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(a) Mary Dillon Payne, here photographed in her early adult life, the wife of Ellis James Payne(1845-1925), was the daughter of Squire (Jeter) Jerimiah Dillon, Jr.(1831-1912) and Mary E. J. Thornton(1833-1923), the granddaughter of Squire Dillon(1785-1857)and Celia Ward Dillon(1788-1865), decendants of the extensive Lawrence Co., Ohio Dillon line from Virginia. Mary Ann was the mother of Romulus, Charles Foster, Mary California, Sarah, Verda and Ethyl.
(Photo courtesy of Sally Kent at: kent634@norcom2000.com)
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