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Born 1827, Muskingum county
From History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present (1881), Memorial record of Licking County, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the country, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894)
Painter, William, farmer and stock raiser, a son of John and Margaret Painter, born in Muskingum county, October 12, 1827. He remained with his father and farmer on the shares for about five years, after he became of age, and during this time he married Julina S. Robinson, October 26, 1852. She was born in Fallsbury township,
March 5, 1830. After his marriage he made a purchase of eighty acres of land in this township, to which he moved and began housekeeping. He carried on farming and carpentering in connection. This he continued till about the fall of 1861 or 1862, when he sold his farm to his brother John. He then purchased the farm known as the Robinson farm, near Robinson grove, or Painter run, where he moved the fall following, where he has since remained. He was a member of the home guards, and was called into service May 2, 1864. They were ordered to report at Newark, and from there they were taken to Camp Chase, where they were mustered into service May 1 1 th. They left there for Martinburgh, West Virginia, landing there the fourteenth. There they were divided into squads to do guard duty. Companies F and B were sent to North Mountain, West Virginia. While there the subject of this sketch was taken prisoner, July 3, 1864, and was marched by the rebels from North Mountain to the pike; July 4th to Martinsburgh, where they halted till the morning of the fifth; from there to Winchester, a distance of twenty-two miles. On July 6th they marched to Middletown; next to Woodstock; from thence to Edinburgh, distance twenty-two miles; then halted till the morning of July 8th; from thence to Newmarket. On the 9th they marched to Harrisonburgh, where he remained sick in the hospital till September 3rd; from there by stage to Staunton; September 4th by rail to Richmond, where he was put in Libby prison, and remained till September 23d. On the 24th he was paroled and took the boat for Akins, where they were met by Union soldiers. On the twenty-fifth they # boarded the steamer New York, and headed for City Point; from there to Harrison’s Landing and Fort Powhatan; from there to Fortress Monroe; thence to Annapolis, Maryland; from there to parole camp; thence to Camp Chase, where he received his discharge October 1, 1864; from there he came home and assumed his old business, farming. Mr. and Mrs. Painter are the parents of eleven children, as follows: Thona V., born December 9, 1853; Florence O., August 8, 1855; John W., February 16, 1857; Sarah M., September 18, 1858; David H., November 11, 1860; Jonathan E., November 29, 1862; William E., January 1, 1865; Ira C., March 22, 1867; Walter E., March 18, 1869; Myrtle S., January 4, 1872;.Arthur B., September 12, 1874. John W. died March 25, 1857. Mr. Painter is a consistent member of the Baptist church of Fallsburgh.
As printed in History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
WILLIAM PAINTER, a veteran of the late war, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, October 12, 1827, and is the son of John and Margaret (Miller) Painter, both natives of Ohio. His father came to Fa 11sbury Township, Licking County, at a period so early in its history tiiat wild game of all kinds was plentiful, and other evidences of frontier life still abounded. William was the eldest of thirteen children, eight of whom still survive. They are, John W., who lives in Martinsburg, Knox County, Ohio; Maria, wife of Jacob Phillips, of Utica, Ohio; Melinda, the widow of Jacob Cannon, and a resident of Eden Township, Licking County; Jane, who is married and lives in Muskingum County; Margaret, now the wife of James Camion, of Knox County; J. C. whose home is in Marion County, Ill.; Altie, who is married and lives in Perry County, and William.
The early years of our subject were uneventfully passed. His school advantages were so limited that he was permitted to attend only a small portion of each winter, his longest term, which was fifty-six days, being taken after he had reached manhood. October 26, 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Julina Robinson, and eleven children resulted from the union, of whom nine are now living. They are, Zona V., now the wife of James Burner, who is connected with the city schools of Boston, Mass.; Florence, deceased, formerly the wife of D. W. J. Evans, of Groton, S. Dak.; John W., who died in infancy; Sarah, who resides with her parents; D. II., who is Superintendent of Schools in Martinsburg; J. E., who is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and at present is Supervisor of the Lloyd system of manual training in the city schools of Minneapolis, Minn.; Will E., Principal of the East Newark schools; Ida C., who has been teaching and attending college for the past two years, and who expects to graduate soon from Denison University; Walter E., a young gentleman of intelligence and superior education, who is Superintendent of the Hanover schools; Myrtle, a graduate of the Martinsburg High School with the Class of ’93, and Arthur B., who was also graduated from that school in 1893, and at present with his parents.
In May, 1863, Mr. Painter entered the service of his country, enlisting with the one hundred day men as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He was captured July 3, 1863, at North Mountain, W. Va., and was paroled in Richmond, Va., on the 24th of September following, after having spent twenty days in Libby Prison. In return for the hardships endured he is rewarded with a small pension. His farm consists of one hundred and fifty-four acres. The commodious farm residence is surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and near by Hows a beautiful spring of water. In his political belief Mr.
As printed in Memorial record of Licking County, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the country, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Jacob Cannon (b. 1835) Jacob Phillips (b. 1823)
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