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Mrs. D. H. (Hardenbergh) Payn was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1828, and is the daughter of John and Jane (Crowell) Hardenbergh. The former was born in New York, in 1772, and died in 1853, and the latter was born in New York, in 1790, and died in 1881. They were the parents of ten children, nine now living: Elizabeth Dwight, Jeremiah, Jane Higgins, John, Margaret Cogswell, Elsie A. McCausey, Kate Baker, Mrs. D. H. Payn, James and Solomon. The father was a farmer by occupation. The paternal grandfather, Garret Hardenbergh, was a native Hollander, but his wife’s birth occurred in New York. He was a farmer and settled on Long Island. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Crowell, was born in Ireland, and married Margaret Thompson, who was born in New York. He came to America, settling in Orange County, N. Y., and there tilled the soil. Mrs. D. H. Payn spent her early life in Cayuga County, N. Y., attended Bed Creek Academy and Falley Seminary for two years, and was married in 1859 to Seth Payn, a native of Saratoga County, N. Y. He was born in 1806, and the son of Nathan and Mary (Lewis) Payn. Five children were the result of this union, all now deceased. They were named as follows: Harriet Osborne, Julia Osborne, Mary A. Reynolds, Nathaniel and Seth. Mr. Payn spent his early life in Saratoga County, N. Y., and in 1861 enlisted in Company L, Illinois regiment, and was discharged toward the close of the war. He moved to Cole County, Mo., previous to the war (1857), and in 1863 moved to Moniteau County, where he purchased the place where his widow now lives. This is a good prairie farm of seventy acres, and has been well improved. He was the father of three children, two now living: Charles H. and Mary C. The one deceased was named Jane R. Mr. Payn was a member of the I. O. O. F., the Good Templars, and the K. of P. lodges. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but Mrs. Payn is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘He was a Republican in politics, cast his first presidential vote for J. Q. Adams, in 1828, and cast the only vote given to Abraham Lincoln in Jefferson City, Mo., in 1860.