Her obituary below is from page 8 of the 28 June 1923 edition of the Florence Bulletin (Florence, Kansas).
(Payton)
Sarah Catherine Linbarker was born in Clay County, Indiana, February 2, 1845 and died at the Adams sanitarium at Chandler, Oklahoma, on June 15, 1923, aged 78 years, 4 months and 13 days. She had been in poor health for a number of years and was ready for the final summons, the messenger being a welcome guest.
She was united to Benjamin Payton in the holy bonds of wedlock on December 25, 1866, following his release from the Union army. It was her proud and happy lot to be the mother eight strong and sturdy boys and one daughter. Her children were the delight of her eye. Coming to Kansas in 1879 when the state was merely a grassy quadrangle marked by cow trails and ruts of pioneer wagons, she helped make the Marion county homestead a place of delightful and profitable habitation. The sod house was warm and cozy, and in a few brief years there was a school house that served equally for a church. The Payton boys were kept in school regardless of weather and privations. Early settlers in eastern states had few school privileges; in Kansas it was declared to be and was made different.
Mrs. Payton was a great lover of farm life and the out-of-doors. She like to see things grow and prosper. On the treeless prairie she caused not only trees but all manner of flowering plants to grow until the Payton homestead became famous far and near for its unusual and marked wealth of flowers. Road descriptions were given by describing the front yard.
She was the bitter enemy of the saloon, but a firm believer in mankind. She had no patience with equal suffrage but she did love her home. She could not tolerate radicalism, but her love and respect for constituted authority was never a matter of compromise. No lioness ever displayed finer fearlessness in defense of its young than did she in caring for her boys.
All of the children except the eldest, James, are now living: D. J. Payton, Orlando, Okla.; J. Z. Payton, Emporia; C. C. Payton, Louann, Ark.; G. W. Payton, Emmette, Ida.; O. H. Payton, Broadwater, Nebr.; W. E. Payton. Colony; B. F. Payton, Chandler, Okla.; and Mrs. Geo. Lamb, Cherryvale, Kansas. Dan, Will and Frank were present during her last illness and saw that all assistance possible was given her to bear up under her suffering.
The funeral services were held at the Christian church at Chandler at 3:00 p. m. Sunday, June 17, conducted by the Rev. J. G. Cansler, a friend of the family. The floral decoration were very beautiful. The body was laid to rest in the beautiful Chandler cemetery.
Her obituary below is from page 8 of the 28 June 1923 edition of the Florence Bulletin (Florence, Kansas).
(Payton)
Sarah Catherine Linbarker was born in Clay County, Indiana, February 2, 1845 and died at the Adams sanitarium at Chandler, Oklahoma, on June 15, 1923, aged 78 years, 4 months and 13 days. She had been in poor health for a number of years and was ready for the final summons, the messenger being a welcome guest.
She was united to Benjamin Payton in the holy bonds of wedlock on December 25, 1866, following his release from the Union army. It was her proud and happy lot to be the mother eight strong and sturdy boys and one daughter. Her children were the delight of her eye. Coming to Kansas in 1879 when the state was merely a grassy quadrangle marked by cow trails and ruts of pioneer wagons, she helped make the Marion county homestead a place of delightful and profitable habitation. The sod house was warm and cozy, and in a few brief years there was a school house that served equally for a church. The Payton boys were kept in school regardless of weather and privations. Early settlers in eastern states had few school privileges; in Kansas it was declared to be and was made different.
Mrs. Payton was a great lover of farm life and the out-of-doors. She like to see things grow and prosper. On the treeless prairie she caused not only trees but all manner of flowering plants to grow until the Payton homestead became famous far and near for its unusual and marked wealth of flowers. Road descriptions were given by describing the front yard.
She was the bitter enemy of the saloon, but a firm believer in mankind. She had no patience with equal suffrage but she did love her home. She could not tolerate radicalism, but her love and respect for constituted authority was never a matter of compromise. No lioness ever displayed finer fearlessness in defense of its young than did she in caring for her boys.
All of the children except the eldest, James, are now living: D. J. Payton, Orlando, Okla.; J. Z. Payton, Emporia; C. C. Payton, Louann, Ark.; G. W. Payton, Emmette, Ida.; O. H. Payton, Broadwater, Nebr.; W. E. Payton. Colony; B. F. Payton, Chandler, Okla.; and Mrs. Geo. Lamb, Cherryvale, Kansas. Dan, Will and Frank were present during her last illness and saw that all assistance possible was given her to bear up under her suffering.
The funeral services were held at the Christian church at Chandler at 3:00 p. m. Sunday, June 17, conducted by the Rev. J. G. Cansler, a friend of the family. The floral decoration were very beautiful. The body was laid to rest in the beautiful Chandler cemetery.
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wife of Benjamin Payton
Family Members
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James Isaiah Payton
1868–1904
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James L Payton
1869–1904
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Daniel Jeremiah Payton
1870–1946
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Jacob Zechariah Payton
1870–1946
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George Washington Payton
1871–1957
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Christopher Columbus "Chris" Payton
1873–1934
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Otto Monroe Payton
1877–1952
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CPT William Edward "Bill" Payton
1879–1949
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Benjamin F. Payton
1882–1951
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Lillie May Payton Lamb
1884–1956
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