The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ary(Morgan) Payton. Both the Payton andIMorgan families came originally from Vir-ginia, having lived in the locality known asApple Pie Ridge. In the maternal line thefamily was related to General John Mor-gan, the noted Rebel leader. Mrs. MartliaMorgan, the grandmother of Mrs. Payton,the mother of our subject, is the only oneof the famil\- that Judge Payton has known,and she died in Wilmington, Ohio, at anadvanced age. The father of our subject,on coming to Illinois, settled first near j\Iun-cie, in 1840. He was a shoemaker by tradeand in
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ary(Morgan) Payton. Both the Payton andIMorgan families came originally from Vir-ginia, having lived in the locality known asApple Pie Ridge. In the maternal line thefamily was related to General John Mor-gan, the noted Rebel leader. Mrs. MartliaMorgan, the grandmother of Mrs. Payton,the mother of our subject, is the only oneof the famil\- that Judge Payton has known,and she died in Wilmington, Ohio, at anadvanced age. The father of our subject,on coming to Illinois, settled first near j\Iun-cie, in 1840. He was a shoemaker by tradeand in coniiection with tliat pursuit he gaveconsiderable time to farming, making aspecialty of the rasing of corn. When thefarm work was over for the season he andhis sons would spend their time in the man-ufacture of boots and shoes in the little shopwhich they conducted. For several years(luring the early development of the state,when there was little market for farm pro-ducts, they sold their corn at eight and tencents per bushel. \Vhen a boy Mr. Payton. MRS. JAMES G. PAYTON.
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