Born in Tennessee in 1803. He married his wife, Artemitia, in Greene, Tennessee on July 9, 1825. The couple moved to Indiana before continuing on to Iowa in 1836. Payne represented Henry County as a Councilor at the First and Second Legislative Assemblies of the Iowa Territory. When not serving in the Legislature, Payne practiced medicine. He died in 1846.
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