Payson Historical Society

PETEETNEET MUSEUM TO REOPEN (Photo courtesy of Payson Chronicle)      

 ALEXANDER COWAN Alexander Cowan was born in Campsie, Scotland on December 18, 1830. His parents were John B. and Agnes Barry Cowan. John B....

    SARAH  SLUSSER  NISONGER      Sarah Slusser was born in Clear Creek, Warren County, Ohio, near Dayton, on April 26, 1812.  Her father’s ...

      DAVID CROCKETT     David Crockett was born on December 30, 1806 on one of the Fox Islands off the Atlantic coast of Maine.  The place ...

  THOMAS POLSON  CLOWARD SHOEMAKER     Thomas Polson Cloward  was born in Pottstown, Chester County, Pennsylvania on December 10, 1823 and l...

   WILLIAM CLAYSON     He was born in the village of Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northampton shire, England, Feb. 9th, 1840.  He was the son...

    EMMA  JANE  DIXON  DOUGLASS     In the little farming community of Kirtland, Ohio, a green spot of rolling hills, Emma Jane was born on ...