Zebediah Cleveland Payne was born May 17, 1835 in Franklin, Georgia to Thomas Payne and Olivia Olive Vessells. He married Margaret Ellender Parker on July 8, 1858 in Alabama. They produced eleven children: Mary S, Frances Melinda, James C, Florence Anthem, Joanna A, Virginia A, Martha Ellen, Ophelia M, Lenora Jane, Viola Beatrice and William Harrison. Following Margaret's death in 1908, Zebediah married Anna Butress. They produced one child: Gertrude Pauline. Zebediah passed away May 16, 1916 in Milltown, Sebastian County, Arkansas. He is buried in Dayton Cemetery in Dayton Township, Arkansas.
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1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 7; Digital film/folder number: 004193234_001_M9CF-Z78; FHL microfilm: 7061; Image number: 219; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01154-2 FamilySearch Record: MZYK-3VP (accessed 20 September 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6FSV-76 Zedul Payne (15) in Cherokee, Cherokee, Georgia, United States. Born in Georgia.
Source:"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWP-JBL : accessed 2 September 2015), Zebediah Z Payne, Center, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district 180, sheet 587C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0057; FHL microfilm 1,254,057.
Source:"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XH-QYM : accessed 2 September 2015), Zebediah C Payne, Dayton Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,076.
Source:"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKKS-PF4 : accessed 2 September 2015), Z C Payne in household of J F Looper, Sugarloaf, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,078.
Source:"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9WJ-T6T : accessed 2 September 2015), Z C Payne and Annie Buttress, 24 Oct 1910; citing , Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,075.
Source:"United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M2P-418 : accessed 2 September 2015), Zebediah C Payne, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,780.
Source:"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-7LMB : accessed 2 September 2015), Zebediah Cleveland Payne, 1916; Burial, Dayton, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States of America, Dayton Cemetery; citing record ID 34534644, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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