Delilah Payne

Brief Life History of Delilah

When Delilah Payne was born in 1802, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Payne, was 32 and her mother, Mary Cummins, was 27. She married Jonathan Basham on 8 June 1818, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Spadra, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1850. She died in 1857, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in King Cemetery, Ludwig, Johnson, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Basham
1796–1848
Delilah Payne
1802–1857
Marriage: 8 June 1818
Mahlon Basham
1818–1864
Elizabeth Ellen Basham
1845–1881
Olinver Basham Sr.
1819–1864
Mary Jane Basham
1821–1901
Joseph Payne Basham
1827–1908
Reece Calvin Basham
1830–1864
Louisa Lucinda Basham
1832–1856
James Oliver Basham Sr.
1837–1904

Sources (4)

  • Delilah Basham, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Delilah Payne and Jonathan Basham, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Delilah Payne Lasater, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Pai(e)n, Pagen (from Latin Paganus), a fairly common personal name among Normans. It derived from a word that originally meant ‘villager, rustic’, later ‘heathen’, but it had doubtless lost these connotations in its use as a late medieval personal name. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.

History: Thomas Payne, who was a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1639, was the founder of a large American family, which included Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. See also Paine .

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

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