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John Breckinridge Payne was born in Kentucky, the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Howard) Payne. He attended Transylvania University and successfully practiced medicine. On November 15, 1832, he married Elizabeth Trotter Montgomery and the couple resided at his family estate called "Anchor and Hope." In 1846, the couple relocated to another estate. Payne had four children. He is mentioned in a letter written by Henry Onderdonk Chesebro to William H. Seward, then acting Secretary of State, as a reference on behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Vertner whose Lexington, Kentucky home was occupied and damaged by Union troops. Vertner sought redress for these damages.

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John Breckinridge Payne was born in Kentucky, the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Howard) Payne. He attended Transylvania University and successfully practiced medicine. On November 15, 1832, he married Elizabeth Trotter Montgomery and the couple resided at his family estate called "Anchor and Hope." In 1846, the couple relocated to another estate. Payne had four children. He is mentioned in a letter written by Henry Onderdonk Chesebro to William H. Seward, then acting Secretary of State, as a reference on behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Vertner whose Lexington, Kentucky home was occupied and damaged by Union troops. Vertner sought redress for these damages.

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Object Record - Kentucky Historical Society
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Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: M653_365; Page: 576; Family History Library Film: 803365 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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John Breckinridge Payne - Find A Grave
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