County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 394-395. Hopkinsville City and Precinct. NEWTON PAYNE is a native of this county, and was born January 14, 1814. He is the fourth child of Dennis and Nancy Payne, who came from Bourbon County to this county in 1800. Subject was reared in Christian and Todd Counties; he then studied law and was admitted to practice in 1834. After practicing for two or three years he turned his attention to teaching, and afterward to farming and trading. He was married in Todd County, Ky., on February 22, 1844, to Miss Mahala Clark, a daughter of Thomas Clark, of Todd County. This lady was born in Todd County in 1822, and died in 1851. To her were born two children: Davie Ella and Leslie Elwood, both deceased. Leslie was educated in the profession of law in the Law Department of the University of Lexington, Ky., from which institution he graduated in 1871. He afterward practiced at Hopkinsville, first with D. O. Graves, now in Louisville, Ky., after, with the late John P. Ritter. He died February 3, 1877. Miss Davie E. Payne was the wife of James D. Hooker. Subject married the second time, on July 25, 1853, to Mrs. Lauvisa A. Faulkner (nee Baker). This lady is the daughter of Peter and Rhoda Baker, and was born in 1827. This union has resulted in the birth of five childen: John W., Effie (wife of J. W. Warfield), Minnie (wife of Dr. W. M. Trice), Felie B. and Edna E. John W. Payne was educated in the Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tenn., from which institution he graduated in 1877. He was admitted the same year to practice in the courts of Kentucky, first with Hon. James Breathitt. From October, 1880, to January 1, 1884, he was business manager and local editor of the New Era. In December, 1883, he was elected City Attorney over a prominent Republican, J. W. Downer, and is now serving in that capacity. He is a member of the Baptist Church, as are also his mother and sisters, Mrs. Warfield and Mrs. Trice. The Payne family have been residents of Christian County since 1844, living until 1866 on their farm in Union Schoolhouse Precinct, and since that date in Hopkinsville. Payne Clark Graves Ritter Hooker Faulkner Baker Warfield Trice Breathitt Downer = Bourbon-KY Todd-KY Lexington-Fayette-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/christian/payne.n.txt