Payne, Archibald

PAYNE

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:58:51

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.712

PAYNE, ARCHIBALD, blacksmith; Palmyra Township, P. O. Palmyra; born in North Carolina Oct. 8, 1822; his parents came to Indianapolis, Ind., when he was quite young, where he was raised and learned his trade, which he has followed since as an occupation. June 8, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 3d Iowa Infantry, and was honorably discharged June 8th, 1864, at Davenport. While in the service he participated in the battles of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River campaign. He came to this county and settled in the year 1851, and has since that time made it his home; he has held the office of coroner one term, and justice of the peace several years. He was married in Bloomington, Ill., in 1846, to Miss N. J. Glimpse, of Indiana; they have by this union a family of four children: Matilda A. (now wife of W. W. Marshall), Laura F. (now wife of S. McClure), Mary B. (now wife of W. A. Bartholomew), and Alonzo.