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 PAYNE

PEABODY

PAYNE, William Morton, educator and critic, was born in Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1858; son of Henry Morton and Emma Merrill (Tilton) Payne; grandson of Joel and Eunice (Lane) Payne, and of William and Elizabeth (Merrill) Tilton, and a descendant of William Payne, who came froin England to Massachusetts Bay in 1635, during the Puritan emigration, and settled at Watertown. He removed to Chicago, 111., in 1868, and attended the public schools, but was mainly self-educated. He was assistant librarian of the Chicago public library, 1874-76, and taught in the liigh schools of Chicago, 1876-1901. He was chairman of the committee on the philo- logical congress, Chicago, in 1893; president of the Chicago French club, 1887-90, and secretary and treasurer of the Chicago Twentieth Century club, 1889-1901. He was lecturer on English literature at the University of Wisconsin in 1900. He was literary editor of the Chicago Morning News, 1884-88, and of the Chicago Even- ing Journal, 1888-92, and became associate editor of the Dial in 1892. He was prominent as a literary critic, chiefly of the modern English, French, German, Italian and Scandinavian lan- guages, and is the author of: The New Education (1884); Little Leaders iXSQH); a translation of Bjornson's Sigurd Slemhe (1888), and of Jaeger's Henrik Ibsen (1890; newed., with additions, 1901); and Editorial Echoes (1902). He edited " English in American Universities" (1895), and contributed many articles to the leading magazines.

PAYNE, Wiiliam Winter, representative, was born in Fauquier county. Va., Jan. 2, 1805; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Winter) Payne; grandson of William, of Clifton (born Feb. 4, 1753), and Susanna (Stone) Payne. Richard Payne, his first native American ancestor, was born at Round Tower, Northumberland county, Virginia, May 12, 1633; son of John Payne, who emigrated from England with his brother William in 1620, armed with chartei'ed rights to appropriate lands in Virginia obtained through their brother Sir Robert Payne, a member of the London Charter company. William Winter Payne received an academical education and removed to Tuscum- bia, Ala., in 1825. He represented Franklin county in the state legislature in 1831; removed the Gainesville, Sumter county, Ala., in 1833, and engaged in planting. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1834-38, and in 1840, and a Democratic representative from Alabama in the 27th, 28th and 29th congresses, 1841-47. He was defeated for re-election in 1846, returned to Vir- ginia, settling at Warrenton, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. He was chairman of the Democratic state convention tliat met at Richmond, Va., in 1859. He was mar- ried in 1826 to Minerva, daughter of John J. Win-

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ston of Franklin county, Ala., and their son served as colonel in the Confederate army. AV. Winter Payne died at Warrenton, Va., Sept. 2, 1874.

PAYNTER, Samuel, governor of Delaware, was born in Sussex county, Del., in 1768. He engaged in the mercantile business in Lewes; was appointed associate judge of Delaware in 1818, and served as governor of the state, 1824-27. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1844-45, and died at Lewes, Del., Oct. 2, 1845.

PAYNTER, Thomas H., representative, was born in Lewis county, Ky., Dec. 9, 1851. He attended the district school and Joseph Rand's academy, and matriculated at Centre college in the class of 1870, but did not remain to graduate. He was admitted to the bar in 1872, and practised in Greenup. He was married, May 25, 1876, to Elizabeth K. Pollock. He was attorney for the county, 1876-82, and a representative from the ninth district of Kentucky in the 51st, 52d and 53d congresses, 1889-95. In 1894 he was elected justice of the court of appeals of Kentucky, resigning from congress, Jan. 5, 1895, to take his seat on the bench, and the vacancy caused by his resignation was not filled.

PAYSON, William Farquhar, author, was born in New York city, Feb. 18, 1876; son of Francis and Mary F. (Dabney) Payson; grandson of John Larkin and Frances (Lithgow) Payson, and of Charles Henry and Ellen M. (Jones) Dabney, and a descendant of Edward Payson (1614-1675), who came over with other Puritans from Nazing, Essex, England, and settled at Roxbury. Mass., where he was admitted " free- man " in 1640. He received his preparatory edu- cation in England and in New York city; was a student at Columbia university, 1892-93, and in 1893 engaged in journalism. He was on the editorial staff of the New York Times, 1893-95, and managing editor of Vogue, 1895-97, after which time he made his home in Bristol, R.I., and gave his attention to literarj' work. He was married, Oct. 27, 1897, to Mary Farquhar, daughter of Charles G. King of Providence, R.I. He is the author of: The Copymaker (1897); TJte Title- Mongers (1898); John Vytal (1901), and nu- merous short stories in English and American magazines.

PEABODY, Andrew Preston, educator, was born in Beverly, Mass., March 19, 1811; son of Andrew Peabody (b. Feb. 29, 1772, d. Dec. 19. 1813 or 14), who was married. May 30 (Dec. 4), 1808, to Mary Rantoul of Salem. She died Nov. 15, 1836. He attended the public school of Bev- erly, of which his father was for several years principal; was graduated from Harvard. A.B., 1826, A.M., 1829; taiight school in Middleton, Mass., 1826-27; was private tutor, 1827-28. and principal of the academy at Portsmouth, N.H.,