Goodspeed's Tipton County Biographies written about 1886 has the following to say about Romulus "Rome" Payne, Sr.:
"Romulus Payne, farmer and citizen of Covington, and son of Banyan and Nancy M. (Wright) Payne, was born in Tipton County, Tenn. in 1843. The Father was of French-Irish lineage, and was born ... in 1800 .... Our subject was educated in the common schools of Tipton County, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and was engaged in the following battles: Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and a number of sharp skirmishes. At the end of the four years he returned home, and [then moved to Arkansas where he] engaged in the mercantile business until 1885. He then returned to his native county and purchased property near Covington, and has since been engaged in farming. September 26, 1872, he married Kate S. Beaver, a native of Arkansas, born in 1856, and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. To our subject and wife were born these children: Romulus G., Banyan, Myrtle B., Mabel May, Rachel and Beaver B. [Two more children were born after this biography was written: Katie Clyde Payne and Joe Marmeduke Payne, Sr].
"Romulus Payne, farmer and citizen of Covington, and son of Banyan and Nancy M. (Wright) Payne, was born in Tipton County, Tenn. in 1843. The Father was of French-Irish lineage, and was born ... in 1800 .... Our subject was educated in the common schools of Tipton County, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and was engaged in the following battles: Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and a number of sharp skirmishes. At the end of the four years he returned home, and [then moved to Arkansas where he] engaged in the mercantile business until 1885. He then returned to his native county and purchased property near Covington, and has since been engaged in farming. September 26, 1872, he married Kate S. Beaver, a native of Arkansas, born in 1856, and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. To our subject and wife were born these children: Romulus G., Banyan, Myrtle B., Mabel May, Rachel and Beaver B. [Two more children were born after this biography was written: Katie Clyde Payne and Joe Marmeduke Payne, Sr].
Goodspeed's Tipton County Biographies written about 1886 has the following to say about Romulus "Rome" Payne, Sr.:
"Romulus Payne, farmer and citizen of Covington, and son of Banyan and Nancy M. (Wright) Payne, was born in Tipton County, Tenn. in 1843. The Father was of French-Irish lineage, and was born ... in 1800 .... Our subject was educated in the common schools of Tipton County, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and was engaged in the following battles: Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and a number of sharp skirmishes. At the end of the four years he returned home, and [then moved to Arkansas where he] engaged in the mercantile business until 1885. He then returned to his native county and purchased property near Covington, and has since been engaged in farming. September 26, 1872, he married Kate S. Beaver, a native of Arkansas, born in 1856, and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. To our subject and wife were born these children: Romulus G., Banyan, Myrtle B., Mabel May, Rachel and Beaver B. [Two more children were born after this biography was written: Katie Clyde Payne and Joe Marmeduke Payne, Sr].
"Romulus Payne, farmer and citizen of Covington, and son of Banyan and Nancy M. (Wright) Payne, was born in Tipton County, Tenn. in 1843. The Father was of French-Irish lineage, and was born ... in 1800 .... Our subject was educated in the common schools of Tipton County, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and was engaged in the following battles: Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and a number of sharp skirmishes. At the end of the four years he returned home, and [then moved to Arkansas where he] engaged in the mercantile business until 1885. He then returned to his native county and purchased property near Covington, and has since been engaged in farming. September 26, 1872, he married Kate S. Beaver, a native of Arkansas, born in 1856, and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. To our subject and wife were born these children: Romulus G., Banyan, Myrtle B., Mabel May, Rachel and Beaver B. [Two more children were born after this biography was written: Katie Clyde Payne and Joe Marmeduke Payne, Sr].
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