Payne, John Barton (1855-1935)

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American Red Cross

Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, General Committee List, March 1911

Edward B. DeGroot to Jane Addams, October 7, 1911

John P. Altgeld Biography Subscription List, December 1922

Louis Freeland Post to Subscribers of the John P. Altgeld Biography, April 5, 1924

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Birth Date

1855-01-26

Death Date

1935-01-24

Birthplace

Pruntytown, WV

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John Barton Payne was a politician and lawyer. He was a local judge in Chicago, and eventually became Secretary of the Interior under Woodrow Wilson. In addition to serving the former president, he was also the chairman of the Red Cross. Payne was a patron of the arts, and one of the founders of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

John Barton Payne married Kate Bunker in 1878. After Bunker's death, Payne married Jennie Byrd Bryan in 1913. Payne died in 1935.