Payne, Will
Will Payne, (1865-1954) financial editor The Economist since March, 1897;
born in: Whiteside County, Illinois, on January 9, 1865;
son of: W.A. Payne and Caroline Ferriss Payne, nee: Caroline Ferriss
education: common schools, Morrison, Illinois;
married: Katherine Payne, nee: Katherine Whitney, in Harvard, Nebraska, in 1886;
children: Whitney Payne, Donald Payne.
Came to Chicago from Nebraska in 1890;
reporter, editorial writer, city editor and financial editor Chicago Daily News to 1896;
financial editor Chicago Chronicle, 1896, to March, 1897.
Club: Chicago Press Club.
Author: Jerry the Dreamer, 1896; The Monkey Captain, 1898; The Story of Eva, 1901; On Fortune's Road, 1902; Mr. Salt, 1903, The Scarred Chin (1920).
Contributor short stories to leading magazines.
Office: 189 LaSalle Street.
Residence: 1008 W. Farwell Avenue.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1905.