A-7(4)

CHILDREN

LYDIA M. PAYNE B 7 MAR 1913 M SAMUEL C. BODELL 12 JUN 1929

WILFORD WALTER B 8 JUN 1914 M EDITH LAY MISSELDINE 15 DEC 1939

A-8

ROSCOE NEPHI B 10 NOV 1915 M MORJORIE MCCAMMON 24 JUN 1935

WILLIAM GROVER B 4 OCT 1917 D 30 JUL 1930 (TRAILER ACCIDENT)

ELWOOD IRA B 2 MAY 1919 M WINNIE MCCAMMON 6 OCT 1937.....A-2 ST

JUNIOR S. B 3 JUL 1922 M MARGIE NIELSON 19 DEC 1945

KENNETH RAY B 18 MAY 1928 M LEONA MCBRIDE 13 DEC 1948

PARENTS OF N.W. PAYNE...SAMUEL PAYNE JR & LYDIA MELISSA KELSEY...

BLOOMINGTON ID

PARENTS OF ADA SMART...ABEL SMART & EMMA IRENE STALEY.........M-8
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NEPHI AND ADA HOMESTEADED 160 ACRES EAST SIDE OF BEAR LAKE ID NEAR PEGRAM ID AT ANTELOPE OR POVERTY FLATS. THEY LIVED IN A SINGLE ROOM AND ALL THE WATER HAD TO BE HAULED FROM 3 TO 4 MILES AWAY. THEY WOULD CROSS THE FROZEN LAKE IN THE WINTERTIME TO TRAVEL TO GEORGETOWN ID.(BIO)

IN 1917 THEY BOUGHT ABEL AND EMMA IRENE SMART'S HOUSE(M-16) AND 160 ACRES OF LAND AND MOVED THEIR FAMILY THERE. IN 1929 THEY BOUGHT THIS PLACE (A-8) FROM JOSEPH HEPWORTH BEE. IT HAD A LARGE KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM, TWO BEDROOMS AND EVENTUALLY A BATHROOM. THEY ADDED AN L-SHAPED SCREENED PORCH WHICH SERVED AS AN ENTRANCE INTO THE KITCHEN AND A STORAGE AREA. IT WAS BUILT OVER A SMALL CELLAR AND THE STORAGE SPACE UNDER THE HOUSE WAS USED FOR STORAGE. A WATER TANK LOCATED IN THE ATTIC WAS FED WITH SPRING WATER FROM THE CELLAR THAT WAS PUMPED BY WATER POWER FROM THE CREEK. IT PROVIDED A GRAVITY FLOW OF RUNNING WATER INTO THE HOUSE AND IT WAS AN INNOVATIVE INVENTION OF JOSEPH BEE.(B10)

WHEN THEY BOUGHT THIS FARM IT HAD A GRAIN ROLLER. IT RAN OFF WATER POWER. IT WAS ONE THAT JOSEPH HEPWORTH BEE HAD USED TO ROLL GRAIN FOR EVERYONE IN TOWN.(AAA)

NEPHI WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD HAPPY KIND OF PERSON. (AAA) NEPHI WAS A BIG MAN.(H15) NEPHI WORKED FOR ABEL SMART AT THE GEORGETOWN ID POWER PLANT.(B10) FRANCES WRIGHT MUNK WOULD QUOTE NEPHI PAYNE AS SAYING "YES SIR! THE PREDICAMENTS IS COMIN' TRUE."(DD)

ADA WAS A TALL, RAW-BONED, MUSCULAR LOOKING WOMAN.(DD) ADA WAS A REAL GOOD HAPPY KIND OF PERSON.(AAA) ADA WAS A QUILTER.(Q) ADA HAD GRAY EYES AND NATURALLY CURLY HAIR LIKE HER MOTHERS'(EMMA IRENE STALEY SMART(M-8). ADA HAD A WARM CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT SPELLER, MATHMETICIAN, HAD BEAUTIFUL PENMANSHIP BUT ONLY WENT TO THE 4TH GRADE. SHE LEARNED TO PLAY THE PIANO BY EAR.(B10)