WAVERLY WOMAN TAKES OWN LIFE
Miss Frances Payson, Practical Nurse, Found Dead in Bed Room
Leaving a note reading "God have mercy on my soul - I cannot live as I am - it's driving me mad," Miss Frances L. Payson, 60 years old, of Waverly, some time during Thursday night, shut herself in her bedroom and turned on the gas. When Mrs. Traus, an occupant of the house, opened the door to the room at 10 o'clock yesterday morning she found Miss Payson's body on the floor. Dr. Betowski, county coroner, stated she had been dead seven or eight hours.
Miss Payson had been a practical nurse in Waverly for many years. She owned the house in which she lived, renting the lower floor to Morgan Green and part of the upper floor to the Traus family.
When Mrs. Traus noticed the odor of gas, she forced an entrance into Miss Payson's room. It was found that before taking her life, the nurse had carefully covered the cracks around the door to seal in the fumes.
Mrs. Charles Graham, a close friend of Miss Payson, had called on the latter Thursday evening and reports that at that time she seemed normal and said she felt well. This was the last time she was seen alive.
An unwitnessed will, dated January 27, was found in which Miss Payson bequeathed her home to her sister, Miss Gabriel Payson.
She is survived by three sisters: Miss Gabriel Payson, of New York City, Mrs. John Gorham, of LeRaysville and Mrs. Robert Paige of Athens, and three brothers, C. W. Payson, of New York City, Penn Payson of Baltimore and McClelland Payson of Cedar Rapids, Mich. Funeral services will be held at the Spaulding street home Sunday afternoon and will be private.
WAVERLY WOMAN TAKES OWN LIFE
Miss Frances Payson, Practical Nurse, Found Dead in Bed Room
Leaving a note reading "God have mercy on my soul - I cannot live as I am - it's driving me mad," Miss Frances L. Payson, 60 years old, of Waverly, some time during Thursday night, shut herself in her bedroom and turned on the gas. When Mrs. Traus, an occupant of the house, opened the door to the room at 10 o'clock yesterday morning she found Miss Payson's body on the floor. Dr. Betowski, county coroner, stated she had been dead seven or eight hours.
Miss Payson had been a practical nurse in Waverly for many years. She owned the house in which she lived, renting the lower floor to Morgan Green and part of the upper floor to the Traus family.
When Mrs. Traus noticed the odor of gas, she forced an entrance into Miss Payson's room. It was found that before taking her life, the nurse had carefully covered the cracks around the door to seal in the fumes.
Mrs. Charles Graham, a close friend of Miss Payson, had called on the latter Thursday evening and reports that at that time she seemed normal and said she felt well. This was the last time she was seen alive.
An unwitnessed will, dated January 27, was found in which Miss Payson bequeathed her home to her sister, Miss Gabriel Payson.
She is survived by three sisters: Miss Gabriel Payson, of New York City, Mrs. John Gorham, of LeRaysville and Mrs. Robert Paige of Athens, and three brothers, C. W. Payson, of New York City, Penn Payson of Baltimore and McClelland Payson of Cedar Rapids, Mich. Funeral services will be held at the Spaulding street home Sunday afternoon and will be private.
Family Members
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Horace Edward Payson
1851–1886
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Cortez W. Payson
1853–1928
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Chauncy "Frisbe" Payson
1857–1885
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Charles McClellan Payson
1861–1938
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Vera Ethel Payson Page
1863–1961
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Achsah Iona Payson Finch
1866–1912
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Betsey "Allena" Payson
1870–1892
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Victor P Payson
1870–1883
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Gabriel Payson
1873 – unknown
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Penn Ackley Payson
1874 – unknown
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