David L. Payne - Boomer Lake - Stillwater, OK
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N 36° 08.751 W 097° 04.140
14S E 673725 N 4001852
David L. Payne is laid to rest at Boomer Lake, a popular recreation area in Stillwater (an odd place for a grave!)
Waymark Code: WMJ0RJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2013
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The southwest corner of Boomer Lake has a memorial for Capt. David L. Payne, whom Payne County is named after. The memorial is a four-sided vertical monument, with a headstone located on the west side of the garden. Stillwater is in Payne County, which is named after David L. Payne.
Text on memorial:
Captain David Lewis Payne
Born December 30, 1836
Fairmount, IN
Died November 28, 1884
Wellington, KS
Moved grave January 30, 1995 to Stillwater, OK
Reburied April 22, 1995 at Boomer Lake
Capt. D. L. Payne started the Oklahoma Boomer Movement in 1879. Through his efforts the unassigned lands of Oklahoma were opened for settlement with the Land Run of April 22, 1889.
Payne County, OK is named in his honor.
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Titles given Capt. Payne
The Father of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Moses
Prince Boomer
Cimarron Scout
The Oklahoma Boomer
Oklahoma Payne
Ox Heart
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Erected by James Shield
Post No. 57 G.A.R.
Wellington, Kansas
In In Loving Memory of
Capt. D.L. Payne
June 29, 1836
Nov. 28, 1884
Co.F, 10th Kans. Vol. Inft.
Correct Birthdate
Dec. 30, 1836
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G.A.R.
Captain David Payne
Had family ties to Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Meriwether Lewis
After waiting 110 years to come home to Oklahoma, may the spirit of Capt. Payne finally rest in peace.
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