineer in 1920. In 1930 Albert was a power and light civil engineer in Kansas City, Missouri, providing
light to his third cousins in the Cody family, no doubt unknown to both parties.
6.6.1. Floryn B. Payton, b. Oct 1916 Moline
6.6.2. Margaret L. Payton, b. Dec 1918 Moline
6.7. Inez M. Payton, b. Mar 1898, Moline
6.8. Richard Payton, b. 1901, Moline, m. ca 1927 Dorothy Unknown, b. 1905 Iowa, living in Beaumont,
Jefferson Co, Texas in 1930, no children as of that date, Richard working as a checker in a creosote plant.
7.
James Payton, b. 1854 (x/7-13/27/?/?/66) Downie, d. 1920-1930 prob. Platte Co, Wyoming. James was
living with his parents in Marcy, Iowa 1870 and 1880, blacksmith in the latter, m. 15 Jun 1887 Boone
Co to Hanna Stephney, b. 1861 Illinois to English parents who emig. 1854-1855, d. > 1930, living in
Marcy in 1870, working in a hotel in Golden Gate, Lawrence Co, Dakota Territory with her sister Louisa
and brother David in 1880. In 1900 James was a blacksmith in Douglas, Converse Co, Wyoming, in
1920 he was farming in Platte Co. His widow was living with his oldest son there in 1930 (in Glendo).
7.1. Harrison Payton, b. Mar 1893 Wyoming, still single in 1930
7.2. Delta/Della Inez Payton, b. 24 Feb 1897 per lds, May 1895 per 1900 census, Glenrock, Converse Co,
Wyoming, d. 2 May 1956, m. 16 Feb 1921 to Unknown. Aged 20 in 1920 census.
7.3. George M. Payton, b. 1902 Wyoming, m. 1928 Bessie Unknown, b. 1911 Missouri. In 1930 George was a
school bus driver in Glendo and renting his home for $5/month.
Margaret Payton b. ca. 1815 (36/40-x/60) Ireland, d. 18 Dec 1880, Boone, Boone Co., Iowa
m. William Hearne/Herron (see Herron)