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HERO OF TWO WARS ANSWERS LAST CALL Capt. Robert S. Payne Passed Away Wednesday Night at Age of 93 Capt. Robert S. Payne died at 9:26 o'clock Wednesday night at the home of his son, R. J. Payne, near Jordan Springs, at the age of 93 years and five months, being, it is thought, the oldest person in Montgomery County. The funeral service will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, with interment at the Edwards Cemetery, near Rose Hill. Capt. Payne is survived by three sons, Eugene of Oakwood; Ernest and Robert J. Payne of Jordan Springs, and two daughters, Mrs. M. F. Smith of Modoc, this county and Mrs. Robert Taylor of Waxahachie, Texas. Capt. Payne served through two wars, the Mexican in 1847 and four years in the Confederate army, where for his gallant service he was promoted to the `rank` of Captain of his company. After the close of the war he exchanged the sword for the pruning hook and plow and went to work with that heroism that had been displayed in battle, ...
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