Brief Life History of Catherine Jane "Carrie"
When Catherine Jane "Carrie" Payton was born in March 1873, in Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John W. Payton, was 52 and her mother, Elizabeth L. Vail, was 39. She married Albert Austin Smith on 13 February 1890, in Redfield, Dallas, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dallas, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Union Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States for about 30 years. She died on 10 June 1954, in Redfield, Dallas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in East Linn Cemetery, Redfield, Dallas, Iowa, United States.
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- Carrie Payton in household of John Payton, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Carrie Payton in entry for Maurice A Smith, "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958"
- Carrie J Smith in household of Albert A Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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