Charity Jane Painter, daughter of Louisa (née Stine) and George W. Painter, was born in 1864 in McLean County, Illinois, possibly in Arrowsmith Township, where her father was enumerated in 1865. The Painter family farmed in McLean and neighboring Champaign County.
Miss Charity J. Painter and Mr. John Painter, both of Condit Township, Champaign County, were married on 20 March 1884 in Urbana, Champaign County.* (They were first cousins.) The couple, who farmed in Condit Township, were the parents of seven children (including two adopted):
• Jessie Belle Painter Beabout (adopted)
• Chester Painter (died in infancy)
• Esther Louisa Painter Moore
• Nellie Anna Marie Painter
• Carl Edward Painter
• Ada Fern Painter Armstrong
• Mural Richard Painter (adopted)
John Wesley Painter died in 1927 at the age of 67. Charity Jane Painter afterwards lived with her unmarried daughter Nellie in Dewey, and died in 1950 in Gibson City, Illinois, at the age of 85.
Notes
16 Nov 1864 date of birth from family records provided by granddaughter Dorothy Fairchild.
1865 Illinois state census, Arrowsmith Twp., McLean Co.; p. 176.
[11.] George Painter.
[28.] Mary Stine.
• Mary Stine was Charity Jane Painter's maternal grandmother.
1870 U.S. Census, West Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 15, family 6, lines 4-11, p. 664 (printed) p. 3 (written), 12 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Le Roy)
4. Painter, George, reported age 44, farmer (-0-; $830), Ohio.
5. ----- Eliza, 37, keeping house, Indiana.
6. ----- Manuel, 16, laboring on farm, Ohio.
7. ----- John, 15, Illinois.
8. ----- Mary, 11, Illinois.
9. ----- Olive, 10, Illinois.
10. ----- Charity, 8, Illinois.
11. ----- Frank, 1, Illinois.
• At least three children omitted: Laura, William, and George Wesley.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 58, family 61, lines 41-48, p. 4 (printed), p. 9 (written), 4 Jun 1880.
41. Painter, George W. [head], reported age 57, farmer; born in Ohio, parents in Virginia.
42. ----- Louisa, 48, wife, keeping house; born in Indiana, parents in South Carolina.
43. ----- Manuel, 26, son, farmer; born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Indiana.
44. ----- [George] Wesley, 19, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
45. ----- Laura, 17, daughter, at home, Illinois.
46. ----- Charity, 16, daughter, at home, Illinois.
47. ----- William, 13, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
48. ----- Frank, 10, son, at school, Illinois.
* The marriage license return confirms that Charity Jane Painter was a daughter of George W. Painter and Louisa Stine, born in McLean Co., resident in Foosland, Champaign Co., Illinois, and would be 21 on her next birthday. John Wesley Painter, farmer, was a son of Isaac Painter and "Barbary" Ann Hill[...], born in Champaign Co., resident in Foosland, and would be 25 on his next birthday. ("Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GM-T6N : 4 November 2017), John Wesley Painter and Charity Jane Painter, 1884; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,053.)
Enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Condit Twp; in 1930 and 1940 in Dewey.
1950 U.S. Census, E.D. 10-69, Dewey, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 150, lines 28-29, p. 18 (written), 17 Apr 1950.
28. Painter, Nellie M., head, 52, Nev[er married]., Illinois, clerk, grocery store.
29. ----- Charity J., mother, 86, Mar., Illinois.
• In the 1950 U.S. Census, "Mar"—married—also included widowed, divorced, or separated.
"Central Illinois Deaths: Mrs. Charity Painter," The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 8 Aug 1950, p. 5.
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Miss Charity J. Painter and Mr. John Painter, both of Condit Township, Champaign County, were married on 20 March 1884 in Urbana, Champaign County.* (They were first cousins.) The couple, who farmed in Condit Township, were the parents of seven children (including two adopted):
• Jessie Belle Painter Beabout (adopted)
• Chester Painter (died in infancy)
• Esther Louisa Painter Moore
• Nellie Anna Marie Painter
• Carl Edward Painter
• Ada Fern Painter Armstrong
• Mural Richard Painter (adopted)
John Wesley Painter died in 1927 at the age of 67. Charity Jane Painter afterwards lived with her unmarried daughter Nellie in Dewey, and died in 1950 in Gibson City, Illinois, at the age of 85.
Notes
16 Nov 1864 date of birth from family records provided by granddaughter Dorothy Fairchild.
1865 Illinois state census, Arrowsmith Twp., McLean Co.; p. 176.
[11.] George Painter.
[28.] Mary Stine.
• Mary Stine was Charity Jane Painter's maternal grandmother.
1870 U.S. Census, West Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 15, family 6, lines 4-11, p. 664 (printed) p. 3 (written), 12 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Le Roy)
4. Painter, George, reported age 44, farmer (-0-; $830), Ohio.
5. ----- Eliza, 37, keeping house, Indiana.
6. ----- Manuel, 16, laboring on farm, Ohio.
7. ----- John, 15, Illinois.
8. ----- Mary, 11, Illinois.
9. ----- Olive, 10, Illinois.
10. ----- Charity, 8, Illinois.
11. ----- Frank, 1, Illinois.
• At least three children omitted: Laura, William, and George Wesley.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 58, family 61, lines 41-48, p. 4 (printed), p. 9 (written), 4 Jun 1880.
41. Painter, George W. [head], reported age 57, farmer; born in Ohio, parents in Virginia.
42. ----- Louisa, 48, wife, keeping house; born in Indiana, parents in South Carolina.
43. ----- Manuel, 26, son, farmer; born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Indiana.
44. ----- [George] Wesley, 19, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
45. ----- Laura, 17, daughter, at home, Illinois.
46. ----- Charity, 16, daughter, at home, Illinois.
47. ----- William, 13, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
48. ----- Frank, 10, son, at school, Illinois.
* The marriage license return confirms that Charity Jane Painter was a daughter of George W. Painter and Louisa Stine, born in McLean Co., resident in Foosland, Champaign Co., Illinois, and would be 21 on her next birthday. John Wesley Painter, farmer, was a son of Isaac Painter and "Barbary" Ann Hill[...], born in Champaign Co., resident in Foosland, and would be 25 on his next birthday. ("Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GM-T6N : 4 November 2017), John Wesley Painter and Charity Jane Painter, 1884; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,053.)
Enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Condit Twp; in 1930 and 1940 in Dewey.
1950 U.S. Census, E.D. 10-69, Dewey, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 150, lines 28-29, p. 18 (written), 17 Apr 1950.
28. Painter, Nellie M., head, 52, Nev[er married]., Illinois, clerk, grocery store.
29. ----- Charity J., mother, 86, Mar., Illinois.
• In the 1950 U.S. Census, "Mar"—married—also included widowed, divorced, or separated.
"Central Illinois Deaths: Mrs. Charity Painter," The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 8 Aug 1950, p. 5.
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Charity Jane Painter, daughter of Louisa (née Stine) and George W. Painter, was born in 1864 in McLean County, Illinois, possibly in Arrowsmith Township, where her father was enumerated in 1865. The Painter family farmed in McLean and neighboring Champaign County.
Miss Charity J. Painter and Mr. John Painter, both of Condit Township, Champaign County, were married on 20 March 1884 in Urbana, Champaign County.* (They were first cousins.) The couple, who farmed in Condit Township, were the parents of seven children (including two adopted):
• Jessie Belle Painter Beabout (adopted)
• Chester Painter (died in infancy)
• Esther Louisa Painter Moore
• Nellie Anna Marie Painter
• Carl Edward Painter
• Ada Fern Painter Armstrong
• Mural Richard Painter (adopted)
John Wesley Painter died in 1927 at the age of 67. Charity Jane Painter afterwards lived with her unmarried daughter Nellie in Dewey, and died in 1950 in Gibson City, Illinois, at the age of 85.
Notes
16 Nov 1864 date of birth from family records provided by granddaughter Dorothy Fairchild.
1865 Illinois state census, Arrowsmith Twp., McLean Co.; p. 176.
[11.] George Painter.
[28.] Mary Stine.
• Mary Stine was Charity Jane Painter's maternal grandmother.
1870 U.S. Census, West Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 15, family 6, lines 4-11, p. 664 (printed) p. 3 (written), 12 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Le Roy)
4. Painter, George, reported age 44, farmer (-0-; $830), Ohio.
5. ----- Eliza, 37, keeping house, Indiana.
6. ----- Manuel, 16, laboring on farm, Ohio.
7. ----- John, 15, Illinois.
8. ----- Mary, 11, Illinois.
9. ----- Olive, 10, Illinois.
10. ----- Charity, 8, Illinois.
11. ----- Frank, 1, Illinois.
• At least three children omitted: Laura, William, and George Wesley.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 58, family 61, lines 41-48, p. 4 (printed), p. 9 (written), 4 Jun 1880.
41. Painter, George W. [head], reported age 57, farmer; born in Ohio, parents in Virginia.
42. ----- Louisa, 48, wife, keeping house; born in Indiana, parents in South Carolina.
43. ----- Manuel, 26, son, farmer; born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Indiana.
44. ----- [George] Wesley, 19, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
45. ----- Laura, 17, daughter, at home, Illinois.
46. ----- Charity, 16, daughter, at home, Illinois.
47. ----- William, 13, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
48. ----- Frank, 10, son, at school, Illinois.
* The marriage license return confirms that Charity Jane Painter was a daughter of George W. Painter and Louisa Stine, born in McLean Co., resident in Foosland, Champaign Co., Illinois, and would be 21 on her next birthday. John Wesley Painter, farmer, was a son of Isaac Painter and "Barbary" Ann Hill[...], born in Champaign Co., resident in Foosland, and would be 25 on his next birthday. ("Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GM-T6N : 4 November 2017), John Wesley Painter and Charity Jane Painter, 1884; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,053.)
Enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Condit Twp; in 1930 and 1940 in Dewey.
1950 U.S. Census, E.D. 10-69, Dewey, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 150, lines 28-29, p. 18 (written), 17 Apr 1950.
28. Painter, Nellie M., head, 52, Nev[er married]., Illinois, clerk, grocery store.
29. ----- Charity J., mother, 86, Mar., Illinois.
• In the 1950 U.S. Census, "Mar"—married—also included widowed, divorced, or separated.
"Central Illinois Deaths: Mrs. Charity Painter," The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 8 Aug 1950, p. 5.
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Miss Charity J. Painter and Mr. John Painter, both of Condit Township, Champaign County, were married on 20 March 1884 in Urbana, Champaign County.* (They were first cousins.) The couple, who farmed in Condit Township, were the parents of seven children (including two adopted):
• Jessie Belle Painter Beabout (adopted)
• Chester Painter (died in infancy)
• Esther Louisa Painter Moore
• Nellie Anna Marie Painter
• Carl Edward Painter
• Ada Fern Painter Armstrong
• Mural Richard Painter (adopted)
John Wesley Painter died in 1927 at the age of 67. Charity Jane Painter afterwards lived with her unmarried daughter Nellie in Dewey, and died in 1950 in Gibson City, Illinois, at the age of 85.
Notes
16 Nov 1864 date of birth from family records provided by granddaughter Dorothy Fairchild.
1865 Illinois state census, Arrowsmith Twp., McLean Co.; p. 176.
[11.] George Painter.
[28.] Mary Stine.
• Mary Stine was Charity Jane Painter's maternal grandmother.
1870 U.S. Census, West Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 15, family 6, lines 4-11, p. 664 (printed) p. 3 (written), 12 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Le Roy)
4. Painter, George, reported age 44, farmer (-0-; $830), Ohio.
5. ----- Eliza, 37, keeping house, Indiana.
6. ----- Manuel, 16, laboring on farm, Ohio.
7. ----- John, 15, Illinois.
8. ----- Mary, 11, Illinois.
9. ----- Olive, 10, Illinois.
10. ----- Charity, 8, Illinois.
11. ----- Frank, 1, Illinois.
• At least three children omitted: Laura, William, and George Wesley.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 1, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 58, family 61, lines 41-48, p. 4 (printed), p. 9 (written), 4 Jun 1880.
41. Painter, George W. [head], reported age 57, farmer; born in Ohio, parents in Virginia.
42. ----- Louisa, 48, wife, keeping house; born in Indiana, parents in South Carolina.
43. ----- Manuel, 26, son, farmer; born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Indiana.
44. ----- [George] Wesley, 19, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
45. ----- Laura, 17, daughter, at home, Illinois.
46. ----- Charity, 16, daughter, at home, Illinois.
47. ----- William, 13, son, works on the farm, Illinois.
48. ----- Frank, 10, son, at school, Illinois.
* The marriage license return confirms that Charity Jane Painter was a daughter of George W. Painter and Louisa Stine, born in McLean Co., resident in Foosland, Champaign Co., Illinois, and would be 21 on her next birthday. John Wesley Painter, farmer, was a son of Isaac Painter and "Barbary" Ann Hill[...], born in Champaign Co., resident in Foosland, and would be 25 on his next birthday. ("Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GM-T6N : 4 November 2017), John Wesley Painter and Charity Jane Painter, 1884; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,053.)
Enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Condit Twp; in 1930 and 1940 in Dewey.
1950 U.S. Census, E.D. 10-69, Dewey, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 150, lines 28-29, p. 18 (written), 17 Apr 1950.
28. Painter, Nellie M., head, 52, Nev[er married]., Illinois, clerk, grocery store.
29. ----- Charity J., mother, 86, Mar., Illinois.
• In the 1950 U.S. Census, "Mar"—married—also included widowed, divorced, or separated.
"Central Illinois Deaths: Mrs. Charity Painter," The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 8 Aug 1950, p. 5.
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
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PAINTER
JOHN W.
BORN MAR. 1, 1860
DIED MAR. 29, 1927
- - - - -
CHARITY J. HIS WIFE
BORN NOV. 16, 1865
DIED AUG. 7, 1950.
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