PAYNTER, Henry “Harry”

Date of birth:  About 1816
Date of death: 14 Dec 1894 – Salem, Washington County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 21, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 24, page 5 column 1

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

(From Saturday’s Daily)

A telegram yesterday morning an­nounced the death of Mrs. Professor D. A. Owen’s father, Harry Paynter, of Salem [Washington County, Indiana].

Link to Henry “Harry” Paynter’s grave

Note: The Washington County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 57, referencing Book H-28, page 186, records that Henry Painter, a seventy-two-year-old white male, died 14 Dec 1894 in Salem.
Mrs. Professor D. A. Owen is Burnettie Paynter, wife of David A. Owen.

Note: The articles headed “From (day of the week)’s News.” seem to be copied from the Franklin Daily Herald. The dates stated are relative to their publication day in the Herald, not to the publication date of the Democrat.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson