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John William Payne ​

In office
1914​ – February 13, 1933​
Succeeded by William Michael "Bill" Payne​

Born January 1, 1877​
Natchitoches, Louisiana​
Died February 13, 1933 (aged 56)​
Natchitoches Louisiana​
Resting place American Cemetery in Natchitoches​
Political party Democrat
Spouse(s) (1) Rose Dietrich Payne (married 1898-her death)​

(2) Nettie Gillen Payne (died)
​ (3) Ola Goodrich Payne​

Relations Charles Milton Cunningham (brother-in-law)

W. Peyton Cunningham (nephew)​

Children William Michael "Bill" Payne​

John Payne
​ Edward Blanchard Payne
​ Mary Joy Payne ___​

Occupation Planter

Law enforcement officer

Religion Roman Catholic

John William Payne, also known as J. W. Payne (January 1, 1877 – February 13, 1933), was a long-term sheriff of Natchitoches Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Payne, who became sheriff in 1914,[1] was still serving at the time of his death at the age of fifty-six.​

Payne was the eldest son of William Edward Payne (1830-1884), a native of Dublin, Ireland, and William Payne's second wife, the former Marie Elisa Blanchard (1846-1915). He was born and reared at the plantation known as Evergreen Lodge on Cane River Lake, a mile north of Natchitoches,[2] a city founded in 1714 as the first permanent settlement in the future state of Louisiana.​

Payne was married three times. By the former Rose Dietrich of Natchitoches, whom he married on October 4, 1898, Payne had three sons, William Michael "Bill" Payne, John Payne, and Edward Blanchard Payne. After Rose's death, Payne married the former Nettie Gille of Campti, also in Natchitoches Parish. They had a daughter, Mary Joy Payne. After Nettie's death, Payne wed the former Ola Goodrich, a native of Center in east Texas, who survived him. The first marriage was in a Roman Catholic Church in Natchitoches, but Payne's obituary does not specifically indicate that he was Catholic though there was at the time a substantial Catholic population in Natchitoches Parish.[2] And the original Paynes, who came to the United States from France, were mostly Catholic.​

Sheriff Payne died at his home in Natchitoches of cardiovascular disease and the lingering effects of influenza contracted five months earlier. On his death, The Natchitoches Times wrote: "He was recognized as an officer fearless and efficient, who knew not the meaning of defeat. ... The entire state has cause to feel that it has suffered tremendous loss. ... "Law-enforcement authorities of Louisiana are mourning the death of one of their outstanding members. ... His efforts meant much to the welfare of the people. His repeated re-election testified to the esteem in which he was held by his constituents. He was constantly striving to protect property and lives of the citizens from the lawless element and was always vigorous in his efforts to bring criminals to justice ..."[2]

In addition to his children and third wife, Ola, Payne was survived by a half-sister, Emily Payne Watson, daughter of William Payne's first marriage to the former Theresa Long, and three sisters, all from Natchitoches: Mrs. Elisa P. Williams, Mrs. W. C. Jones, and Alicia Evelena Payne Cunningham (1874-1961), the wife of Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), the publisher of The Natchitoches Times and from 1915 to 1922 a state senator. After her husband's death, Evelena or "Miss Lena,"as she became known, continued to publish the newspaper. Sheriff Payne also had a brother, Edward O. Payne of Natchitoches.[2]

Payne is interred at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches.[2] He was succeeded as sheriff by his son, William Michael "Bill" Payne.[3]

References

  1. The normal terms of sheriffs in Louisiana, which correspond with the gubernatorial elections, would have been 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932. Payne had served less than a year of his sixth term at the time of his death. If he began in 1914, as his obituary indicates, he would have completed the term of someone else elected in 1912.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Natchitoches Times, Week of February 13, 1933.
  3. "Sheriff Wyatt Luther Nugent, Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson Are Slain," The Winnfield (Louisiana) News-American, April 24, 1936.

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