1. McDowell Co, WV Gen Web Site; "McDowell County Aricles"; "McDowell County Shooting - Elmer
Dunn - 1903"; submitted by June White.
"DUNN IN DETAIL: Further Facts Relating to the Tragedy Furnished by the McDowell Recorder"Additional details of the killing of Elmer Dunn, son of John W. Dunn, who lives near Princeton in this (Mercer) County, are furnished (to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph) by this following from the McDowell Recorder:
"Elmer Dunn, a popular young man who has been employed by the Ritter Lumber Company on Bradshaw, about twelve miles from Iaeger, was fatally shot by Corbin Riffe, a native of that section of the county, Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, living only an hour afterward. The shot was fired from a shotgun and tore a large hole in the abdomen of young Dunn. Moonshine "licker" which it is said is manufactured in large quantities in that section of the county, seems to have been the cause of the killing. It is reported that Riffe had had a disagreement with another man named Sparks as well as an abundance of the house-made liquor and had gotten a shot gun and wa presumably going after the man when he passed Dunn, who spoke to him very pleasantly, and in reply Riffe cursed Dunn using the most offensive language. Later in the evening Riffe and Dunn were at a house engaged in a stag dance when Riffe commenced pointing his loaded gun at the feet of Dunn, who asked him what he meant. Riffe continued keeping the gun towards Dunn's feet when the latter called the former out to one side, shortly after which the report of the gun was heard and Dunn was seen to fall to the ground. Riffe was taken before Squire Auville at Iaeger who sent him to jail here to await the grand jury. Both men were young, neither having a family.
"Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
July 9, 1903"
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 12 Nov 1926 in Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
daughter of Willie Dameron.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 12 Nov 1926 in Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
daughter of Willie Dameron.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; By Geneva Steel, Tom
Hatcher and Sandra Long; "Gordon and Nadine Ferris"; Article; Page 145; submitted by Nadine
Ferris, HC 61, Box 356, Paynesville, WV 24873.
2. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Norma Jean Payne
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1935
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1960
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Ray Payne
Mother: Angeline Riffe
Spouse: William Ray Payne
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Rock Lick District; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 139A; Image 21 of
60; Family #74/175.
Listed as Hobert Payne; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, David C. Payne.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 297; WV Archives Web Site.
Hobart E. Payne; age 39; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; widowed; married on 21 Feb 1952 at
Lex, WV; E Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born at Nebo, VA; single; living at Bradshaw, WV.
3. Dickenson Co, VA; Marriage License #36377; Ancestry.com Website.
Hobart Payne; age 40; born in McDowell Co, WV; divorced; 2 previous marriages; body work; living
in Grundy, VA; son of D.C. and Rena (Stacy) Payne; married on 30 dec 1952 in Clintwood, VA;
Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born in Smyth Co, VA; single; teacher; living in Bluefield, WV; daughter
of C.B. and Ruth (Hubble) Foglesong.
4. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph", Bluefield, WV, Friday 24 Jun 2005, Newspaper, Obit.
"BRADSHAW - David B. "Buss" Payne, 86, a lifelong resident of McDowell County went to be with the Lord on June 22, 2005 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, Va., following a long illness. "Born May 16, 1919, he was a son of the late Lorene Stacey Payne and David Crockett Payne. He
was the last surviving child of nine children, Hobart Payne, Madge Frazier, Gladys Landers, Robert
C. Payne, Ed Payne, Fred B. Payne, Sally Coleman and infant Verna Estelle..."
5. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Hobert Payne; born on 4 Jul 1912; died in Nov 1987; living at North Tazewell, Tazewell Co, VA at
death.
6. Tazewell Co, VA; Death Certificate #87-040056; Ancestry.com Website.
Hobart Elkins Payne; age 75; born 4 Jul 1912 in WV; married; husband of Bernice F. Payne;
municipal policeman; living at State Rt 61, North Tazewell, VA; son of David C. and Lorena (Stacy)
Payne; died 13 Nov 1987 at his residence; due to ademocarcinomia of prostate, with diebetes
mellitis; buried in Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, VA; informant, Bernice F. Payne.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 8/9 Jan 1920; Page 260B;
Family #168.
Listed as Rubie Patrick; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Edward M. Patrick.
2, 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Bradshaw; taken 4 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 9; Dwelling #73.
Listed as Ruby V. Southerand; age 38; born in WV; in household of husband, Tolby B. Sutherland.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Ruby V Payne
[Ruby V Sutherland]
[Ruby Jeromos]
[Ruby Lynch]
[Ruby V Patrick]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1912
Birth Place: Panther McDo, West Virginia
[Panthar Mcdo??, West Virginia]
Death Date: 15 Feb 2001
Father: Edward M Patrick
Mother: Carrie Eleam
SSN: 234449370
Notes: Jan 1947: Name listed as RUBY V PAYNE;
Apr 1965: Name listed as RUBY V SUTHERLAND;
27 Jun 1996: Name listed as RUBY V JEROMOS; :
Name listed as RUBY V LYNCH"
4. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Edward Mansfield Patrick,
1880-1953"; Article; submitted by Franklin E. Hagy, 127 Fritters Lane, Stafford, VA 22554.