PAYNE, Grover C., Union Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged
in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 651.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by
Century Historical Association.

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Payne, Grover Cleveland, prominent in the business life of Marion, La., is a son of Claiborne
Jackson and Ida L. (Loper) Payne, and was born in Union parish, Oct. 26, 1884.  His father was
born in Alabama where he lived until about 30 years old.  When 15 he ran away and joined the
Confederate army in which he saw much service under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.  After the war he
returned to his home in Alabama and some years later he came to Lincoln parish, La., where he
met and married Miss Ida L. Loper.  He went back to his native state for a short time then
returned to Union parish, where he remained until his death in 1888, having followed farming
near Marion.  Miss Loper was a student of Vienna, an old settlement in Lincoln parish, which
has been abandoned on account of the railroad going elsewhere.  C. J. Payne and his wife were
the parents of 2 children:  Grover C. Payne and  Goldman Eva, now Mrs. C. T. Stripling, of
Monroe, La.  Grover C. Payne has spent all his life in his native parish and until 16 years old
attended public school.  He began life for himself as clerk for J. E. Roark in a general
merchandise store at Marion, and pursued his education in the schools of that town, while
clerking.  This he continued until he was 20 years old.  Having a desire to do something more
profitable and substantial for himself, in 1905 he moved to what is now Litroe, laid out that
town, named it, secured a post office  and started a general merchandise store.  He remained at
that place 2 years when he sold on account of poor health and went to Sweetwater, Tex., to
recuperate.  After a sufficient time he returned to Marion and became a contractor for staves
and ties, a business he has followed most successfully to the present time.  In addition to
this he also does a real estate and insurance business and is notary public. At this time he is
council commander of the Woodmen of the World in Marion, secretary of the Columbian Woodmen,
and is a member of the Baptist church in Marion.  May, 1906, Mr. Payne was married to Miss Rosa
Nettles, daughter of Joseph R. Nettles, of Union parish, and they have 2 children: Joseph
Claiborne and Melba Elaine.

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