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Male William Rueben Payton Click to view William Rueben Payton in the family tree

William Rueben was born on April 17th, 1857 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA.1   William Rueben's father was Gabriel M. Payton and his mother was Sarah Jordan Coleman.  His paternal grandparents were Reuben PAYTON and Jemima Humphrey; his maternal grandparents are Jordan Coleman and Agatha Dewitt. He had four brothers and five sisters, named James, Charles, Maxie B., Marion, Elvira, Alice, Jemima, Aggie Or Agatha and Clara.  He was the oldest of the ten children.  He died at the age of 69 on March 10th, 1927 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.  He was buried on March 12th, 1927 in Glendale Christian Cemetery, Glendale, Hardin, Kentucky, USA.2 


William Rueben's family with Josie

‌William Rueben and Josie were married in a religious ceremony on December 7th, 1882 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA.3   They had four sons and three daughters, named Theodore, Maxie C., Bowen, Payton, Payton, Sarah Ellen and Mattie Alice.

1 1900 Census - Hardin County, Kentucky -  Film # 1240524  E.D. 42; Sheet 12, Line 92
2 Kentucky Death Index, 1911-1986 (www.ukcc.uky.edu)
3 Hardin County, Kentucky Marriages @ Book E, 1877-1896  Pg. 156-157  #772
4 Glendale Christian Church Cemetery in Glendale, Hardin, Kentucky @ Headstone
5 1910 Kentucky Miracode Index - ancestry.com @ E.D. 0049  Visit 0090   Hardin County
6 Social Security Death Index - ancestry.com @ SSN 404-44-0540  -  Issued in Kentucky 1951-1952
7 Lynn BRASHEAR JULIAN - lynxgliff@hotmail.com - 952 Frontier Dr, Henderson, KY  42420
8 1910 Kentucky Miracode Index - ancestry.com @ E.D.  0049   Visit  0090    Hardin County
9 Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 (Ancestry.com) @ Keyword: Bowen Payton
Further sources/citations:
1910 Kentucky Miracode Index - ancestry.com @ E. D. 0049  Visit 0090  Hardin County, 1880 Census - White Mills, Hardin, Kentucky, Page 347D - familysearch.org

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