Sarah Jane Painter, a daughter of Lydia (née Lewallen) and the Rev. Joshua Painter, was born 1832 in Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio. Her father died in 1835 when she was 3, and in 1840 when she was 8 her mother remarried—to John Bishop. Before her own marriage in 1849, Sarah likely lived in the Bishop household, where her younger sister Elmina and older half-brother Jacob Painter were enumerated in 1850.

Sarah Jane Painter and George Vermillion were married on 14 February 1849 in Hancock County, Ohio. The couple were the parents of eight children—

• William Joshua "Will" Vermillion (1849-1927)
• Lydia Ann Vermillion Hungerford (1851-1893)
• Benjamin Vermillion (1852-after 1870)
• John Wesley Vermillion (1855-1946)
• Martha Jane Vermillion (1857-1859)
• Mary Lety Vermillion (1859)
• Elmina Jane Vermillion Parker (1861-1932)
• George Washington Vermillion, III (1862-1954)

The Vermillion family moved from Ohio in the late 1850s, and settled in Douglas County, Illinois. George Vermillion passed away in 1862 at the age of 41; Sarah Vermillion passed away in 1870 at the age of 38.

Notes

Birth and death dates for Sarah Jane (née Painter) and George Washington Vermillion, junior (and for the couple's eight children) reported in: Lucy Mary Drummond, Laura Belle Walker, Eula Newman French & Ira F. Vermilion, Vermillion Family, 1685-1971, vol. 2 (typescript, 1973), p. 105. (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/240101-vermillion-family-1685-1971-vol-2?viewer=1&offset=0#page=115&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=)
• Cites 1939 correspondence from Lucy May Parker (née Hanner), who was the wife of a grandson of the couple.

Lydia Painter (née Lewallen), widowed in 1835, married second John Bishop in 1840, and third Aaron Oram in 1874. Her 1890 probate records listed her next of kin, including: "Heirs of Sarah Jane Vermillion | Grandchildren | Not residents of Ohio." ("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 12 Jan 2014), Champaign Wills 1889-1897 vol G-H image 175 of 663.)

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8F8-VFV : accessed 12 Jan 2014), George Vermillion and Sarah Jane Painter, 14 Feb 1849; citing Hancock, Ohio, United States, reference cn 59 p 151; FHL microfilm 1299131.

1850 U.S. Census, Orange Twp., Hancock Co., Ohio; dwelling 4, family 4, lines 17-21, p. 976 (written), 9 Oct 1850.
17. Geo. Vermilion, 29, farmer, O [Ohio].
18. Sarah J. Vermilion, 18, O.
19. Wm J., "5/6," O.
20. Geo. Vermilion, 68, none ($600), Md.
21. Anna B., 72, Md.

1860 U.S. Census, Township 16 N Range 14 W, Douglas Co., Illinois; dwelling 568, family 564, lines 23-25 and 1-3, p. 85-86 (written), 27 Jun 1860.
23. George Vermillion, 39, farm hand, Ia [Indiana].
24. Sarah -----, 25, Ohio.
25. William -----, 10, Ohio.
1. Lida Vermillion, 8, Ohio.
2. Benjamin -----, 6, Ohio.
3. John -----, 5, Ohio.
• Lines 26 through 40 on p. 85 are blank.

Enumerated in 1865 Illinois state census in Newman Twp., Douglas Co.

1870 U.S. Census, Newman Twp., Douglas Co., Illinois; dwelling 32, family 34, lines 8-13, p. 308 (printed), p. 5 (written), 11 Aug 1870.
8. Vermillian, Sarah, 38, keeping house ($100; $50), Ohio.
9. ----- Lydia, 18, Ohio.
10. ----- Benjamin, 16, Ohio.
11. ----- John W., 15, Ohio.
12. ----- Elmina, 10, Ills.
13. ----- George, 8, Ills.
• Sarah Vermillion named daughters after her mother Lydia and sister Elmina.

Will of "Sarah Jane Vermillion of the Town of Newman in the county of Douglas and State of Illinois," 18 Nov 1870. Children: William, Benjamin, John Wesley, Lydie Ann, Elmina, and George Washington.

Reviewed 13 January 2023.