Payne, Joseph 'Joe'

1903 - 1981  (78 years)

• Name	Payne, Joseph 'Joe'
  Birth	6 May 1903	Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  	1930 Census says he was born about 1905 and that he was a World War I Veteran. This would have made him about 12 years old when he served. The 1900 census says he was born in May 1896.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Laborer  [4]
  Reference Number	PAYN.J003
  _FGRAVE	48367353
  Military Service	World War I, United States Army  [2, 5]
  		United States Army
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  Death	24 Oct 1981	Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  	Joe Payne, 78, 419 S. Baltimore, Olney, died at 8:05 p.m. Saturday in Richland Memorial Hospital.
  Burial	Maple Dale Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Payne, Mary M. and Joe
  Person ID	I11083	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Patterson - Nash John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Payne, William Riley,   b. 1852, Illinois d. 1901 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Wease, Mary Rosabelle 'Rosey Bell',   b. 12 Apr 1851, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 5 Nov 1938, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1870	Richland County, Illinois   [6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 18 years and 4 months - She : 19 years.
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Patterson, Bertha Anna,   b. 1901   d. 1967 (Age 66 years)
  Children	+ 1. Payne, Helen Marie,   b. 17 Dec 1918, Richland County, Illinois d. 1981, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 62 years) > 2. Payne, Clarence Lee,   b. 16 Oct 1920, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 23 Jul 1958, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F1754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Curtis, Mary Margaret,   b. 1 Aug 1916   d. 11 Jan 1989 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F5313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1903 - Richland County, Illinois Death - 24 Oct 1981 - Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Maple Dale Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2955] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Payne, Mary M. and Joe, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48367353/joseph-payne), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1201] Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census, Noble, Richland County, Illinois, District 11, page 1a, (http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6224&iid=4584635_00127), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1203] Ancestry.com, 1900; Census Place: Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, (http://www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2). [S160] Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 1910 Federal Census, Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, (Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 1986 Edition), Page 190, Family #182, none. (Reliability: 2). [S15884] Kaleb Beavers, List of Richland County World War I Veterans, Compiled by Kaleb Beavers, (24 October 2018) (Reliability: 2). [S16811] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census, Noble (District 174), Richland County, Illinois, page 06, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240548-00189?usePUB=true&_phsrc=kaD2&pId=31068031) (Reliability: 2). [S1202] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Payne, Rosabelle, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45036316), none. (Reliability: 2).