Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
Lives Full of Use
fuIneSS Rewarded
with HOnOrS.
What Some Success
full Lawyers Have
Passed Through.
John Barton Payne.

John Barton fayne.
Mr.. Payne was born at Prunty-
town. Va, Jan. 26, 1855. He is the
son IF Amos and Elizabeth Barton
Payne. His ancestors may be traced
back to the time of Charles II. 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 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 mum
Der of political speeches during the
Tilden and Hendricks campaign,
which were we'll 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. Ii
May. 1888, he was elected specia
Judge of the Circuit Court Of Tuck
err County. Mr. Payne has been en-
gagged in number of importan
cases, among which may be men
toned a case where he claimed tina
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 1886
At the election in January, 1SS-
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. 1888, and has been engaged
an active and paying practice eve
since. He is member Of the la
drm of Aldrich, Payne < Defrees, tt
senior member Of the firm Mr.. Alt
rich, having been Solicitor Gener
of the United States under Presidel
Harrisons administration. Mr.. PayI
believes in the Methodist Church al
the Democratic party. He has +
years been leading member Of Il
Illinois State Bar Association and I'll
Chicago Bar Association. He is
director of the Union League Cll
and chairman Of its Membersh
Committee: also member of Il
Law Club of Chicago. He has bee
president of the Chicago Law Inst
tute. He married Oct. II, 1873, Mi
Kate Bunker, daughter of the la
Judge Edward G. Bunker, Of We
Virginia.
Mr.. Payne has frequently acted
chairman of Democratic Campai
Committees.
Perry Trumbull
Mr. Tumbull. who was named
the Democratic convention for 4
Of The Judge, of the Superior Cou
Is a son of ex-senator Lyman Tru
bal and was born AZ Alton, IN /
State, in January 1851 tie stud
law In Columbia law school. 4
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