Identifier: williampainterhi00pain (find matches)
Title: William Painter and his father, Dr. Edward Painter : sketches and reminiscences
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Painter, Orrin Chalfant, 1864- comp
Subjects: Painter, William, 1838-1906 Painter, Edward, 1812-1875 Crown Cork and Seal Company, Baltimore, Md Bottling machinery
Publisher: Baltimore : Arundel Press
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Street soon after grandfather had been strickenwith paralysis. He died while on Lexington Street, September 29, 1875, and histransition was the first serious loss I had ever felt. From Eutaw Street we moved to Bolton Street, east side, between LafayetteAvenue and Mosher Street, a))out half-way down the block. While there, in 1876, weattended the Centennial, in Philadelphia. In the summer of that year we spent sev-eral weeks with cousin Philip T. Stabler, near Sandy Spring, Montgomery County,Maryland. While there, father invented a set of ( utting-blades for a reaper, a modelof which I now have. At this time he also invented a si)ring curtain-roller, and alock for double doors. On April 6, 1877, we moved to Kli^li Bolton Street, two doors from Wilson. OldMount Hope was at the north end of Bolton Street and Spences Place was at thesouth end. Brookes College was on Park Avenue between Wilson and LaurensStreets, on a high hill, opposite to where the Friends Meeting House now is. There 18
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>Vll,I,IAM IAINTIOU. Reminiscence!^ nf WiUiow Painter. were vacant lots all around ns which afforded cliildren opportunities to play in a nat-ural and healthful way. Helen and I went for some years to St. Peters P. E. SundaySchool, on Druid Hill Avenue and Lanvale Street, while Eev. Dr. Julius Grammarwas the pastor of that church. Chess was fathers favorite game and he often played with his uncle, CharlesPainter, who lived at 0wings Mills. He often, also, played euchre and cribbage withhim. Uncle Charles had a very practical mind and they were frequently mutuallyinterested in various projects. Helen and I often spent week-ends at Owings Millswith uncle Charles and uncle Miltons families. Uncle Milton was the pioneermanufacturer of ice cream which was sold in Baltimore and had a store on Lex-ington Street, between Charles and Liberty Streets. Uncle Charles lost his sight.Uncle Charles and uncle Milton were brothers of my grandfather. Dr. Edward Painter. At this time father was exper

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