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unusual facts about Leonard A. Payne


Leonard A. Payne

Leonard Allan Payne died on 18 February 1919 while serving with the Army of Occupation in Germany.


1979 Nahariya attack

According to Leonard A. Cole, Smadar Haran led a campaign in Israel to honor the victims of terrorism just as it does its fallen soldiers.

According to Leonard A. Cole, In 2003 Samadar Haran opposed the release of Samir Kuntar in exchange for the bodies of the 3 Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah during the 2000 Hezbollah cross-border raid, and for Elchanan Tannenbaum, the Israeli businessman and former IDF colonel who was kidnapped by Hezbollah in Dubai after being lured out of Israel under the false pretenses of a drug deal.

4th Virginia Cavalry

The field officers were Colonels Stephen D. Lee, William H. F. Payne, Beverly Robertson, William C. Wickham, and W.B. Wooldridge; Lieutenant Colonels Charles Old and Robert Randolph; and Majors Alexander M. Hobson and Robert E. Utterback.

Anticlericalism and Freemasonry

According to historian Stanley G. Payne, members of the Masonic lodges played a major role in the rise of Portuguese liberalism and anticlericalism.

C. F. Payne

He also provided the original illustrations for the first three "Molly" books in the American Girl series.

Candlemas Island

Candlemas Island is the setting of a novel by Ian Cameron, The White Ship (1975), which tells of a disastrous expedition to the island in 1975 where members of the expedition must contend with ghosts of Spaniards shipwrecked on the island in 1818.

Charles F. Pfister

Driven into receivership, the monopoly was re-organized by Pfister, F.G. Bigleow and state Republican boss Henry C. Payne as The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L).

Charles Payne

Charles T. Payne (born 1925), great uncle of US President Barack Obama

Darfur Peace and Accountability Act

The Darfur Genocide Accountability Act (H.R. 1424) was introduced on March 17, 2005, by Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ).

David Payne

David L. Payne (1836–1884), U.S soldier and pioneer, "Father of Oklahoma"

David N. Payne (born 1944), professor of photonics at the University of Southampton

Deep Fork River

Soldiers from Fort Reno constantly patrolled the area after Wells hired several of David Payne's lieutenants to work at his store.

Donald G. Payne

His most famous book is probably Walkabout (1959), first published as The Children and later made into a movie featuring Jenny Agutter.

Donald Payne

Donald M. Payne (1934–2012), former U.S. Representative from New Jersey, father of Donald Payne, Jr.

George C. Payne

George C. Payne was an American doctor attached to the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division, as part of which he did work in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Harry Payne

Harry D. Payne (1891–1987), St. Louis architect most notable for Houston-area structures

House of Asturias

Stanley G. Payne, A History of Spain and Portugal, Volume 1, Chapter Three (The Early Christian Principalities and the Expansion of

John H. Hager

Hager was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1997, defeating Democrat Lewis F. Payne, Jr. Hager is believed to be the first disabled individual to serve in an elected statewide office in Virginia.

Leonard A. Abercrombie

During the American Civil War he served as lieutenant colonel of Col. Henry M. Elmore's Twentieth Texas Infantry.

Leonard A. Funk, Jr.

On January 29, 1945, he was serving as a first sergeant in Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Holzheim Belgium when he encountered a group of more than 80 German soldiers, most of whom had previously been captured by American forces but, with the help of a German patrol, had managed to overwhelm their guards.

Lewis F. Payne, Jr.

Payne was elected as a Democrat to the 100th United States Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Dan Daniel and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (serving from June 14, 1988 to January 3, 1997).

Perry-Payne Building

Begun in 1888 and completed in the following year, the Perry-Payne Building was named for its owner and his family: it was erected for politician Henry B. Payne, and "Perry" was his wife's maiden name.

Prince Patrick Island

Prince Patrick Island is the setting for a work of fiction, the novel The Lost Ones (1961) by Ian Cameron (Donald G. Payne).

Thryptomene 'F.C. Payne'

By 1967 the cultivar had become a "garden favorite" in Australia and was featured in a gardening guide for native plants in the Australian Women's Weekly.

William B. Nulty

Appointed a Maine Supreme Court justice by Maine Governor Frederick G. Payne (R) in 1949, McNulty died in office on September 11, 1953.

William D. Payne

Assemblyman Payne's Amistad legislation established the Amistad Commission to incorporate African American history and contributions into the K-12 curriculum in New Jersey schools and, the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement and all civil service employees has been criminalized in New Jersey by landmark legislation of which Assemblyman Payne was the lead sponsor.

Among legislation successfully sponsored and cosponsored by Assemblyman Payne are legislation allocating funds which enabled the Newark Boys Chorus to perform in the Union of South Africa, a bill providing $750,000 to establish school-based mentoring programs for at-risk students in Abbott Districts.

Wintergreen Resort

The following year, however, Melba Investors, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bankers Trust Co. of New York acquired Wintergreen from Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, and Lewis F. Payne, Jr. founded Wintergreen Development, Inc. to operate the resort and serve as the developer and managing agent.


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