The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-27
MISS-MATED.
A Middle-Agsd Woman Changes Her Sex
and Marries Her LADY Friend.
The Most Remarkable case Of Sex
Development on Record The
Result cts Surgical
Operation.

best known ladi6s OF the Shenandoah Val.
Icy has turned out TO be man. Misc
Elizabeth RsbsOoa Payne, dsusbtsr Of the
late Joseph Payne, who lived seven miles
from here, and who tor 80 years has up.
psarsd as woman, suddenly startled Jas.
P. Riley, Clerk Of the County Court here,
by3,pplying for license TO marry Miss
Hinton, who bad resided In the Payne
family " a domestic. Toe lady who fred
the bear OF Ms, PAYNE With such passion
as to comprl bin TO throw of the habit Of
lifetime and declare his sex. 10 10
years old and prepcsscssing. The strange
affai, ms cl',-sd . decided sensation In tine
Shesandoau Valley ana nothtng else L.
talked ,',9,,'. rsyne Is said ~, lave ape.
peared la III = wor d asa female aud was
brought up rs such. No one ever ques.
toned bis sex, and hts own avows Of
masculiuity astonshed the community.
Elizabeth Rebaccs Payne was one OF fam
lily Of ave VI six daughters. He was brought
up a. Q woman and was admitted into the
best society In company with other mem.
bers Of the family. He was always re-
garded asa
suMEwHAT MASCULINE GIRL,
but no one ever suspected he was man.
He was most graceful and dashing horse.
rider aud always challenged general ad-
mirati0u % he frequently rode into WIN.
chester with his habit aud somewhat long
hair trailing IN the wind. In addition to
good birth aud inherited acres be developed
remarkA able business talent for woman.
Reverses IN the family fortune rendered 1t
necessary for some one to put q shoulder
10 the wheel. His sisters we're dis.
tinvuished for their culture and per.
sonal charms and several OF them
married prominent gentleman. Misc He.
becca Payne devoted himselfto the manage.
ment Of farm and to the supervision Of =
store, which be had established Ut R.st,
y here he slso held the appointment OF
.stmOress. He also dealt 10 cattle and
,rses and became an expert In that way.
Al his enterprises prospsred and be has
acquired considerable wealth. Determin.
INK TO marry he threw of bis dresses and
applied for license from the court at
Winchester, but the sstonished clerk who,
like everybody else, knew him Is woman,
declined to issue license for woman to
marry woman. When Payne
PROVED HIS REAL SEX
BY producing the certificate OF DIR. q. W.
Mcguire, Of Winchester, q license was still
refused. on the ground that Virginia law
oompss man to have given. names. which
show his sex before he can act as man In
the eye Of the law. Payne then determined
to have bis name changed At the March term
Of the Circuit court, which will meet on
the Let prox. In the explanation furnished,
Miss Payne said there had never been any
occasion 70 doubt The tsminity until about
q fortnight sincr. when being led to visit
Drs. Mcclure and Love At Winchester, these
gentlemen performed simple and peril.
GUS operation end announced to their ps.
tient that there could bs no doubt a. to bis
perfect mssculinity. DR.. MCGUIRE IL
widely known % . ekillful surgeon, and
DR.. Love, the other practiti ouer, Is q son.
in.law Of Chas. j. Faulkner, aud highly
esteemed physician and gentleman. Miss
Payne aud Miss Hinton have not only been
associated together 10 business, but have
lived together for years In tho closest social
Intimacy, working, eating and sleep.
ing together without the slightest
suspicion that they belonged TO op.
posite sexes. Some indignation was at
6rst expressed among their neighbop over
the present discovery. One preacher In
the neishborhood, who recently invited
Miss Payne to s.ssp With bis wife during .
visit. scolds to-day considerably because
his invitation was accepted, but on further
understanding OF tho matter be became
pacidsd.
MARRIED At MARrIxsBuRa.
MARTrNaAURG. W. w., Jan. a.. Miss
Payne and Miss Hinton we're married In
the Southern Nethodlst Congregation
Church Of this quaint old tows. The
minister who performed the ceremony Wa
. fsrlnsr chaplaiu Of Gen. 'Jeb" stuart's
Csaiedsrats sayalsy ss6lasns.