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, William Burbridge (b. 1866) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 483-484 WILLIAM BURBRIDGE PAYNE, clerk of the Circuit Court of McDowell County, West Virginia, and a prominent citizen of Welch, was born in that county in 1866 and is a son of the late John D. and Clara (Cornett) Payne. John D. Payne was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, now McDowell County, West Virginia, and died in 1898 at the age of 62 years. During the Civil War he served four years in the Union Army, as a private in Company I, 39th Reg., Kentucky Vol. Inf., and was once captured and once wounded. In politics he was a Republican. In business he was successful as a lawyer, farmer and merchant. The mother of our subject was born in 1841 in North Carolina and now resides at Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia. The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Payne were: David C., who is a deputy United States marshal and deputy sheriff of McDowell County; William Burbridge, of this sketch; and Wilburn Grant, deceased. William Burbridge Payne was reared in his native county and was educated in the common schools and the Normal School at Concord. From 1887 to 1892 he was engaged in a mercantile business at Bradshaw, and removed from there upon being elected to the office of clerk of the Circuit Court. In 1896 he was honored with a re- election and his popularity and efficiency were emphasized by a second re-election in 1902. On May 10, 1896, Mr. Payne was married to Jennie Beavers, who was born in Union County, South Dakota. Three children have been born to them, viz.: Hobart Elkins and Meldramn Deane, living, and Mirriam Joyce, deceased. Mrs. Payne is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Payne is a member of McDowell Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M., of Welch, of which he is past master, and of Ohio Consistory, Valley of Cincinnati, and is a Shriner. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for McDowell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/mcdowell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------