Burnice Payton

1917 - 1940  (23 years)

• Name	Burnice Payton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	20 Apr 1917	Jefferson, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Oct 1940	Rural, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I501	Horton Test
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Cordia Roy Payton,   b. 3 Apr 1888, Harrison, Indiana, USA d. 6 May 1964, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bessie Polsgrove,   b. 11 Apr 1888, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA d. 29 Jun 1959, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Dec 1906	Jefferson, Kentucky
  	Marriage Records from Dec. 1906-July 1907 are missing. Their marriage record is most likely in this group.
  Divorce	18 Sep 1940	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Morris   d. 29 Oct 1940
  Children	1. Monty Morris  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [payton.ftw] Robert Duane Payton remembers when Burnice died, they had the wake in their house (home of Raymond Payton) on Division Street in Evansville. He remembers having to pass her coffin on way to the stairs that lead up to the bedroom.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). [S2] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Evansville Ward 7, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: T625_471; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 669. [S48] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S147] Indiana, Circuit court (Vanderburgh County) (Main Author), United States, Indiana, Vanderburgh - Divorce Index, 1818 - 1942, (Name: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986 ; Location: Salt Lake City; Date: 1986;), Divorce Index, 1818 - 1942. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/471022?availability=Family%20History%20Library