DE SOTO WEEKLY FACTS De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri THURSDAY, 15 AUGUST 1895 Rev. Moses U. PAYNE - The remains of Rev. Moses U. PAYNE, who died at Payne, Ia., were interred on the Payne farm, 12 miles west of Columbia. Moses PAYNE was for seventy-five years a resident of Boone county, and for many years a merchant of Columbia. He was worth over $1,000,000. He was one of the oldest citizens, and at the time of his death was over 88 years of age. He gave large sums at different periods of his life to educational institutions, and also to aid religious enterprises. He, in company with the late Dr. William JEWELL, established the first church in Boone county. He was a devoted Methodist, and had preached at different churches for over half a century. He was the founder of Howard Payne college, at Fayette, Mo. He also recieved some celebrity as an intimate friend of Jefferson DAVIS at the close of the Civil War, and presented him with $25,000, Rev. PAYNE leaves two children--a daughter, Mattie, the wife of Rev. S. P. CREISOP, of Maryville, Mo., and a son, Millard PAYNE, who was with his father at the time of his death. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man