Nathan P. Payne

Nathan Perry Payne (August 13, 1837 – May 12, 1885)

Early life Payne was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 13, 1837. He was the oldest son of Mary (née Perry) Payne and Henry B. Payne, a former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended local schools, and Pierce Academy in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Ill health caused him to return home before entering Brown University.

Personal life Payne, like his younger brother Oliver Hazard Payne, never married. In his later years, he lived with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nathan Perry, Jr. (the former Paulina Skinner). His funeral was held at his residence, 664 Euclid Avenue, and the service was conducted by Dr. James A. Bolles, the Rector of Trinity Church, and the pallbearers were Amos Townsend, John H. Farley, Gen. James A. Barnett, Jacob Mueller, Charles Otis, L. M. Coe, John Tod, and W. J. McKinnie. He was buried at Lake View Cemetery.