JOHN PAYNE, County Auditor, Connersville, is a native of Ohio, born in Hamilton County, October 30, 1842. He was reared on a farm and received a common school education. His father, Thomas T. Payne, a miller by trade, was born in New York in 1801, and died in October, 1852. His mother, Ellen D. (Kees) Payne, was born May 9, 1807, in Virginia, and died in July, 1848. Mr. Payne was an apprentice to the printing business, and after completing his trade, July 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company B., Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, and served in the Seventeenth Army Corps, Crocker's Brigade. In 1864 he was Aide-de-camp on Gen. John P. Hawkins' staff. At the battle of Shiloh he was wounded in the shoulder. He remained in the service until January 41866, and after the war he was in the Quartermaster's Department at Vicksburg, until January 1, 1869, then returned to Indiana and farmed up to 1873, when he engaged in the tile business. He was elected Auditor in November, 1882. Mr. Payne was married in January, 1870, to Miss Eliza Ellis, who was born in this county and State, April 10, 1850. This union has been blessed by the following children: William, Edwin, Lucia, Charlie, Daisy, Edna and Pet. Mr. Payne is a member of Warren Lodge, No. 15, F. and A. M.; Maxwell Chapter, No. 18, R. A M.; Fayette Council, No. 6, R. and S. M., and Connersville Post, No. 126, G. A R. In politics he is an active and enthusiastic Republican; an affable and courteous gentleman.
SOURCE: History of Fayette County, Indiana, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1885, p. 247
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