Verna Nancy Payne

1892 - 1973  (81 years)

• Name	Verna Nancy Payne
  Birth	21 Aug 1892	Munden, Republic County, KS
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Sep 1973	Beatrice, Gage County, NE
  Person ID	I13904	Bob Juch's Tree 2
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	William Adelbert Payne,   b. 19 Jun 1867, Victor, Ontario County, NY d. 5 Jun 1956, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Gleason,   b. 30 Jul 1870, Munden, Republic County, KS d. 20 Jan 1914, Guide Rock, Webster County, NE (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Aug 1888	Trenton, Hitchcock County, NE
  Family ID	F5376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ulric Dwight Henry,   b. 19 Dec 1882, Glasco, KS d. 6 Apr 1949, Marylan Hospital, Hastings, NE (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	29 Feb 1912	Guide Rock, Webster County, NE
  Children	+ 1. Neil Allyn Henry  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Wayne Cleve Henry,   b. 16 Dec 1912, Guide Rock, Webster County, NE d. 15 Jan 1929, Guide Rock, Webster County, NE (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Glen Burton Henry + 4. Gladys Ione Henry,   b. 19 Jul 1918, Guide Rock, Webster County, NE d. 6 Jul 1949, Gulfport, MS (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  VERNA PAYNE WAS THE BACKBONE OF OUR FAMILY. SHE WAS VERY FAMILY ORIENTED. NO ONE WAS MORE LOVING AS A PARENT. HER FAMILY, EXCEEDED HER OWN IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND INCOMPASSED RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND AQUIANTANCES. I WISH I HAD WRITTEN DOWN ALL THE REMEMBRANCES OF THE FAMILY SHE EXPRESSED FROM TIME TO TIME. NOT ONLY HER CHILDREN WERE OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO HER, BUT, HER GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL. SHE ENJOYED BEING WITH THE CHILDREN VERY MUCH. IN HER LATER YEARS SHE HAD TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND THOUGHT PERHAPS WE AS HUMANS WERE MOVING A LITTLE TO FAST. HER MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT THE FAMILY NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE HARD TIMES, AS THIS WAS A TIME PERIOD IN HER LIFE THAT WAS VERY VIVID AND SHE WISHED FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL OF US. THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. ULRIC HENRY WAS HELD IN THE GUIDE ROCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1973 AT 2:00 P.M. SHE DIED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, IN A BEATRICE HOSPITAL. KEN PETERSON OF THE SUPERIOR CHURCH OF CHRIST CONDUCTED THE SERVICE, ASSISTED BY REV. EARL HESS PASTOR OF THE GUIDE ROCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BURIAL WAS MADE IN THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY. VERNA NANCY PAYNE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND MARY PAYNE, WAS BORN AUGUST 21, 1892, AT MUNDEN, KANSAS. HER CHILDHOOD DAYS WERE SPENT IN THAT VICINITY. ON FEBRUARY 29, 1912, SHE WAS MARRIED TO ULRIC D. HENRY. TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN, WAYNE, GLEN, IONE AND NEIL. THEIR ENTIRE MARRIED LIFE WAS SPENT ON A FARM SOUTH OF GUIDE ROCK, NE. HER HUSBAND ULRIC, SON WAYNE AND DAUGHTER IONE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE WAS BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST IN 1953, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUPERIOR CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WAS A VERY AFFECTIONATE PERSON, A LOVING MOTHER, AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MOTHER HAD WITHLAWRENCE PAYNE AND RUBY PRICE: FROM LAWRENCE ON JUNE 14TH, 1953. DEAR COUSIN, MANY THANKS FOR YOUR FINE LETTER WHICH I RECEIVED A FEW WEEKS AGO. WAS CERTAINLY GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS YOU WROTE THEM. ABOUT MY MOTHER--SHE DID VISIT YOU IN KANSAS. SHE IS NOW EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND LIVES IN BOWLING GREEN, OHIO. SHE WAS TELLING ME AGAIN ABOUT HER TRIP WHEN I VISITED HER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE TWO BROTHERS THAT SHE HAD WITH HER WAS MY OLDEST BROTHER HOWARD, AND MY BROTHER ROBERT WHO IS A COUPLE OF YEARS OLDER THAN ME. HER VISIT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 1899-1900. I WAS BORN AT LIMA, OHIO, DECEMBER 27TH, 1901. MY BROTHER HOWARD IS NOT LIVING, BUT MY BROTHER "BOB" LIVES ON A FARM AT CONEWANGO VALLEY, N.Y., WHICH IS NEAR JAMESTOWN, N.Y. MY FATHER MADE A TRIP TO KANSAS WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN AND YOUR FATHER TOLD ME THAT THEY SLEPT TOGETHER WHEN HE WAS THERE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1886. MY FATHER WAS BORN JULY 29TH, 1872. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST CHILD. HIS OLDER BROTHER "UNCLE MEL" TAUGHT HIM TELEGRAPHY AT BUFFALO, N.Y. I HAVE A LETTER FROM YOUR UNCLE FLOYD TO MY FATHER WRITTEN ABOUT 1934. FLOYD SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF MY UNCLE MEL AND WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF FLOYD'S. I BELIEVE THEY LIVED DOWN IN THE ISLE OF PINES, FLORIDA AT THE TIME. UNCLE MELL'S DAUGHTER, CLEO, LIVES ACROSS THE BAY FROM HERE, ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES. I BELIEVE YOUR FATHER SAID THAT UNCLE FLOYD IS LIVING DOWN IN FLORIDA, AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND THE TWO PICTURES TO HIM FOR IDENTIFICATION. THE LAST ADDRESS I HAVE IS SEBRING, FLORIDA, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIS ADDRESS, YOU CAN GET IT FROM YOUR FATHER. BE SURE TO LOOK US UP IF YOU COME TO CALIFORNIA. WE ARE ABOUT FORTY MILES SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO NEAR PALO ALTO. MY RESIDENCE 'PHONE IS WHITECLIFF 8-2337. IF WE COME EAST IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER I WILL LET YOU KNOW FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE. I WILL BE SEEING A COUSIN OF MINE AT MARYVILLE, MISSOURI, AND MY WIFE HAS A SISTER AT NELIGH, NEBRASKA. SHE ALSO HAS A SISTER AT ESTES PARK, COLORADO. SHE IS MRS. ALBERT C. FLOTO, AND IF YOU ARE EVER THERE, BE SURE TO LOOK THEM UP. THEY HAVE A MOTEL THERE. WILL LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU, AND AT THAT TIME WE CAN GO OVER ALL THE OTHER RECORDS I HAVE. AGAIN, MANY THANKS, AND SINCERELY, YOUR COUSIN, LARRY PAYNE. DEAR COUSIN, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOUR SON IN JANUARY WHEN MY WIFE AND I VISITED YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER AT VAN NUYS. YOUR FATHER IS CERTAINLY A FINE OLD GENTLEMAN AND WE ENJOYED OUR VISIT WITH HIM IMMENSELY, AS WELL AS OUR VISIT WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS COMING FALL IF WE CAN MAKE A TRIP EAST FOR A FEW MONTHS. YOUR FATHER BELIEVES THAT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER. YOU MAY HAVE THE FAMILY HISTORY, BUT I WILL RELATE WHAT I KNOW. HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS PERSIS PARMELEE, DAUGHTER OF THE REVEREND RUBEN PARMELEE WHO FOUNDED THE PRESENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT VICTOR, N.Y. IN THE YEAR 1798. IT WAS THE THIRD CHURCH FOUNDED IN N.Y. STATE, AND THE FIRST FOUNDED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF YALE UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE THE FAMILY HISTORY GOING BACK ORIGINALLY TO BELGIUM. THE ORIGINAL PARMELEES FROM WHOM WE ARE DESCENDED SETTLED IN GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT, AND THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL SIGNERS OF THE FAMOUS GUILFORD COVENANT. A FEW YEARS AGO THE SATURDAY EVENING POST WROTE UP THE PARMELEE (NEIL HAS THIS WRITE-UP) FAMILY AS A REPRESENTATIVE NEW ENGLAND FAMILY, AND THE DESCENDENTS STILL RESIDE AT GUILFORD. I AM ENCLOSING TWO COPIES OF AN OLD TIN-TYPE THAT I FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF MY UNCLE DICK PAYNE AT CONEWANGO VALLEY. NONE OF OUR RELATIVES BACK THERE CAN IDENTIFY THE PICTURES. I AM TAKING A LONG GAMBLE AND BELIEVE THEY ARE THE PICTURES OF CALVIN AND PERSIS PAYNE, YOUR FATHER'S GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER. IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER, THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE COMPARISON. I AM ENCLOSING A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, AND HOPE YOU WILL LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE MADE A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE FAMILY RECORDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GET TO RETURN EAST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE ME FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT LIKE. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU THIS FALL, I AM--SINCERELY, YOUR COUSIN, LAWRENCE ROSS PAYNE. FROM RUBY PRICE MARCH 11, 1965: DEAR VERNA, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED I KNOW TO BE GETTING A LETTER FROM ME. I HAVE BEEN HAVING MORE FUN TRYING TO TRACE BACK OUR FAMILY TREE. GERALD'S AND MINE TOO. IT'S A BIG JOB BUT I SURE DO GET INTERESTED IN IT. I WROTE TO UNCLE FLOYD PAYNE IN FLORIDA FOR INFORMATION AND HE SENT ME SUCH A NICE LETTER. I THOUGHT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THIS YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HAVING IT. SO I WILL JUST COPY HIS LETTER OFF AND SEND IT UP TO YOU. I'M REAL PROUD OF THE PAYNE RELATION BELIEVE ME. I'M DOING SOME RESEARCH WORK AT THE LIBRARY ON ALL THIS AND IF I FIND OUT ANYMORE I WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. UNCLE FLOYD SUPPLIED ME WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHERS NAMES (I FELT SURE HE COULD). HE SAID HIS GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS CALVIN PAYNE BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION HIS WIFE'S NAME. HE ALSO DIDN'T SEND ME THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF HIS MOTHER LYDIA MAHALA PAYNE. HE SAID HE WOULD SEND ME ALL HE KNEW SO I JUST PRESUMED THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. I WAS WONDERING IF YOUR FATHER HAD A FAMILY BIBLE WITH ANY RECORDS IN IT. IF YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING I DON'T HAVE I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIAL I COULD USE I WOULD TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF IT, MAKE A COPY OF IT AND THEN SEND IT RIGHT BACK. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OLD PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. THE PHOTOGRAPHER CAN HAVE PRINTS TAKEN OFF THESE OLD PICTURES. VELMA HAD SOME MADE UP FROM SOME OLD PICTURES AND I THINK THE WORLD OF THEM. I HATE TO TROUBLE YOU BUT IF YOU CAN BE OF ANY HELP TO ME I WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. SINCE WE GOT UNCLE FLOYD'S LETTER THAT GERALD REALLY BRAGS ON HIS RELATIONS. I REALLY DONT BLAME HIM. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE COME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER BUT THEY SURE WEREN'T FAR BEHIND, 1635, MY'. I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL. GERALD USED TO SEE NEIL NOW AND THEN. THEY BOTH LOVE TO HUNT. LINDA IS MARRIED AND HAS A SWEET LITTLE GIRL. SHE WELL BE TWO IN AUGUST. WE DON'T GET TO SEE HER MUCH SINCE THEY MOVED TO COLORADO. POP PRICE AND MARY CELEBRATED THEIR THIRD ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY. MARY IS SUCH A DEAR. WE ALL LOVE HER. SHIRLEY IS SUCH A PROBLEM. SHE COMPLAINS CONTINUALLY AND POP HAS SPENT A SMALL FORTUNE TAKING HER TO DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH HER. ITS JUST MENTALLY THE TROUBLE IS. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU. LOVE, RUBY PRICE. DECEMBER 14, 1967: DEAR VERNA, I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS FAMILY HISTORY SO THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SEND IT ON. WHEN YOU GET A FAMILY TRACED BACK FAR ENOUGH TO BE INCLUDED IN "PIONEERS OF MASS." YOU HAVE REALLY DONE SOMETHING AS THAT COVERS A TIME FROM 1620 TO 1650. HERE ARE THREE WRITE UPS FROM THE BOOK. FRANCES CHICKERING, GREGORY BELCHER, AND EDWARD RAINSFORD. STEPHEN PAYNE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK BUT GOT OVERLOOKED SOMEWAY OR OTHER. I GOT A LETTER FROM UNCLE FLOYD PAYNE THIS WEEK AND HE IS HAVING REAL GOOD LUCK. HE HAS HIRED A RESEARCHER, IS GETTTING OLD CENSUS REPORTS, HAS A PHOTO STATIC COPY OF SOME OF THAT HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY , NEW YORK BOOK (THE PARTS THAT APPLY TO STAFFORD AND PAYNE). HE IS BUYING A BOOK ON HUTTON FAMILY ETC. HOW THE HUTTONS ARE CONNECTED TO THE FAMILY IS BEYOND ME BUT I GUESS HE SURELY KNOWS. HE IS PAYING $10.00 FOR THE BOOK AT LEAST. HE HAS FOUND OUT HIS MOTHER'S FATHERS NAME WAS (HE DIDN'T MENTION THE WIFE'S NAME) BARTON STAFFORD AND HIS CHILDREN WERE WILLIAM STAFFORD--ROCHESTER, N.Y., ISRAEL STAFFORD--GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO., LYDIA MAHALA STAFFORD--YOUR GRANDMOTHER, EDGAR STAFFORD--MANCHESTER, N.Y., JANE STAFFORD--DIED WHEN 17 YEARS OLD. BARTON STAFFORD DIED SEPTEMBER 28, 1878. HIS FATHERS NAME WAS WILLIAM STAFFORD. WILLIAM STAFFORD DIED FEB. 10, 1863. UNCLE FLOYD HAS THE WILLS OF BOTH HIS GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. WILLIAM STAFFORD'S WIFE'S NAME WAS MARY--NO MAIDEN NAME GIVEN, THEIR CHILDREN WERE--JOHN, ANN, BARTON, NELSON AND WILLIAM. WILLIAM WENT UNDER THE NAME OF SMITH AND UNCLE FLOYD THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN ADOPTED. I WILL PROBABLY GET MORE DETAILS ON THIS LATER AS I WROTE AND ASKED HIM AT LEAST A DOZEN QUESTIONS. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS NOW. ITS SNOWING RIGHT ALONG HERE TONIGHT. LOVE, RUBY I THOUGHT IT ONLY FITTING THAT I INCLUDE A LETTER FROM MY (NEIL'S)GRANDFATHER WILLIAM THAT WAS WRITTEN TO MOTHER AFTER GRANDFATHER HAD LOSTHIS EYESIGHT: DEAR VERN, JUST GOT YOUR LETTER. GLAD YOU ARE FEELING ALL RIGHT AGAIN. SO GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD CROP. YES VERNA, YOU KNOW HOW I WILL VOTE. THIS WILL BE MY 60TH YEAR OF VOTING. DON'T YOU THINK I ONLY MADE ONE MISTAKE, WHEN I VOTED FOR ROOSEVELT. AM WRITING LOVE TO ALL. -------- IN ALL MY THOUGHTS, LOVE TO ALL. DAD.