(b) This photo in the Locust Grove Cemetery, Mason Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio, shows the gravesite location of Melvina Dillon Payne and her Husband, Ellis Payne.Melvina was the daughter of Squire Jerimiah Dillon, Jr.(abt1831-1912) and Mary E. J. Thornton(abt1833-1923) and granddaughter of Squire Dillon(1785-1857) and Celia Ward(1788-abt1865) from Franklin Co., Virginia.Squire and Celia are also buried in Lawrence Co. and are referenced further at this site.Squire Dillon was first recorded in Lawrence Co. in the 1830 Census, and is the first Dillon we have record of in Lawrence Co.Deborah Stephens Payne, the first wife of Ellis Payne is also buried at this site.The children of Ellis and Melvina were:Romulus, Charles Foster, Mary California, Sarah, Verda "Verdie", and Ethel.(photo courtesy of Sally Kent at:[email protected]) |