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Sophia Minerva Payne Kelso

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Birth	:	17 Nov 1855 Hickory Tavern, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	4 Nov 1945 Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.3605995, -94.8292007
Description	:	Cherokee Sentinel, Nov. 9, 1945, page 1: Mrs. Minerva Kelso Dead Mrs. Minerva Kelso, one of the oldest persons in our neighborhood, died at the Mt. Carmel hospital on Sunday morning, November 4th, at 8:30 o'clock. Although the editor of this paper is spoken of as an old timer in Cherokee, we cannot remember the time we didn't know Mrs. Kelso. She was a fine woman, loved by her neighbors. She has been in ill health for many years. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in this city Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Mark McIntosh officiating. Interment was in the... Read More	Cherokee Sentinel, Nov. 9, 1945, page 1: Mrs. Minerva Kelso Dead Mrs. Minerva Kelso, one of the oldest persons in our neighborhood, died at the Mt. Carmel hospital on Sunday morning, November 4th, at 8:30 o'clock. Although the editor of this paper is spoken of as an old timer in Cherokee, we cannot remember the time we didn't know Mrs. Kelso. She was a fine woman, loved by her neighbors. She has been in ill health for many years. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in this city Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Mark McIntosh officiating. Interment was in the Cherokee cemetery. Obituary Sophia Minerva Payne, daughter of Bable Payne and Sophia Payne, was born November 17, 1855, in Lawrence county, near Hickory, North Carolina. She moved with her parents in 1867 to a farm near Jefferson City, Missouri. Her parents homesteaded a farm in 1870 four miles southeast of Weir, Kansas. The large pumping station of the Texas-Empire Pipe Line is located on the farm. The family moved to Cherokee in 1872 and Mrs. Kelso has resided in Cherokee since --seventy-three years. She was married February 12, 1881, to John W. Kelso, who died in 1920. Six children were born to this union. Two survive, Chas. W. Kelso, Joplin, Missouri, and C.P. Kelso, Pittsburg, Kansas. There are five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mrs. Kelso was the last of nine children.

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Sophia Minerva Payne Kelso death on 4 Nov 1945 in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 37.3605995
Longitude: -94.8292007

Family Members:

Parent

Bable Payne

(1818 - 1894)

Sophia Wittenburg Payne

(1819 - 1903)

Spouse

John W Kelso

(1845 - 1920)

Siblings

Susan Rebecca Payne Scott

(1839 - 1918)

Daniel Abner Payne

(1847 - 1930)

Margaret Elizabeth Payne Leigh

(1853 - 1926)

Babel Wesley Payne

(1857 - 1898)

Children

Claire Payne “Cap” Kelso

(1882 - 1967)

(1884 - 1889)

(1886 - 1898)

(1887 - 1910)

(1897 - 1914)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Cherokee Cemetery
Cherokee, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3605995, -94.8292007

2. Hosey Hill Cemetery
Weir, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3122750, -94.8099607

3. West Union Cemetery
Chicopee, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4036500, -94.7781800

4. Weir Cemetery
Weir, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3034200, -94.7890800

5. Beulah Cemetery
Beulah, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4397011, -94.8153000

6. Saint Anthony Cemetery
Weir, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3022003, -94.7593994

7. Saint Bridget Cemetery
Scammon, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2803001, -94.8069000

8. Beecher-Hammond Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3936600, -94.7253500

9. Dietz Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4180984, -94.7375031

10. Monmouth Cemetery
Monmouth, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3539009, -94.9492035

11. Myers Cemetery
Girard, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4458008, -94.8889008

12. Langdon Lane Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3529800, -94.7052500

13. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3819570, -94.7047020

14. Osage Brethren Cemetery
Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.4039001, -94.9452972

15. Highland Park Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3853330, -94.7040260

16. Bird Cemetery
Weir, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3241800, -94.7069600

17. Timmons Chapel Columbarium
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3898300, -94.6993800

18. Mount Olive Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3944016, -94.6971970

19. Council Corners Cemetery
Weir, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2661200, -94.7434400

20. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Pittsburg, Crawford County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3927994, -94.6857986

21. Jordin Family Cemetery
Ross Township, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2537900, -94.9139900

22. Crocker Cemetery
Pleasant View Township, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3377991, -94.6718979

23. Rigney Cemetery
Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3394012, -94.9944000

24. Star Cemetery
West Mineral, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2771988, -94.9606018