When Hayden Benjamin Payne was born on 22 April 1895, in Licking, Texas, Missouri, United States, his father, John Preston Payne, was 33 and his mother, Laura Jane Waters, was 29. He married Pearl Maggie Bacon on 4 March 1913, in Johnson, Texas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Hill, Texas, United States in 1910 and Walker Post Office, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 4 August 1971, in Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, United States.