U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Payne, Charles E. (b. 1871) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 442 Charles E. Payne, born on Stewart's Run 1871, son of Francis E. Payne, was married June 11, 1898, at Clarksburg, to Effie, daughter of John G. and Julia (Lafollette) Fleming. In politics he is Democratic, belongs to the I. 0. O. F., and is a farmer residing on Stewart's Run where he owns 170 acres, well improved. His father was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1832, son of Travis and Mary (Wise) Payne; and was married December 11, 1855, in Barbour, to Virginia, daughter of Abram and Mary (Yeager) Simon. Children, Mary Florence, Lewis A., W. Benjamin, Richard F., Andrew J., Emma I., John B., Claude C. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South; in politics is Democratic, and by occupation a farmer on Stewart's Run. He was County Assessor of lands, was nine years a Justice and one term County Commissioner. His grandfather came from England and settled in Fairfax County, Virginia; his father moved from Fairfax to Loudoun County; and the subject of this sketch moved from Loudoun to Frederick, from Frederick to Taylor (1852), and five years later came to Barbour, where he now lives with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Woodford, who owns 150 acres on Stewart's Run. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------