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Will Payne - A Biography

Will Payne, editor and author, was born in Whiteside county, Ill., Jan. 9, 1865; son of William Augustus and Caroline (Ferris) Payne; grandson of William and Eliza (Wells) Payne of Lebanon, N.H., and a descendant of Thomas Paine, Eastham, Mass., about 1630. He was brought up on a farm, attended a country school and early in life removed to Nebraska, where he was employed in a bank. In 1890 he engaged in journalism in Chicago, where he was successively reporter, city editor and financial editor of the Daily News, holding the position of city editor during the World's Columbian exposition, 1893. In 1896 he left the News to become financial editor of the Chronicle, and in March, 1897, accepted a similar position on the Economist. He published novels, including: Jerry, the Dreamer, (1896); The Money Captain (1898); The Story of Eva (1901), and numerous short stories contributed to the magazines.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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