Mrs. Jacob Payton died at the home of L.F. Payton in Clayton township Tuesday evening at 5:10 o'clock. The funeral services will be held today at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis. Internment at Fairview cemetery.
Ellen N. Daily was born at Morrow county, Ohio May 15, 1836. She was the daugthter of John W. and Mary Daily and in 1855 moved with her parents to Knox county, Illinois, and in 1873 moved to Iowa. She was united in marriage to Jacob Payton. To this union two children were born, Elmer E. of Dexter, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary E. Overstreet, of Kissimmee, Florida. At the age of 15 she united with the Methodist Episcopal church of which she was a consistent member until her death.
She leaves to mourn her death, six step children, W.F. and L.F. Payton, of Bedford, Allen Payton, of Topeka, Kans., Mrs J. W. Butts,of Bedford, Mrs Emily Bubb of Parsons, Kans., and Mrs Wells Moore, of Valley Junction, Ia., one sister, Mrs. N.R. Philips, of Worth, Mo., and a niece, Mrs. N.G. McElfish of Bedford. Her own children also survive.
The relation of Mrs. Payton to her stepchildren was remarkable in her devotion to them and their love and devotion in return. Since the death of her husband in Bedford many years ago, she has been living with the children. She recently returned from Kansas, and had been for some time at the home of L.F. Payton.
Mrs. Jacob Payton died at the home of L.F. Payton in Clayton township Tuesday evening at 5:10 o'clock. The funeral services will be held today at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis. Internment at Fairview cemetery.
Ellen N. Daily was born at Morrow county, Ohio May 15, 1836. She was the daugthter of John W. and Mary Daily and in 1855 moved with her parents to Knox county, Illinois, and in 1873 moved to Iowa. She was united in marriage to Jacob Payton. To this union two children were born, Elmer E. of Dexter, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary E. Overstreet, of Kissimmee, Florida. At the age of 15 she united with the Methodist Episcopal church of which she was a consistent member until her death.
She leaves to mourn her death, six step children, W.F. and L.F. Payton, of Bedford, Allen Payton, of Topeka, Kans., Mrs J. W. Butts,of Bedford, Mrs Emily Bubb of Parsons, Kans., and Mrs Wells Moore, of Valley Junction, Ia., one sister, Mrs. N.R. Philips, of Worth, Mo., and a niece, Mrs. N.G. McElfish of Bedford. Her own children also survive.
The relation of Mrs. Payton to her stepchildren was remarkable in her devotion to them and their love and devotion in return. Since the death of her husband in Bedford many years ago, she has been living with the children. She recently returned from Kansas, and had been for some time at the home of L.F. Payton.
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