Background
Payne, Robert Lee was born on March 28, 1857 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert L. (Doctor of Medicine and Winifred Tunstall (Wilson) P.
Payne, Robert Lee was born on March 28, 1857 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert L. (Doctor of Medicine and Winifred Tunstall (Wilson) P.
Educated University of North Carolina. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1881.
Practiced at Lexington, 1879-1896, at Norfolk, since 1896. Superintendent of health, Davidson Company, 10 years. Surgeon Southern Railway and Chesapeake and Clyde South.S. companies.
Gynecologist Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Norfolk.
Member and examiner in physiology, North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners. Director and medical director Jamestown Exposition Company.
Chief surgeon, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company President Seaboard Medical Society.
Member and examiner in physiology, North Carolina Board of Medical
Married Mary Emma Hankins, February 14, 1882.