Biography of Henry Payne, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Judge Henry Payne, a prominent farmer of Prairie Township, Franklin
County, was born in Lawrence County, Ala., in October, 1835, and is a
son of Enoch and Sarah (England) Payne, natives of Virginia. The
father grew to manhood, received his education and engaged in farming
in his native State, from whence he went to Alabama, and located on a
farm; he married in 1828, and was the father of two children: Henry
and William, the latter new deceased. The father died during the
Rebellion, and his widow in 1850. Henry Payne spent his early life in
Alabama and Tennessee, receiving his education in the latter State. In
1862 he enlisted in the army, under Gen. Forrester; he was present at
the battle of the Wilderness, and was captured at the battle of
Spottsylvania, and taken to Delaware prison, where he was held for one
year, at the end of which time, the war being ended, he returned to
Alabama. In 1868 he married Virginia Thompson, a native of Alabama,
and a daughter of Eggleston Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Payne have one
child, Viola, now the [p.1270] wife of T. A. Watson. Mr. Payne removed
to Arkansas in 1870, locating on the farm where he has since resided,
and which consists of 260 acres, with ninety acres under cultivation.
He was elected justice of the peace in 1874, which office he held
until 1880; he was elected county judge in 1884, and again in 1886,
and served his county with credit. He is an active Democratic
politician, and is interested in all educational and public
enterprises. The family are members of the Baptist Church.