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| | Born in South Carolina of French parents on Jan. 15, 1838. Payot was 13 when he arrived in San Francisco with the Gold Rush. He worked for lithographers Quirot & Company and later had his own litho-engraving business called Payot, Upham & Company. Before the turn of the century he had made several world tours and trips to Japan of which he lectured locally. By 1907 he was a San Francisco supervisor and member of the board of education. He died in San Francisco on Nov. 21, 1921. In: Society of Calif. Pioneers (view of San Francisco in 1860). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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