Payne, Rufus

1891 - 1957  (66 years)

• Name	Payne, Rufus
  Birth	10 Feb 1891  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PAYN.R018
  Funeral	Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Military Service	World War I, Private, Company E, 145th Infantry, United States Army  [3]
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		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	18 Apr 1957	Veterans Hospital, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 3]
  		Headstone, Payne, Rufus
  Person ID	I35721	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Payne, William Henry,   b. 24 Jan 1841   d. 18 Jun 1923 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	?, Arvilla,   b. 1868   d. 1946 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F14479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Scammahorn, Minnie Vulta,   b. 30 Jan 1907   d. 28 Oct 1950 (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Payne, Rufus Jr.   2. Payne, Alvin Ray,   b. 24 Oct 1936   d. 29 Aug 1968 (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F14480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Funeral - - Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois Death - 18 Apr 1957 - Veterans Hospital, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Burial - - Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S11341] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Payne, Rufus, 66, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Payne&GSiman=1&GScid=108285&GRid=18661200&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S11342] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Payne, Rufus, 66, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Payne&GSiman=1&GScid=108285&GRid=18661200&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S11343] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Payne, Rufus, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Payne&GSiman=1&GScid=108285&GRid=18661200&), none. (Reliability: 2).