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 1881 - 1971 (90 years)
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William Arlie Payne |
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4 Feb 1881 |
Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A.  |
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Male |
| Died |
Feb 1971 |
Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA |
- Social Security Index: "William Payne, b. 4 Feb 1881 d. Feb 1971. last residence: Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 47803, SSN 314-34-6446 Indiana (1951-1952)."
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| Notes |
- http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoMedalPayne
"Arlie Payne was born on a farm near Terre Haute, Indiana. He graduated from Central Normal Collage in Danville, Indiana, and studied pattern making. Payne worked as a lumberjack, photographer, real estate agent, and pattern maker until he established a landscaping business on sixteen acres of land south of Terre Haute. He was at first especially interested in peonies, but in the late 1920's, he "discovered" Japanese irises. He started hybridizing Japanese in irises in 1932. Over the next three and a half decades, he raised many thousands of seedlings.
During the 1930's and .1940's, there was a sharp decline in the popularity of Japanese irises in the United States, especially during the period of WW II. One of the few nurseries on the West Coast that continued to offer them for sale renamed them "Pearl Harbor irises." Arlie Payne continued his, extensive breeding program striving to produce "a race suitable for outdoor American plants." He sought a beautiful flower of symmetrical form and a plant that demonstrated exceptional vigor. One of the most exceptional aspects of his breeding program was that it was developed in the early years using only six cultivars of the Edo type. Payne took line breeding to a new level of intensity.
Arlie Payne did not start introducing his irises until the early 1950's. When he did, it was apparent that he had developed a strain of wonderful new Japanese irises. He ultimately registered 170 cultivars, most of which were of exceptional quality. When his new cultivars were sent to Japan, the Japanese were astonished to see their diversity and quality. The gigantic maroon, 3-fall cultivar 'The Great Mogul' (1958) was especially admired by Japanese specialists. Payne cultivars took the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in the Internationale Garten Ausstellug in 1963. 'The Great Mogul' won the Silver Medal at the Vienna Intenationale Gartenschaus in 1964, and 'Confetti Shower' won the Bronze Medal at the same event.
The American Iris Society awarded Arlie Payne its coveted Hybridizers Medal in 1964. When he died at the age of 90, in 1971, he was universally revered as the world's premier breeder of Japanese irises."
- U.S. Census Harrison, Vigo County, IN 1900: "James W. Payne, age 45 b. Nov 1854 Indiana, parents b. Kentucky [sic], widowed, carpenter-house, son: William A. Payne, age 19 b. Feb 1881 Indiana, pattern maker."
U.S. Census Ward 7, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 1910: William A. Payne, age 29 b. Abt. 1881 Indiana, carpenter-house, wife Clara G., age 29, b. Missouri, parents b. Germany."
WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: William Arley Payne, age 37 b. 4 Feb 1881, residence: Terre Haute, Vigo county, IN, pattern maker-railroad, wife: Clara Gaertner Payne, tall, stout, blue eyes, light brown hair, no disabilities."
U.S. Census Ward 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 1920: "William A. Payne, age 38 b. Abt. 1882 Indiana parents b. Indiana, pattern maker-railroad, wife Clara G., age 40 b. Abt. 1880 Missouri, parents b. Germany."
William B. Buford, ed, Indiana Department of Conservation, "Report of Division of Entomology and List of Nurserymen," (1922): "Payne's Nursery, W.A. Payne, Rural Route, Terre Haute."
U.S. Census Honey Creek, Vigo County, IN 1930: "William A. Payne, age 49 Abt. 1881 Indiana, parents b. U.S.A., proprietor-landscape company, wife Clara G., age 50 b. Abt. 1880 Missouri, parents b. Germany."
WW II Draft Registration cards, 1942: "William Arlie Payne, age 61 b. 4 Feb Indiana, residence: Terre Haute, IN, self-employed-nursery, Terre Haute, IN; reference: Mrs. Clara Payne."
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| Person ID |
I40013 |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
James W. Payne, b. 27 Nov 1854, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 1 Aug 1938, Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Alice Emily Miller, b. Abt. 1861, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 14 Nov 1881 (Age ~ 20 years) |
| Married |
23 Dec 1877 |
Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "James W. Payne & Mary E. A. Miller, m. 23 Dec 1877 Vigo County."
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F18043628 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Clara Gaertner, b. Sep 1879, Missouri, U.S.A. , d. Sep 1964, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 85 years) |
| Married |
9 Sep 1908 |
Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. |
- Cook County, IL Marriage Index, 1871-1920: "William A. Payne, age 27 b. Abt. 1881, & Miss Clara Gaertner, age 26 [sic] b. Abt. 1882, m. 9 Sep 1908."
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4 Jun 2012 |
| Family ID |
F18043642 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 4 Feb 1881 - Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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 | Married - 9 Sep 1908 - Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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 | Died - Feb 1971 - Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA |
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| Photos |
 | The Payne Medal, William Arlie Payne (1881-1971)
http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoMedalPayne
"From the Society for Japanese Irises (SJI):
The Payne Medal (named for W. Arlie Payne) is the highest award given by the American Iris Society that a Japanese iris can receive in its class. Payne Medal winners are then eligible to win the Dykes Medal, which is the highest award an iris can receive from The American Iris Society. Prior to 1992 the highest award a Japanese Iris could receive was the Payne Award. This award has now been elevated to a medal status." |
 | William Arlie Payne (1881-1971)
http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoMedalPayne |
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