Brief Life History of John Ward
When John Ward Payne was born on 4 August 1885, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Tazewell Payne, was 38 and his mother, Laura Virginia Ashwell, was 24. He married Mary Elberry Mitchell on 12 May 1909, in Bedford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Staunton Magisterial District, Bedford, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Otter District, Bedford, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 11 December 1950, in Huddleston, Bedford, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Leftwich Church, Bedford, Virginia, United States.
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- John W Payne, "United States 1950 Census"
- John W. Payne, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- John W Payne, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Pai(e)n, Pagen (from Latin Paganus), a fairly common personal name among Normans. It derived from a word that originally meant ‘villager, rustic’, later ‘heathen’, but it had doubtless lost these connotations in its use as a late medieval personal name. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
History: Thomas Payne, who was a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1639, was the founder of a large American family, which included Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. See also Paine .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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