age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over. Public education is provided at Payson-Seymour Elementary School and Payson-Seymour High School. Notable people Mary Frances Leach, educator and chemist Anna Kay Scott, medical missionary in India and China Ralph Works, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers Registered Historic Places Fall Creek Stone Arch Bridge Footnotes External links Early history of Payson, Illinois Payson school district Villages in Adams County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Quincy, Illinois micropolitan area 1835 establishments in Illinois