Samuel and Emily Sarah Payne
Information comes from Emma Payne Krogue in the History of the Bear Lake Pioneers
Samuel Payne was born 6 Apr 1848 in Kanesville Iowa. His father Samuel Payne was born July 1814 in Melbourne England and died in 1848 in Praireville Iowa. He married Mary Ann Barns 1 May 1839 in Calshire England.
Children of Samuel Payne and Mary Ann Barnes
1. William Payne b-21 July 1836 in Kirtland
Ohio; d-27 Nov 1900 in Rockland Idaho
2. Joseph Barnes Payne b-10 Sep 1840 in Nauvoo Illinois; d-25 Nov 1911 in
Fillmore Utah
3. Mary Ann Payne b-23 Aug 1841 in Nauvoo Illinois; d-3 July 1934 in Huntington
Utah
4. Elizabeth Payne b-30 May 1844 in Nauvoo Illinois; d-18 Apr 1919 in Lewiston
Utah
5. Samuel Payne b-6 Apr 1848 in Kanesville Iowa; d-1 Feb 1938 in Bloomington;
m-Emily Sarah
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Samuel Payne Jr. knew little about his parents, brothers and sisters. When he was 18 months old his mother died in Kanesville and the children were given out to be raised by others. He was taken by a Bishop Simeon Blanchard and did not arrive in Utah until 1850. The Blanchard's gave him to the Dunn family and they moved to Ogden Hole in 1852. He lived there until he was fourteen and then lived with Abraham Hunsaker for three years. At seventeen he went to Boise Idaho to work in the mines and on the mail line for the Wells Fargo Express Co. In 1864 Samuel Payne moved to Bloomington and was among the first 1864 settlers.
The first houses built were John Dunns and there were forty one room houses built for the families that spent the winter of 164 in Bloomington. Under the direction of Charles C Rich, the main street was laid out into ten acre blocks and divided into lots of one acre each. Education was of prime importance to the settlers and a log school building was built with James H Hart and George Osmond conducting the first school.
In 1866 Samuel was called on a mission to return to the States for immigrants. Afterwards he worked on the Southern Pacific Railroad at Promontory until its completion in May 1869, when the Gold Spike was driven. On March 15, 1870 Samuel married Emily Sarah Aland in Bloomington. Sarah was born 3 Nov 1851 in Batheaston England, the daughter of Sparrow Aland and Sarah Harding.
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Children of Samuel Payne and Emily Sarah Aland
1. Mary Ellen Paney b-8 Dec 1870 in
Bloomington; d-7 Mar 1961
2. Emily Elizabeth Payne b-8 Jan 1873 in Bloomington; d-9 Aug 1949 in Idaho
Falls Idaho
3. Samuel Francis Payne b-22 Nov 1874 in Bloomington; d-8 Mar 1955 in
Bloomington; m-Mary Ann Thornock 11 Apr 1906
4. James Albert Payne b-13 Dec 1876 in Bloomington; d-26 Feb 1963 in Bloomington
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Thirteen days after the birth of her fourth child, Emily Sarah died 28 Dec in Bloomington. On Nov 15, 1877, a new mother entered the home, Lydia M Kelsey who became a mother to these children. She was born 1 Nov 1856 in Brigham City Utah, the daughter of Stephen Robert Kelsey and Lydia Snyder.
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Children of Samuel Payne and Lydia Melissa Kelsey
1. William Payne b&d 7 July 1878 in Bloomington
2. Stephen Payne b-7 July 1878 in Bloomington; d-10 July 1878 in Bloomington
3. Joseph Burton Payne b-30 Aug 1879 in Bloomington; d-25 May 1967 in Downey
Idaho
4. Robert Arthur Payne b-24 Oct 1881 in Bloomington; d-30 Dec 1967 in Murray
Utah
5. Nephi Walter Payne b-22 Oct 1883 in Bloomington; d-20 Sep 1947 in Soda
Springs Idaho
6. Ernest Payne b-18 Sep 1885 in Bloomington; d-27 June 1969 in Logan
7. Lot Leo Payne b-15 Sep 1887 in Bloomington
8. George Ira Payne b-26 May 1890 in Bloomington; d-13 Mar 1919 in Georgetown
9. Elmer Porter Payne b-15 Oct 1893 in Bloomington; d-20 July 1952 in Idaho
Falls Idaho
10. Ascel Kelsey Payne b-25 June 1896 in Bloomington; d-7 July 1973 in Ogden
Utah
11. Stanley Payne b-24 Oct 1898 in Bloomington; d-17 Sep 1942 in Idaho Falls
12. Lydia Edith Payne b-18 Jan 1902 in Bloomington; d-2 Mar 1969 in Boise Idaho
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Samuel was interested in politics and took active part in school affairs and served as school trustee for years. Lydia died 14 Apr 1913 in Bloomington. Samuel died 1 Feb 1938 in Bloomington.
News Examiner, Thursday, 3 February 1938, page 1
Samuel Payne, pioneer resident of Bloomington died Tuesday at 10:45 at his home. Mr. Payne, who was over 89 years old, was born in Iowa on April 6, 1849. Funeral services will be held at the chapel in Bloomington Friday at 1 pm. Interment will be made in the Bloomington cemetery.
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Children of Samuel Francis Payne and Mary Ann Thornock
1. Raymond Francis Payne b-12 Feb 1910 in
Bloomington; d-27 Sep 1975 in Brigham City Utah
2. Truman Samuel Payne
3. Emma Violet Payne
4. Clifford John Payne
5. Emily Denia Payne
6. Gladys Payne
7. Frank Payne b&d 14 Nov 1925