1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Lewis Clifford Payne
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 39
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1968
Marriage Place: Pilgrim Knob, Virginia, USA
Father: Alfred Payne
Mother: Mary Alafair Mullins
Spouse: Linda Sue Rose
Certificate Number: 1968001326"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Linda Sue Rose
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1949
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1968
Marriage Place: Pilgrim Knob, Virginia, USA
Father: Cecil Rose
Mother: Fannie Franics Nipper
Spouse: Lewis Clifford Payne
Certificate Number: 1968001326"
2. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Linda S. Payne
Social Security Number 235-88-5445
Birth Date 25 Jul 1948
Issue year 1969
Issue State West Virginia
Last Residence 24899, Yukon, Mcdowell, West Virginia
Death Date 26 Oct 2009"
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Joy Payne-Trivett, (grandchild); 26 Jul 2023.
"Linda Sue Rose Payne
Birth 25 Jul 1948
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 26 Oct 2009 (aged 61)
Bramwell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Burial Details Unknown
Memorial ID 257080709"Additional Information Posted:
"When Linda Sue Payne was born on July 25, 1948, in Welch, West Virginia, her father, Cecil, was 28, and her mother, Fannie, was 25. She died on October 26, 2009, in Bramwell, West Virginia, at the age of 61."
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1905); WV Archives Website.
Boley Trent; age 24; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV; son of Smith and Martha;
married on 4 Apr 1905 at the home of Smith Trent; Elizabeth Norman; age 22; born in Dixon, KY;
living in Wyoming Co, WV; daughter of __________.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Book #__(1957); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Boley Trent; age __; born in 1881 in McDowell Co, WV; married; retired timberman; living at Isaban,
WV; son of Smith and Martha (Cline) Trent; died on 23 Aug 1957 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, McDowell
Co, WV from a heart attack; buried on 26 Aug 1957 at Beech For; Wharncliffe, WV; informant,
McKinley Hatfield, Wharncliffe, WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 2 Jul 2020.
" Boley Trent
Birth 1881
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 23 Aug 1957 (aged 75–76)
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Beechfork Cemetery
Wharncliffe, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 212148311"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of Smith Trent (1847-Deceased) and Martha "Mattie" Cline-Trent ( 1850-Deceased)."Brother of Mary Ann Trent (1868-1922), Sarah Trent (1875-Deceased), Siggabertha Trent (1880-Deceased), Selophias "Lefa" Trent (1883-1959), Nicholas Trent (1887-Deceased), William Anderson Trent (1889-1958), and George C. Trent (1894-Deceased).
"Married to Elizabeth "Betty" Norman-Trent (1883-1965) on April 4, 1905 in Uno, Trent, Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1905, Page 253, Application Date: April 4,1905).
"Father of Tennessee Trent-Hatfield (1905-Deceased), Mazie Jane Trent-Mounts (1910-Deceased), Mona Trent-Musick (1916-1995), Monroe Trent (1926-1940), Mason Trent (1927-2007), Ider "Ida" Trent-Cline (1933-2020), Edith Trent-Brandon(Deceased), Calas Trent-Stafford (1936-2008), Naomi Trent-Hatfield (Deceased, Lettie Trent-Hatfield (Deceased) and McKinley Trent (Deceased).
"Boley Trent was a retired timberman. He died at age 76 from a heart attack (per WV Certificate of Death #57-011822 Dist #240 Serial #124, McDowell County, WV, 1957)."
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1905); WV Archives Website.
Boley Trent; age 24; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV; son of Smith and Martha;
married on 4 Apr 1905 at the home of Smith Trent; Elizabeth Norman; age 22; born in Dixon, KY;
living in Wyoming Co, WV; daughter of __________.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 2 Jul 2020.
" Elizabeth “Betty” Norman Trent
Birth 1883
Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky, USA
Death 7 Sep 1965 (aged 81–82)
Wharncliffe, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Beechfork Cemetery
Wharncliffe, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 212148417"Additional Information Posted:
"Elizabeth Betty Trent, 84, of Wharncliffe, died late Tuesday, September7, 1965 at home from a coronary occlusion (per WV Certificate of Death #65-013564 Dist #300 Serial #316, Mingo County, WV, 1965). She was formerly of Isaban and had lived in Wharncliffe for the past eighteen months. She was a member of the Church of God of Wharncliffe."She was born in Barnshed, KY to the late Riley Norman (Deceased) and Rebecca Church-Norman (Deceased). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Boley Trent (1881-1957) whom she married on April 4, 1905 in Uno, Trent, Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1905, Page 253, Application Date: April 4, 1905); and a son, Monroe Trent (1926-1940).
"Survivors include eight daughters, Tennessee Trent-Hatfield (1905-Deceased), Mazie Jane Trent-Mounts (1910-Deceased), Ider "Ida" Trent-Cline (1933-2020) and Mona Trent-Musick (1916-1995) of Wharncliffe, Edith Trent-Brandon (Deceased) of Jolo, Calas Trent-Stafford (1936-2008) of Hanover, Naomi Trent-Hatfield (Deceased) and Lettie Trent-Hatfield (Deceased) of Columbus, OH; two sons, Mason Trent (19272-2007) and McKinley Trent (Deceased) of Wharncliffe; 55 grandchildren and 77 great grandchildren.
"The body will be taken from Fanning Funeral Home in laeger to the residence at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 9, 1965. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wharncliffe Church of God at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 1965 with Rev. J. C. Bragg Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Beech Fork Cemetery of Wharncliffe.
"SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph; Bluefield, WV; Thursday, September 9, 1965; Page 2."
1. 1910 Census, Pittsylvania Co, VA; Callands District; taken 30 Apr 1910; Page 100A; Image 23 of 27;
Family #205/208.
Listed as Lucinda Adkins; age 39; born in VA; married once (before, this marriage was for 4 yrs); 9
children; Black; in household of husband, William H. Adkins.
1. 1910 Census, Pittsylvania Co, VA; Callands District; taken 30 Apr 1910; Page 100B; Image 24 of 27;
Family #205/208.
Listed as Lula B. Witcher; age 20; born in VA; single; Black; farm laborer; in householf of step-father,
William H. Adkins.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Hobart Dowell; age 32; born in NC; married at 19; motorman in coal mine; head of
household.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Rich K; 8 Apr 2011.
" William Hobert Dowell
Birth 11 May 1897
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 26 Feb 1964 (aged 66)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 68062161"Additional Information Posted:
"Husband of Bertha B. Dowell; son of Millard and Sarah Jane (Caudill) Dowell."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Bertha Dowell; age 28; born in NC; married at 15; in household of husband, Hobart Dowell.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Coy O. York; 23 Feb 2014; maintained by Merlin.
" Bertha Blackburn Dowell
Birth 29 Apr 1902
Death 5 Mar 1980 (aged 77)
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 125535773"
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Earnest Dowell; age 8; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Raymond Dowell; age 5; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Daddiesxgurl; 23 May 2012.
" Raymond Millard Dowell
Birth 29 Sep 1924
Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 11 Sep 1968 (aged 43)
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 90644526"
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Marie Dowell; age 2 yrs, 1 mon; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Lacy Dowell; age 11; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.