Dr. Charles Payne

biography

Payne, Charles - Dr. DR. CHARLES PAYNE was born in Whitby, Ontario, December 10, 1844; son of Charles and Jane C. (Whitney) Payne. He received a classical education at the Whitby Grammar School. At the age of eighteen he began the study of medicine, first under his uncle, Henry Payne, F.R.C.S. E., in Sheffield, England, and attended one course of medical lectures. Returned to this country in the spring of 1864, and entered the Second Corps Hospital, Army of the Potomac, where he remained until the close of the war in 1865. He then continued the study of medicine four years with Dr. Theodore B. Lashells, of Meadville, Penn., and attended two courses of medical lectures at the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1869. He located in Riceville, Penn., March, 1869, immediately after graduating. The Doctor was married July 10, 1877, to Miss Vella N. Markham. He has been most successful in his profession, having built up a large and lucrative practice, and won the respect and confidence of the entire community.

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