Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-04
Lives Full of Use
fulnesS Rewarded
with HOnOpS.
What Some Success
full Lawyers Have
Passed Through.
John Barton Payne.


Mr.. Payne was born at Prunty-
town. Va, Jan. 26, 1855. He is the
son of Amos and Elizabeth Barton
Payne. His ancestors may be traced
back to the time of Charles l. of En-
gland. The early ancestors of Mr..
Payne came from England about the
year 1910 and settled in Virginia.
Mr.. Payne's great-grandfather Fran
els Payne, was an American officer in
the revolutionary war, and his father
was a graduate Of Pennsylvania Uni
versity and a practicing physician of
note. John Barton Payne's youth
was spent in Orleans, Fauquier Coun-
ty, Va. He there received a thorough
English education, and later classical
course under private tutors. While
he was employed as assistant clerk OF
the courts of his native town, in 1874,
he began studying law, and having
passed a thorough examination be-
fore three Judges, he was admitted to
the bar Of the Old Dominion in Au-
gust 1876. Mr.. Payne made a mum
Der of political speeches during the
Tilden and Hendricks campaign,
which we're well received and showed
him to be Democrat in whom there
was no guile He was the compan-
ion of Gen. Hancock in his Presiden-
tial campaign, and made many
eloquent speeches throughout West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. In
May. 1888, he was elected special
Judge of the Circuit Court of Tuck
er County. Mr. Payne has been en-
gagged in a number of important
cases, among which may be men
toned a case where he claimed that
the law giving a landlords lien pref
erence over chattel exemptions wa'
unconstitutional. He obtained al
Injunction from the Circuit Court OF
that ground, which was affirmed b.
the Court of Appeal, where it wa
argued by Mr.. Payne in 1880
At the election in January, 1882
he was made Mayor of King
wood, and after retiring from tina
Office removed to Chicago, and wa
admitted to the Illinois Bar Marc
p, 1883, and has been engaged i
an active ami paying practice eve
since. He is member Of the la
drm of Aldrich, Payne & Defrees, tn
senior member Of the firm, Mr.. AlC
rich, having been Solicitor Genera
of the United States under Presider
Harrison's administration. Mr.. Payr
believes in the Methodist Church an
the Democratic party. He has e
years been a leading member Of IL
Illinois State Bar Association and I'll
Chicago Bar Association. He is
director of the Union League Clu
and chairman Of its Membersh
Committee; also a member of Il
Law Club of Chicago. He has bee
president of the Chicago Law Inst
tute. lie married Oct. II, 1878, Mi
Kate Bunker, daughter of the la
Judge Edward c. Bunker, of We
Virginia.
Mr. Payne has frequently acted
chairman Of Democratic Campail
Committees.
Perry Trumbull.
Mr.. Trumbull, who was named
the Democratic convention for o
Of the Judges OF the Superior Coul
is son OF ex-senator Lyman Tru
bull aud was born at Alton, In q
State, In January, 1851 lie studi
law la Columbia law school, a
With Hon. H. O. Cook aud was
mitted 90 the bar no sprluaiie
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