#  Payne, Edward 

 



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 Edward B. Payne (1845-1923) was ordained by the First Church in Leominster, Mass., in 1887; he served there until 1891. Payne had been a Congregational minister in Berkeley, Calif., from 1875 to 1880, but he resigned his pastorate and became a Unitarian. He had served the Unitarian Church in Manchester, N.H., 1884-1886. From 1892 to 1897, he was minister in Berkeley, Calif., where he became involved with the founding of the Altruria Community, a short-lived utopian community whose ideals were inspired by Christian Socialism. Payne served as editor of *Coming Light* (predecessor of *Arena*), 1898-1899, and became a spiritualist. His wife was the author and medium Ninetta Eames. \[Photo (credit: Richardson, Leominister, Mass.) [Payne, Edward Byron](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/c/div01446c01866/catalog)\].

 For more information, see: Fogarty, Robert S. *Dictionary of American Communal and Utopian History* (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980). Trahair, Richard C.S. *Utopias and Utopians: an Historical Dictionary* (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). *Pacific Unitarian* v. 3, no. 8 (June 1895), p. 230f.



 



 

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