Joshua E. Painter, son of Lydia (née Lewallen) and the Rev. Joshua Painter, was born about 1836 (possibly after his father's death) in Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio. His mother remarried in 1840: to John Bishop, a Zane Township farmer.
As a young man, Joshua E. Painter moved to Iowa, possibly following his eldest half-brother, John Wesley Painter, who went to Iowa Territory as a Methodist missionary about 1839.
Joshua Painter and Louisa A. Shelton were married on 2 July 1859 in Davis County, Iowa, and were enumerated in 1860 living with her parents in Bloomfield, the county seat. The couple were the parents of two children:
• John George Painter
• Arminta Elmina Painter Bryce
Joshua Painter worked as a shoemaker, as did his elder half-brother Jacob Painter, who arrived in Iowa after the Civil War. Joshua and Jacob Painter were enumerated in 1870 and 1880 in Bloomfield, a few dwellings apart. In 1880, Joshua's younger half-sister Elizabeth E. Eppley (née Bishop) was also enumerated in Bloomfield.
Joshua E. Painter was last enumerated in the 1885 Iowa state census in Clarinda, Page County, working as a shoemaker. 1891 probate records of his late mother's estate indicate he was then living. He appears to have died in 1893. In the 1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis County, "L. A. Painter" was living in the household of her daughter and son-in-law Minta and Geo. W. Bryce. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Louisa A. Painter, a widow in Bloomfield, reported that she had been married for 34 years—presumably the period from 1859 to 1893. (On the same page is the Jacob Painter household.) Louisa A. Painter later remarried twice, surviving those husbands, too. She died in 1919.
Notes
Lydia Painter (née Lewallen) married John Bishop in 1840, and Aaron Oram in 1874; died in 1890. Her probate records listed her next of kin, including: "Joshua Painter | Son | Iowa." ("No. 2973 The last Will and Testament of Lydia Oram," Champaign Co., Ohio. "Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27646-37305-1?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6FK:n1843275232 : accessed 18 Jan 2018), Champaign Wills 1889-1897 vol G-H image 175 of 663.)
1850 census: not found.
Joshua Painter mentioned in a list of pre-Civil War "Pioneers of Bloomfield." (Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa, (Published by Federated Women's Clubs of the County 1924-1927/The Bloomfield Democrat, 1927), p. 371.)
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLK-CZX : accessed 18 Apr 2018), Joshua Panter and Louisa A. Shelton, 02 Jul 1859.
1860 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwellings 153-54, families 130-131, lines 24-29 and 30-31, p. 79A (printed), p. 18 (written), 6 Jun 1860.
24. John J. Shelton, 43, merchant ($700; $200), Tenn.
25. Nancy M. -----, 42, Tenn.
[...]
30. Joshua Painter, 23, shoemaker (-0-; $100), Va.
31. Louisa -----, 17, Mo.
In the 1863 U.S. draft registration for Davis Co., Iowa, "Painter Joshua E" was age 27, a shoemaker, married, born in Ohio. No record of military service during the Civil War.
In Bloomfield, listed under boot and shoe manufacturers and dealers in: Iowa State Gazetteer...Business Directory, James T. Hair, ed. (Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865), p. 487.
1870 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 115, family 115, lines 13-21, p. 7B (printed), p. 14 (written), 2 Jun 1870.
13. Painter, Joshua E., 34, shoe maker ($1,800; $2,200), Ohio.
14. ----- Louisa, 26, keeping house, Missouri.
15. ----- John, 9, Iowa.
16. ----- Arminta, 5, Iowa.
17. Shelton, Nancy, 52, Tennessee.
18. ----- Miller, 23, works at livery stable, Iowa.
19. ----- Gordy, 21, laborer, Iowa.
20. ----- Emma, 16, Iowa.
21. Hunter, Hudson, 36, shoe maker, Ohio.
• Joshua E. Painter's half-brother, Jacob Painter, shoemaker, enumerated on p. 23 (written). Joseph V. Painter on p. 13 (written) not related.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 46, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 124, family 129, lines 32-36, p. 79A (printed), p. 13 (written), 5 Jun 1880.
32. Painter, Joshua, 44 [head], boots & shoes manufacturing; self and parents born in Ohio.
33. ----- Louisa A., 36, wife, keeping house; self and father born in Mo., mother in Tenn.
34. ----- John George, 19, son, laborer, Iowa.
35. ----- Mintie E., 15, daughter, at school, Iowa.
36. Hunter, Hudson, 47, boarder, divorced, works in boot & shoe shop; born in Ohio, parents in N.J.
• Joshua Painter's half-brother Jacob Painter, a shoemaker, enumerated on following page.
1885 Iowa state census, Clarinda, Nodaway Twp., Page Co.; dwelling 60, family 60, lines 2-6, p. 180 (printed), 1 Jan 1885.
2. Painter, Joshua E., 49, married, shoemaker, O [Ohio].
3. ----- Louisa, 39, married, keeping house, Mo.
4. ----- John G., 24, son, married, marble cutter, Davis Co., Iowa.
5. ----- Kate, 23, married, house keeper, Mo.
6. Hunter, Hudson, 51, single, shoemaker, O.
1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis Co.
1037. Geo. W. Bryce.
1038. Minta Bryce.
1039. Una Bryce.
1040. Guy Bryce.
1041. L. A. Painter.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 70, family 71, line 57, p. 3B (printed), p. 3B (written), 5 Jun 1900.
57. Painter, Louisa A., head, Jun 1843, 56, widowed, number of years married - 34, 2 children (living); born in Missouri, parents in Tennessee.
• Jacob Painter on same page, line 78.
Reviewed 14 January 2023.
As a young man, Joshua E. Painter moved to Iowa, possibly following his eldest half-brother, John Wesley Painter, who went to Iowa Territory as a Methodist missionary about 1839.
Joshua Painter and Louisa A. Shelton were married on 2 July 1859 in Davis County, Iowa, and were enumerated in 1860 living with her parents in Bloomfield, the county seat. The couple were the parents of two children:
• John George Painter
• Arminta Elmina Painter Bryce
Joshua Painter worked as a shoemaker, as did his elder half-brother Jacob Painter, who arrived in Iowa after the Civil War. Joshua and Jacob Painter were enumerated in 1870 and 1880 in Bloomfield, a few dwellings apart. In 1880, Joshua's younger half-sister Elizabeth E. Eppley (née Bishop) was also enumerated in Bloomfield.
Joshua E. Painter was last enumerated in the 1885 Iowa state census in Clarinda, Page County, working as a shoemaker. 1891 probate records of his late mother's estate indicate he was then living. He appears to have died in 1893. In the 1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis County, "L. A. Painter" was living in the household of her daughter and son-in-law Minta and Geo. W. Bryce. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Louisa A. Painter, a widow in Bloomfield, reported that she had been married for 34 years—presumably the period from 1859 to 1893. (On the same page is the Jacob Painter household.) Louisa A. Painter later remarried twice, surviving those husbands, too. She died in 1919.
Notes
Lydia Painter (née Lewallen) married John Bishop in 1840, and Aaron Oram in 1874; died in 1890. Her probate records listed her next of kin, including: "Joshua Painter | Son | Iowa." ("No. 2973 The last Will and Testament of Lydia Oram," Champaign Co., Ohio. "Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27646-37305-1?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6FK:n1843275232 : accessed 18 Jan 2018), Champaign Wills 1889-1897 vol G-H image 175 of 663.)
1850 census: not found.
Joshua Painter mentioned in a list of pre-Civil War "Pioneers of Bloomfield." (Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa, (Published by Federated Women's Clubs of the County 1924-1927/The Bloomfield Democrat, 1927), p. 371.)
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLK-CZX : accessed 18 Apr 2018), Joshua Panter and Louisa A. Shelton, 02 Jul 1859.
1860 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwellings 153-54, families 130-131, lines 24-29 and 30-31, p. 79A (printed), p. 18 (written), 6 Jun 1860.
24. John J. Shelton, 43, merchant ($700; $200), Tenn.
25. Nancy M. -----, 42, Tenn.
[...]
30. Joshua Painter, 23, shoemaker (-0-; $100), Va.
31. Louisa -----, 17, Mo.
In the 1863 U.S. draft registration for Davis Co., Iowa, "Painter Joshua E" was age 27, a shoemaker, married, born in Ohio. No record of military service during the Civil War.
In Bloomfield, listed under boot and shoe manufacturers and dealers in: Iowa State Gazetteer...Business Directory, James T. Hair, ed. (Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865), p. 487.
1870 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 115, family 115, lines 13-21, p. 7B (printed), p. 14 (written), 2 Jun 1870.
13. Painter, Joshua E., 34, shoe maker ($1,800; $2,200), Ohio.
14. ----- Louisa, 26, keeping house, Missouri.
15. ----- John, 9, Iowa.
16. ----- Arminta, 5, Iowa.
17. Shelton, Nancy, 52, Tennessee.
18. ----- Miller, 23, works at livery stable, Iowa.
19. ----- Gordy, 21, laborer, Iowa.
20. ----- Emma, 16, Iowa.
21. Hunter, Hudson, 36, shoe maker, Ohio.
• Joshua E. Painter's half-brother, Jacob Painter, shoemaker, enumerated on p. 23 (written). Joseph V. Painter on p. 13 (written) not related.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 46, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 124, family 129, lines 32-36, p. 79A (printed), p. 13 (written), 5 Jun 1880.
32. Painter, Joshua, 44 [head], boots & shoes manufacturing; self and parents born in Ohio.
33. ----- Louisa A., 36, wife, keeping house; self and father born in Mo., mother in Tenn.
34. ----- John George, 19, son, laborer, Iowa.
35. ----- Mintie E., 15, daughter, at school, Iowa.
36. Hunter, Hudson, 47, boarder, divorced, works in boot & shoe shop; born in Ohio, parents in N.J.
• Joshua Painter's half-brother Jacob Painter, a shoemaker, enumerated on following page.
1885 Iowa state census, Clarinda, Nodaway Twp., Page Co.; dwelling 60, family 60, lines 2-6, p. 180 (printed), 1 Jan 1885.
2. Painter, Joshua E., 49, married, shoemaker, O [Ohio].
3. ----- Louisa, 39, married, keeping house, Mo.
4. ----- John G., 24, son, married, marble cutter, Davis Co., Iowa.
5. ----- Kate, 23, married, house keeper, Mo.
6. Hunter, Hudson, 51, single, shoemaker, O.
1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis Co.
1037. Geo. W. Bryce.
1038. Minta Bryce.
1039. Una Bryce.
1040. Guy Bryce.
1041. L. A. Painter.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 70, family 71, line 57, p. 3B (printed), p. 3B (written), 5 Jun 1900.
57. Painter, Louisa A., head, Jun 1843, 56, widowed, number of years married - 34, 2 children (living); born in Missouri, parents in Tennessee.
• Jacob Painter on same page, line 78.
Reviewed 14 January 2023.
Joshua E. Painter, son of Lydia (née Lewallen) and the Rev. Joshua Painter, was born about 1836 (possibly after his father's death) in Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio. His mother remarried in 1840: to John Bishop, a Zane Township farmer.
As a young man, Joshua E. Painter moved to Iowa, possibly following his eldest half-brother, John Wesley Painter, who went to Iowa Territory as a Methodist missionary about 1839.
Joshua Painter and Louisa A. Shelton were married on 2 July 1859 in Davis County, Iowa, and were enumerated in 1860 living with her parents in Bloomfield, the county seat. The couple were the parents of two children:
• John George Painter
• Arminta Elmina Painter Bryce
Joshua Painter worked as a shoemaker, as did his elder half-brother Jacob Painter, who arrived in Iowa after the Civil War. Joshua and Jacob Painter were enumerated in 1870 and 1880 in Bloomfield, a few dwellings apart. In 1880, Joshua's younger half-sister Elizabeth E. Eppley (née Bishop) was also enumerated in Bloomfield.
Joshua E. Painter was last enumerated in the 1885 Iowa state census in Clarinda, Page County, working as a shoemaker. 1891 probate records of his late mother's estate indicate he was then living. He appears to have died in 1893. In the 1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis County, "L. A. Painter" was living in the household of her daughter and son-in-law Minta and Geo. W. Bryce. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Louisa A. Painter, a widow in Bloomfield, reported that she had been married for 34 years—presumably the period from 1859 to 1893. (On the same page is the Jacob Painter household.) Louisa A. Painter later remarried twice, surviving those husbands, too. She died in 1919.
Notes
Lydia Painter (née Lewallen) married John Bishop in 1840, and Aaron Oram in 1874; died in 1890. Her probate records listed her next of kin, including: "Joshua Painter | Son | Iowa." ("No. 2973 The last Will and Testament of Lydia Oram," Champaign Co., Ohio. "Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27646-37305-1?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6FK:n1843275232 : accessed 18 Jan 2018), Champaign Wills 1889-1897 vol G-H image 175 of 663.)
1850 census: not found.
Joshua Painter mentioned in a list of pre-Civil War "Pioneers of Bloomfield." (Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa, (Published by Federated Women's Clubs of the County 1924-1927/The Bloomfield Democrat, 1927), p. 371.)
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLK-CZX : accessed 18 Apr 2018), Joshua Panter and Louisa A. Shelton, 02 Jul 1859.
1860 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwellings 153-54, families 130-131, lines 24-29 and 30-31, p. 79A (printed), p. 18 (written), 6 Jun 1860.
24. John J. Shelton, 43, merchant ($700; $200), Tenn.
25. Nancy M. -----, 42, Tenn.
[...]
30. Joshua Painter, 23, shoemaker (-0-; $100), Va.
31. Louisa -----, 17, Mo.
In the 1863 U.S. draft registration for Davis Co., Iowa, "Painter Joshua E" was age 27, a shoemaker, married, born in Ohio. No record of military service during the Civil War.
In Bloomfield, listed under boot and shoe manufacturers and dealers in: Iowa State Gazetteer...Business Directory, James T. Hair, ed. (Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865), p. 487.
1870 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 115, family 115, lines 13-21, p. 7B (printed), p. 14 (written), 2 Jun 1870.
13. Painter, Joshua E., 34, shoe maker ($1,800; $2,200), Ohio.
14. ----- Louisa, 26, keeping house, Missouri.
15. ----- John, 9, Iowa.
16. ----- Arminta, 5, Iowa.
17. Shelton, Nancy, 52, Tennessee.
18. ----- Miller, 23, works at livery stable, Iowa.
19. ----- Gordy, 21, laborer, Iowa.
20. ----- Emma, 16, Iowa.
21. Hunter, Hudson, 36, shoe maker, Ohio.
• Joshua E. Painter's half-brother, Jacob Painter, shoemaker, enumerated on p. 23 (written). Joseph V. Painter on p. 13 (written) not related.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 46, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 124, family 129, lines 32-36, p. 79A (printed), p. 13 (written), 5 Jun 1880.
32. Painter, Joshua, 44 [head], boots & shoes manufacturing; self and parents born in Ohio.
33. ----- Louisa A., 36, wife, keeping house; self and father born in Mo., mother in Tenn.
34. ----- John George, 19, son, laborer, Iowa.
35. ----- Mintie E., 15, daughter, at school, Iowa.
36. Hunter, Hudson, 47, boarder, divorced, works in boot & shoe shop; born in Ohio, parents in N.J.
• Joshua Painter's half-brother Jacob Painter, a shoemaker, enumerated on following page.
1885 Iowa state census, Clarinda, Nodaway Twp., Page Co.; dwelling 60, family 60, lines 2-6, p. 180 (printed), 1 Jan 1885.
2. Painter, Joshua E., 49, married, shoemaker, O [Ohio].
3. ----- Louisa, 39, married, keeping house, Mo.
4. ----- John G., 24, son, married, marble cutter, Davis Co., Iowa.
5. ----- Kate, 23, married, house keeper, Mo.
6. Hunter, Hudson, 51, single, shoemaker, O.
1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis Co.
1037. Geo. W. Bryce.
1038. Minta Bryce.
1039. Una Bryce.
1040. Guy Bryce.
1041. L. A. Painter.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 70, family 71, line 57, p. 3B (printed), p. 3B (written), 5 Jun 1900.
57. Painter, Louisa A., head, Jun 1843, 56, widowed, number of years married - 34, 2 children (living); born in Missouri, parents in Tennessee.
• Jacob Painter on same page, line 78.
Reviewed 14 January 2023.
As a young man, Joshua E. Painter moved to Iowa, possibly following his eldest half-brother, John Wesley Painter, who went to Iowa Territory as a Methodist missionary about 1839.
Joshua Painter and Louisa A. Shelton were married on 2 July 1859 in Davis County, Iowa, and were enumerated in 1860 living with her parents in Bloomfield, the county seat. The couple were the parents of two children:
• John George Painter
• Arminta Elmina Painter Bryce
Joshua Painter worked as a shoemaker, as did his elder half-brother Jacob Painter, who arrived in Iowa after the Civil War. Joshua and Jacob Painter were enumerated in 1870 and 1880 in Bloomfield, a few dwellings apart. In 1880, Joshua's younger half-sister Elizabeth E. Eppley (née Bishop) was also enumerated in Bloomfield.
Joshua E. Painter was last enumerated in the 1885 Iowa state census in Clarinda, Page County, working as a shoemaker. 1891 probate records of his late mother's estate indicate he was then living. He appears to have died in 1893. In the 1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis County, "L. A. Painter" was living in the household of her daughter and son-in-law Minta and Geo. W. Bryce. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Louisa A. Painter, a widow in Bloomfield, reported that she had been married for 34 years—presumably the period from 1859 to 1893. (On the same page is the Jacob Painter household.) Louisa A. Painter later remarried twice, surviving those husbands, too. She died in 1919.
Notes
Lydia Painter (née Lewallen) married John Bishop in 1840, and Aaron Oram in 1874; died in 1890. Her probate records listed her next of kin, including: "Joshua Painter | Son | Iowa." ("No. 2973 The last Will and Testament of Lydia Oram," Champaign Co., Ohio. "Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27646-37305-1?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6FK:n1843275232 : accessed 18 Jan 2018), Champaign Wills 1889-1897 vol G-H image 175 of 663.)
1850 census: not found.
Joshua Painter mentioned in a list of pre-Civil War "Pioneers of Bloomfield." (Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa, (Published by Federated Women's Clubs of the County 1924-1927/The Bloomfield Democrat, 1927), p. 371.)
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLK-CZX : accessed 18 Apr 2018), Joshua Panter and Louisa A. Shelton, 02 Jul 1859.
1860 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwellings 153-54, families 130-131, lines 24-29 and 30-31, p. 79A (printed), p. 18 (written), 6 Jun 1860.
24. John J. Shelton, 43, merchant ($700; $200), Tenn.
25. Nancy M. -----, 42, Tenn.
[...]
30. Joshua Painter, 23, shoemaker (-0-; $100), Va.
31. Louisa -----, 17, Mo.
In the 1863 U.S. draft registration for Davis Co., Iowa, "Painter Joshua E" was age 27, a shoemaker, married, born in Ohio. No record of military service during the Civil War.
In Bloomfield, listed under boot and shoe manufacturers and dealers in: Iowa State Gazetteer...Business Directory, James T. Hair, ed. (Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865), p. 487.
1870 U.S. Census, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 115, family 115, lines 13-21, p. 7B (printed), p. 14 (written), 2 Jun 1870.
13. Painter, Joshua E., 34, shoe maker ($1,800; $2,200), Ohio.
14. ----- Louisa, 26, keeping house, Missouri.
15. ----- John, 9, Iowa.
16. ----- Arminta, 5, Iowa.
17. Shelton, Nancy, 52, Tennessee.
18. ----- Miller, 23, works at livery stable, Iowa.
19. ----- Gordy, 21, laborer, Iowa.
20. ----- Emma, 16, Iowa.
21. Hunter, Hudson, 36, shoe maker, Ohio.
• Joshua E. Painter's half-brother, Jacob Painter, shoemaker, enumerated on p. 23 (written). Joseph V. Painter on p. 13 (written) not related.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 46, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 124, family 129, lines 32-36, p. 79A (printed), p. 13 (written), 5 Jun 1880.
32. Painter, Joshua, 44 [head], boots & shoes manufacturing; self and parents born in Ohio.
33. ----- Louisa A., 36, wife, keeping house; self and father born in Mo., mother in Tenn.
34. ----- John George, 19, son, laborer, Iowa.
35. ----- Mintie E., 15, daughter, at school, Iowa.
36. Hunter, Hudson, 47, boarder, divorced, works in boot & shoe shop; born in Ohio, parents in N.J.
• Joshua Painter's half-brother Jacob Painter, a shoemaker, enumerated on following page.
1885 Iowa state census, Clarinda, Nodaway Twp., Page Co.; dwelling 60, family 60, lines 2-6, p. 180 (printed), 1 Jan 1885.
2. Painter, Joshua E., 49, married, shoemaker, O [Ohio].
3. ----- Louisa, 39, married, keeping house, Mo.
4. ----- John G., 24, son, married, marble cutter, Davis Co., Iowa.
5. ----- Kate, 23, married, house keeper, Mo.
6. Hunter, Hudson, 51, single, shoemaker, O.
1893 Iowa state census, Bloomfield, Davis Co.
1037. Geo. W. Bryce.
1038. Minta Bryce.
1039. Una Bryce.
1040. Guy Bryce.
1041. L. A. Painter.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa; dwelling 70, family 71, line 57, p. 3B (printed), p. 3B (written), 5 Jun 1900.
57. Painter, Louisa A., head, Jun 1843, 56, widowed, number of years married - 34, 2 children (living); born in Missouri, parents in Tennessee.
• Jacob Painter on same page, line 78.
Reviewed 14 January 2023.
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