Biography of William Payton Beane, M.D. WILLIAM PAYTON BEANE, M. D. The leading physician and surgeon of Keystone, McDowell County, is Dr. William Payton Beane, whose work here for ten years has earned him all the honors that can possibly be accorded the skill- ful, conscientious and thorough practitioner. Doctor Beane was born December 5, 1878, at Red Boil- ing Springs, Tennessee, son of John and Martha E. (Leon- ard) Beane, natives of the same state. His ancestors were largely Irish, and the families have been represented in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. John Beane was a farmer, later a merchant, for eighteen years held the of fice of justice of the peace, and was a member of the Ma- sonic Order and the Christian Church. William Payton Beane acquired a public school education in his native county, and as he could not look to his par- ents for further help in the matter of education he de- pended upon himself and his labors. For thirteen years he alternately taught and studied, attended a normal school at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and by the exercise of great thrift and saving and by helping another he helped him- self so that he was able to take three years in the University of Tennessee Medical School at Nashville. He finished his course at Memphis, graduating M. D. in 1912. During his junior and senior years he spent much time in clinics and hospital work at Nashville and Memphis. After graduating Doctor Beane removed to McDowell County in 1912 and for three months did relief work in the Welch District. He then located at Keystone and be- gan general practice. While he is not a specialist, his skill in handling children's diseases is especially acknowledged. He does a great deal of work in the Bluefield Sanitarium, St. Luke's Hospital at Bluefield, and in the Miners Hospi- tal No. 1 at Welch. He has admirable personal qualifica- tions for his profession, and the determined struggle he made in his early years has given him a quality that docs not recognize defeat and his resourcefulness in handling the problems of disease is well known. Doctor Beane in 1913, at Keystone, married Mrs. Alice Mae (Peery) Winston. Mrs. Winston by her former mar- riage has two sons, Charles and Roy, Charles being a truck driver for the Tazewell Lumber Company. Doctor and Mrs. Beane are members of the Christian Church, and he is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge. He is a member of the McDowell County, West Virginia State and American Medi- cal Associations. From The History of West Virginia, Old and New, page 85 Submitted by Valerie F. Crook **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************