Lowell Chalmer Payton

Male1919–1987

Brief Life History of Lowell Chalmer

When Lowell Chalmer Payton was born in 1919, in Preston Township, Platte, Missouri, United States, his father, William R Payton, was 30 and his mother, Ivy Belle Holland, was 25. He lived in Platte, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Green Township, Platte, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died in 1987, in Dearborn, Platte, Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dearborn, Platte, Missouri, United States.

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Lowell Chalmer Payton
1919–1987
Wilda Louise Collier
1926–1990

Sources (9)

  • Lowell C Payton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lowell Chalmer Payton, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Lowell Payton, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 0

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1921 · Flash floods kill 1500

Age 2

On June 3 1921, flash floods in Pueblo cause over $20 million in damage and kill over 1,500 people in its wake.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 18

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from Peyton in Ramsholt (Suffolk), derived from the Old English personal name Pǣga + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Irish (mainly County Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin ‘descendant of Peatán’, a pet form of the personal name Pádraig (see Patrick ). Outside County Donegal, the name is apparently mainly of English origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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