General John J. Payne was born near Warsaw in 1795. His maternal grandfather was Robert Johnson, brother of Richard M. Johnson of Indian war fame, and himself a noted man of his day. In 1815 General Payne received an appointment o West Point, riding horseback from Warsaw to Washington, D.C. where he was formerly given the commission. In an accident at West Point he was so badly injured that it was necessary to amputate one of his arms and he was retired on a pension one of the first to be granted, in 1818. He returned to Warsaw and took charge of the family estate. He was very active in the civic affairs of the community and is said to have held the first lot sale in the town of Warsaw. In 1822 he was married to Miss Mary Stephenson of Owen county, where he lived for a short time, later returning to Gallatin. He died at the age of 91 and is buried in the cemetery at Warsaw, near the highway of which he little dreamed, but of which, no doubt, he would be justly proud.
Contributed by: Gerald Stephenson (#47379303)
Contributed by: Gerald Stephenson (#47379303)
General John J. Payne was born near Warsaw in 1795. His maternal grandfather was Robert Johnson, brother of Richard M. Johnson of Indian war fame, and himself a noted man of his day. In 1815 General Payne received an appointment o West Point, riding horseback from Warsaw to Washington, D.C. where he was formerly given the commission. In an accident at West Point he was so badly injured that it was necessary to amputate one of his arms and he was retired on a pension one of the first to be granted, in 1818. He returned to Warsaw and took charge of the family estate. He was very active in the civic affairs of the community and is said to have held the first lot sale in the town of Warsaw. In 1822 he was married to Miss Mary Stephenson of Owen county, where he lived for a short time, later returning to Gallatin. He died at the age of 91 and is buried in the cemetery at Warsaw, near the highway of which he little dreamed, but of which, no doubt, he would be justly proud.
Contributed by: Gerald Stephenson (#47379303)
Contributed by: Gerald Stephenson (#47379303)
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