In 1968 Madeline’s father died. He was not just a bookkeeper but wrote leases for mineral rights under Kansas and Oklahoma farm land. Since money was scarce during the depression it was customary to get a tenth of one per cent of profits from all future drilling
The year Charles Rollo Payne died Madelyn was made O legal guardian and she became VP of the bank in charge of the trust/escrow department. The family moved into a penthouse apartment and O was enrolled in a pricey private school.
The idea that they were poor is a myth. Checked the records in Kansas two wells named the Stanley A and the Stanley D were still in operation. On his schedule E he still lists income from Madeline’s trust. And no doubt the house in Chicago that lists a lawyer as owner is actually owned as investment from he trust He was a 1% at about age 8
you can bet if 0 has any interest in any wells passed down from the dunhams, the dept. of minerals knows his identity.-cause he is responsible for the plug and abandoned of those wells..
im sorry it doesnt look like they do— oklahoma may be differ. - i know louisiana is differ.. but the dept. of minerals should have info of anyone having interest in wells