Spencer Heath Archive

Item 1206

Data from Miss Leonora Lawrence, 141 Lawrence Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights) given to Spencer Heath and copied in his hand., followed by a biographical sketch by Heath filling in Miss Lawrence’s genealogical form.

August 23, 1941.

Irving W. Payne (see below), son of Andrew. Grandson of George Payne. George, son of Gideon Payne and Phoebe Hill Payne. Bother of William Payne, my grandfather. He was born in Farmington New York, March 24, 1807.

Selinda Amelia (Payne) Heath, born Farmington, New York, January 7, 1847, died January 3, 1931, Oakton VA.

Gideon Payne and his wife, Phoebe Hill, were Quakers, buried in Quaker Cemetery, Farmington NY.

Lavinia Maria (Frost) Payne-Pension. Go Room 390, Veterans’ Bureau, Mr. Murdock. Get certificate number. Go to Archives Building for records.

Photo of Phoebe Hill by C.O. Buckingham Company, 18 13^th Street N.W., Washington D.C., for Leonor Lawrence. Irving W. Payne, 4017 Leland Street, Chevy Chase, Maryland has the original daguerreotype. She is my (Spencer Heath’s) grandfather William Payne’s mother. Born January 12, 1771, Swansea MA. Died April 2, 1854, Married Gideon Payne at Adams MA. Buckingham has negatives.

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Active mechanical and automotive engineer. Also LLM National University Law School Washington D.C. and member of Bar of Supreme Court of District of Columbia. Member of Aero Club of America and Society of Automotive Engineers. Manufacturer and developer of airplane propellers and other mechanical devices. With factories in Baltimore from 1912 to 1929. Chief American supplier of propellers to U.S. and Allies during Great War. In 1929 sold all business interests including numerous U.S. and foreign patents to Bendix Aviation Corp. Other interests (hobbies): History and development of jurisprudence – political economy. Active in Chicago Single Tax Club 1900-1901 and continuous supporter of Single-Tax movement to date. Member of Manhattan Single Tax Club (founded by Henry George) and United Committee for Taxation of Land Values, Great Britain. Pedagogy and Education – life-long amateur interest. Patron (deus ex machina) of The Little School, Winchester VA. General Science and Literature – wide range of reading interest. Horticulture – Active amateur interest. Music – intensely appreciative but almost illiterate. National politics – Democratic and always a Free Trader.