Susan Ann Payne McKinney (1850-1937)
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Susan Payne was born January 15, 1850 in Daviess Co., Missouri, daughter of
Henry Payne and Mary Catherine Fox. Her first husband, Edward Wiley Payne
(her first cousin), was also born in Daviess Co. He was financially successful,
becoming president of the Medicine Valley Bank in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
He was killed by bank robbers. She married second, Anthony Wayne McKinney
(1845-1928). Susan's son said she was the meanest woman he ever knew. Perhaps she had reason to be cantankerous. A woman of humble birth, who gave life to thirteen children, rose to a life of prominence only to lose it all and to be again living a humble existence at her death. She saw much of life and it dealt her some hard blows. |
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