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A BRIEF HISTORY
Of
Thomas
Henry Louis Payne
Born: Oct. 5, 1840 in Middlesex
County, Maine (now Mass.)
Siblings: William M.
Enlisted as a Corporal in the 37th Illinois
Infantry Co. E. on Aug. 20, 1861.
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on Feb. 23, 1863
(Effective 5/05/1863)
Full Lieutenant 1st Class on April 10,
1864 (Effective 7/31/1865)
Full Captain on Oct.18, 1865 (Effective
11/13/1865) as of Company C. Transferred from Company E
to Company C on Nov. 13, 1865.
*AWARDED
The CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
Of HONOR
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 37th
Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Date of
issue: 1 April 1898.
Citation: While acting regimental quartermaster, learning
of an expected assault, requested assignment to a company that
had no commissioned officers present; was so assigned, and was
one of the first to lead his men into the enemy's works.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv2.htm
http://www.operationhomefront.org/Info/info_history_medal.shtml
Mustered out
in Houston, Texas on May 15, 1866.
Married:
Oct. 5, 1869 in Galveston, TX.
Mary Rosinna Durnet ( b.1847 in TX.
Mary died on Feb.19, 1915 and was buried in
Fernwood Cemetery
in Lansdowne, Pa.
Children:
1.
Thomas Henry Louis Payne
Born: July 4th, 1870 in Galveston,
Texas.
Married:
Fanny Harrison Goulbourne
Born: July 1, 1876 in
Rhode Island
Children:
Thomas Henry Louis Payne
b. 6/04/1893
William John Cyril
Howard Britton Payne
b. 4/14/1895
Fanny Harrison
b. 4/01/1897
Arthur Edwin
b. 10/04/1899
2. Mary
Rosinna b. 5/13/1871, in
Texas
3. Florinda
C.
Born:
June, 25 1872 in Texas
Died: March of 1933, Philadelphia
, Pa.
Buried: in Fernwood Cemetery,
Lansdowne, Pa.
Married: William Britton
Born 1873 England
Immigrated to the
United States in 1887
1910 Census indicates
that William could read & write
Children:
Charlotte
Britton b. 1893
Marshall Britton
b. 1897
Mary
Britton b. 1903
William Britton
b. 1906
*1900 Census records have mis-spelled
Britton as Brinton.
I have confirmed that
the correct spelling is Britton from the
records and the
gravestone at Fernwood Cemetery,
Lansdowne, Pa.
*1900 Census Records show Florinda and
William as living with
Thomas & Rosina at Ward
44, Philadelphia, Pa., along with
Mary R., Madge (
Margaret), and Joseph D. Payne.
*1910 and 1920 Census Records have
mis-spelled Florinda as Florlinda.
4. William R. L. b.
7/17/1874 in Louisiana
5. James E. Y. b.
1876 in Missouri
d. in
1885 Age: 9
6. Frances G. b. 1879 in
Illinois
d. 1896 in
Philadelphia , Pa. Age: 17
Buried at Fernwood Cemetery, Lansdowne.
Pa.
7. Rosina E. b.
7/10/1880
d. July of 1899 in
Philadelphia , Pa. Age: 19
Buried at Fernwood
Cemetery, Lansdowne. Pa.
8. Alice
R. b. 8/19/1882
d. Jan. of 1898 in
Philadelphia , Pa. Age: 16
Buried at Fernwood
Cemetery, Lansdowne. Pa.
9. Margaret H. b.
3/29/1885 in Pennsylvania
d. July of 1921 in
Pennsylvania Age: 36
Buried at Fernwood
Cemetery, Lansdowne. Pa.
Married: Capt. Walter
L. Shearman
10.
Joseph N. D. b. 7/30/1888 in Pennsylvania
PLACE OF
RESIDENCY
1840
Massachusetts, Middlesex Maine
1861 Kankakee,
Kankakee, Illinois
~Worked as a farm laborer.
1861 ~ 1866 Served
in the 37th Illinois Infantry, Co. E.
1866 Texas
~Served as Chief of Police in San
Antonio
1866 ~ 1867 ~Served
as Customs Inspector
for
the Territory of New Mexico,
where he broke up a
large smuggling ring.
~Contracted heart condition while in
the trenches of NM
Territory
1867 ~ 1869
Texas
~Worked for Col. Lee as
Quartermaster for the U.S. Army
1871
Texas
~Served as Foreman for the Grand
Jury, U.S. District Court
(East Dist.) Galveston, TX. - Fall
Term
1875 Louisiana
1877 Missouri
1879
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
1885 Pennsylvania
1887
~1888 Pennsylvania
~ Worked for Mr. Hacker as a night
watchman
at the John Wanamaker's store
in Philadelphia.
1900 Philadelphia
Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pa.
~Living with them, was their
daughter Florinda, w/husband,
William Britton, and
their children.
1909
Philadelphia, Pa., where he died on Sept. 13,
1909
Thomas,
at the age of 23, was 6' 1/12", with a
light complexion, blue eyes,
and auburn hair.
On July 10, 1863, Thomas fought in the Battle of Vicksburg where
he contracted Rheumatism and Malaria, which eventually
contributed to a permanent limp to his walk, causing him much
suffering throughout his life, and making it difficult for him
to find employment. Letter from H. Hacker, describes Thomas's
condition while working as a night watchman for the John
Wanamaker store in Phila.1887 -1888. Thomas's eldest son Thomas,
also worked for Mr. Hacker as his bookkeeper.
Thomas died in September of 1909 at the age of 69, and is buried
in the Fernwood Cemetery in Lansdown, Pa.
Thomas's Medal of Honor was last known to be in the possession
of Mrs. William Britton, Thomas’s in-laws through the marriage
of his daughter Florinda to William Britton.
MY RELATIONSHIP TO THOMAS
I am the daughter of Walter Cyril Payne
Born on Aug. 28, 1937
Walter's father
was William John Cyril Howard Britton Payne,
Born on April 14, 1895 in Pa.
William's
father was Thomas Henry Louis Payne,
Born on July 4, 1870 in Texas.
Thomas's father
was the Thomas Henry Louis Payne that we are addressing in this
Brief History of the Payne Family Tree.
ADDITIONAL
NOTES
~ Notes from Lou Payne mentioned that Fannie Payne MacCashin and
her family had known Thomas when he lived in Galveston,
Louisiana, St. Louis, and New Orleans. They too, attested to his
illness.
*Fanny Harrison Goulburn Payne married Louis Parker McCashin who
became my Grandfather's step father in 1908.
I also confirmed through Ancestry.com, that Mary R. Payne had
applied for Thomas's
pension in Oct. of 1909.
The notes from
the desk of Lou Payne indicate that Thomas's Father William,
also served in the Civil War with a Mass. Regiment. He also had
a brother William, who served with a New York Regiment. I am
still in the process of researching this information, and will
post any additional information as I find it.
THE GRAVE
SITE
Bruce & I visited the grave of Thomas in late November of 2006,
and were disappointed to find that there is no longer a stone on
the grave. Don Morfe of Baltimare Md., had visited the gravesite
in 2000, and had place a photograph of the grave on
www.findagrave.com At
that time however, there had been a headstone, but the writing
was extremely difficult to read. With the help of Don, we are in
the process of attaining a new marker through the Veterans
Association. This new marker will also honor Thomas's service
in the Civil War with the 37th Illinois Infantry, and his Medal
Of Honor.
Bruce and I did
find the gravesite, ( a lot of seven) and fortunately one stone
remained standing. The names on the stone were of his children,
Margaret & Rosina. The others buried alongside of Thomas are,
his wife, Mary; and his children, Fannie, Alice, and Florinda.
I was also able to confirm the proper spelling of William
Britton's last name.
According to the records on file at the cemetery, the lots had
once belonged to William Britton, and had been transferred to
Thomas's wife, Mary Rosina Payne.
Bruce & I also visited the
Medal Of Honor
Grove at the Freedom Foundation in Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania.
Special thanks to Louis
Payne; and to my parents, Walt & Jackie Payne; Mary “Payne”
Getler, and my Uncle Charlie; my Aunt Gracie Payne; Aunt Ellie
Beck; and my Grandmother, Millie Getler. Without their help
this valuable information would not have been made available to
me.
Sincerely,
Theresa Alicia Payne McClay
lakota@gypsyhavenmorgans.com
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