It will carry sorrow to many hearts to know that the bright little boy of Sheriff Payne is dead. The sympathy of all our people will be with him and his afflicted wife. Funeral to-morrow.
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DIED
PAYNE - In this city, at 1.30 P. M. to-day (Saturday, June 12, 1873,) of cholera infantum, Willie True, only child of William and Jennie Payne, ages 15 months and 23 days.
Funeral Sunday, at 2 P. M. , from the Sheriff's residence. Friends are invited.
[both clippings from The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 12 Jul 1873, Sat • Page 4]
NOTE: Death notice mistakenly printed June as the month of death.
It will carry sorrow to many hearts to know that the bright little boy of Sheriff Payne is dead. The sympathy of all our people will be with him and his afflicted wife. Funeral to-morrow.
...
DIED
PAYNE - In this city, at 1.30 P. M. to-day (Saturday, June 12, 1873,) of cholera infantum, Willie True, only child of William and Jennie Payne, ages 15 months and 23 days.
Funeral Sunday, at 2 P. M. , from the Sheriff's residence. Friends are invited.
[both clippings from The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 12 Jul 1873, Sat • Page 4]
NOTE: Death notice mistakenly printed June as the month of death.
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Willie True Payne
Mar. 1872
July 1873
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in WILSON/PAYNE family along west edge of diamond shaped section bordering Buford drive - central Chippiannock cemetery, Rock Island IL - 7Nov2021
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