Bio of Alexander PAYNE (b.1850), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
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510           HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

Alexander Payne, stock raiser, Maple Lake township, was born in the 
Province of Quebec, April 13, 1850, son of Medard and Rosalie (Gregorie) 
Payne, who spent the span of their years in Canada. In the family there 
were twelve children: Nels (deceased); Joseph, a veteran of the Civil 
War (deceased); Moses (deceased); Rose (twin of Moses), of Vermont; 
Mary, of Vermont; Alexander; Louis, of Marysville township, this county; 
Mary and Aurelia, of Massachusetts , Rose (deceased); Peter (deceased); 
and two who died in infancy. Alexander Payne left home at the age of 
fifteen and upon coming to the United States worked for some years in
New York state. After his marriage in 1869 he came to Stillwater, this 
state, where he remained about fourteen years. In 1882 he bought eighty 
acres in Maple Lake township, section 1, where he has made some 
excellent improvements and where he now carries on general farming 
and stock raising. He is a Republican in politics and has been on 
the school board, either as director or clerk, for twenty-three years. 
Mr. Payne was married, September 6, 1869, to Matilda Judd, and to this 
union were born four children: Emma, wife of James Colwell, of Anoka; 
Ida (deceased); Ira (deceased), and one that died in infancy. For his 
second wife he married Elizabeth Labo, a native of Illinois, who died 
in 1889. To this union three children were born: Oscar (deceased); 
Laura, wife of George Veo, of Marysville, Minn.; Delia, wife of Nils 
Persian, of Marysville, Minn. and Rose (deceased). For his third wife 
he married Mattie Hamilton, a native of Maple Lake, this county. To 
this union have been born four children: Joseph A., Grace Mary, 
attending the normal department of the high school at Buffalo; Emary, 
at home; and Ezra, at home.