LUCIEN E. PAYNE, Trustee of Shawswick Township, was born in Lawrence County,
Ind., June 25, 1846, one of fourteen children of George and Sarah (Woody)
Payne, who emigrated West in 1822 and settled in this county.  George Payne,
besides being a pioneer of this locality, was a man widely known for his
many virtues.  He was a farmer and stone-mason and by a life of hard labor
acquired a competence.  Until the breaking out of the war he was a Democrat,
but after that was a Republican.  He was an influential member of Roberts
Chapel, situated six miles east of Bedford, as was also his wife, and their
respective deaths occurred June 25, 1866, and May 17, 1850.  Lucien E. Payne
received his education in the common schools of his native county and has
passed the greater part of his life upon a farm.  January 17, 1865, he
enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, but the war soon afterward closing he did not get to see any
active service.  August 2, 1866, he was married to Sarah J. Younger, who has
borne him four children, named Emma F., Charlie A., Nellie M., and Willie
E., deceased.  Both parents are members of the Christian Church.  Mr. Payne
belongs to the G.A.R., the I. O. O. F. and the Blue Lodge in Masonry.  He is
an active Republican in politics and in the spring of 1884 was elected to
his present position.


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