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J. H. PAYNE, mayor and broker, was born August 9, 1851, in Oneida county, New York. His parents, David and Agnes (Lowry) Payne, were of Scotch-Irish extraction, and had six children: Jane, Eliza, John H., David, Martha, and William, all residing in Dakota with their mother except our subject, the father having died in 1864. J. H. Payne received a common school education and began for himself as a clerk in Wisconsin; he was in business in Chicago from 1870 to 1871, came to Clarion county in 1872, and began oil operations, which he has ever since continued. In 1881 he became a resident of Oil City. He was elected a member of the council of this place in 1887 and mayor in 1888. He was married October 20, 1875, to Laura W. Hinkley, daughter of A. R. and Mary Hinkley, an old and respected family of Wisconsin. The result of this union has been one daughter, Irene. Mayor Payne is a Democrat, and one of the enterprising and progressive young business men of Oil City. He is a thirty-second degree Mason.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc. .
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