Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05
END FOLLOWS ILLNESS
OF ONLY A FEW DAYS
FaSssr % Eight Children, All Of Whom
Az Livins-cams TO Hardin County
u 1870, and 70 This City, In 1893
Writes Biography Of Painter Family
sksteh Of Career.

q short illness.
mr.. Painter. who was. 81 years old.
had been In failing health for the past
two years. suffering from indigestion.
which finally resulted in liberation OF
the stomach. Friday he was taken Ill
quite suddenly, and -altho he improved
sufficiently TO be able to be up and at
the table on Sunday. continued to fail
rapidly. and passed away peacefully.
Born Of Sturdy Quaker Stock.
Isaac Painter was born Of sturdy
Ohio; Quaker stock. q son Of Thomas
and Mary Williams Painter, near
Paintersville. Greene county. Ohio,
April %. 1880.
His early boyhood days were spent
on the farm, and at the age Of 20 he
entered Bloomingdale Academy, a
Friends school in Park county. Indiana.
Tails school burned shortly after the
young man entered as a student, and
from there he entered another Quaker
institution Of learning, known as the
Bethel school. working his way for his
tuition.
After finishing his school, Mr.. Pain
ter went to Nooresville,. Ind, where he
clerked In store for year. In the
nearby town Of Monravia Mr.. Painter
CHANGED to meet Miss Joanna Johnson,
daughter of Ashly and Lydia john
son, and considered the belle of the
neighborhood. He wooed the young
woman while In Indiana. but did not
receive an answer to his proposal OF
marriage until after he had returned to
Ohio. After his offer of marriage mad
been accepted. and Miss Lydia john
son had fixed the wedding day as
March 16, 1852. Mr.. Painter drove from
his Ohio home. $50 miles. with team
OF horses, to claim his bride. The
couple were married with the Orthodox
Quaker ceremony, each repeating MS
own Vows in the presence Of witnesses.
Theswedding took place in the West
Union meetang house., near 4Monrovia. 2
Come to Iowa IN 1870.
The frst year Of their married life
was spent by Mr.. and Ar1. Painter IN
Ohio. but In; 1853 they moved to Ind
lana. and on farm twotmtles north OF
Monrayia, remained for seventeen years.
one son had been born to them In OHIO.
and six more children came to bless
their home during their stay In Ind
& lana.
Wf9n1nX 10 escape tLc dS uCs hAAu e@AS'
believing that there were greater OPP
portunities from the soil In the newer
vest Mr.. and Mrs. Painter and family
came to Iowa in 1870. settling on a
farm near Iowa Falls. On the land Mr..
painter bought was mineral spring,
which later became known as The
Pool of SLOAN" and in after years was
& tha cause for q sanatorium being built
near the springs. It was while on the
iowa Falls farm that their last child
was born.
Mr. Painter sold the Iowa Falls farm
in 1876 and moved to another IN Grant
township. Hardin county. three miles
anut1, Of Hubbard, where the family
lived, for twelve years. Desiring TO
place their children in school Mr.. and
Mrs Painter moved into Hubbard, and
resided there six years. or until they
came to this city May I, 1898. Mrs.
painter died here March 6, 1899, just
three years before the couple had
planned to celebrate their golden we'd
ding
On May 1s, 1900 Mr.. Painter took
second WIFE in the person OF Mrs
Catherine E. Lackey. The latter sur
wives him, together with his eight chill
ilren BY the first marriage. The chill.
4 tirens, are Thomas Ashley Painter, o.
Carmel. Ind; Ludovic j. Painter. OF
aalya. III; Edwin j. Painter, Of Chi
cago:sMrs W. s. Reese, of New Provi-
dence: Mrs George Easton. of Brad
dock, IN. D.; William~R Painter, Of
Rapid City, S. D., formerly Of this city
Jesse3 Painter, Of Marshalltown; ane
Miss. Anna Painter. Of st. Paul. Three
sisters also survive, In the persons o.
Mrs. kebecca Earle. ef Kansas. Mrs
Martha P. Mote. 7of Illinois; and Mrs
Louisa Round. Of Falls City. Ore.
Writes History Of Family.
"A few years ago Mr. Painter finished
i the publication Of a work on which h
had been employed for many months
compilation Of the history OF tn
Painter family. The history, takes tn
family back 100 years. ana covers tn
differsnt branches up to the time Of IT
II. completion. 1907. The history is II
blank verse, and II q quaint and quit
unus,dal biographical work.
Funeral Thursday Afternoon.
AIJof Mr.. Painters children will b.
here Tor the funeral, which will b.
held from the residence Thursday at
ternoSn at O'Clock. Rev. Fred Ware
81 New Providence. will have charge .
the service. and burial will be in River
side. beside the first Mrs. Painter.
oANTz sUEs CLARK.
!Twssl Nots, Twice Tried in ceur'
Cause Of New Suit.