BIO: Ebenezer Greenough PAINTER, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 331-333.
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  PAINTER, EBENEZER GREENOUGH, was born in Sunbury, Pa., September 26, 
1826.  He is a son of Thomas and Susan (Israel) Painter, and grandson 
of John Painter, pioneer of Northumberland county.  His great-
grandfather, with two brothers, immigrated to America from Germany 
before the Revolution, and the grandfather, John Painter, served as a 
captain in that struggle for independence.  The grandfather, John 
Painter, married Catherine Taggart, daughter of David Taggart, of 
Northumberland, Pa., and after living sometime in Philadelphia settled 
in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county.  Their children were:  
Thomas, Mary, John, Elizabeth, William, Catherine, Jacob, and Rebecca, 
all deceased.  Thomas was born in 1785 and after reaching his majority 
was for several years clerk in a store in the town of Northumberland.  
In 1812-15 he was sheriff of the county, and served in the Legislature 
in 1822-23.  In 1827, removing to Bloomsburg, he purchased the Columbia 
county Register, and conducted that paper until 1843.  He was justice 
of the peace in Bloomsburg for about forty years.  His death occurred 
in February, 1862.  In 1812 Mr. Thomas Painter married Susan, daughter 
of Gen. Joseph Israel, of Newcastle, Del., a veteran of the Revolution.  
The mother died in Bloomsburg, Columbia county, in July, 1845; her 
husband survived until February, 1862, and died in Muncy, Lycoming 
county, whither he had removed.  They had sixteen children, eight of 
whom grew to maturity.  They are Joseph Israel, born in September, 
1813, and died February 8, 1830; John, born in 1814, and died in 1890; 
William P. I., born in 1818, and died in 1895; Mary Elizabeth, born in 
1820; George Latimer Israel, born September 11, 1822, and died in June, 
1893; Abigail Greenough, born in 1825, and died August 10, 1869; 
Ebenezer Greenough, born September 26, 1826; and Susan Catharine, born 
October 26, 1831, wife of Rev. William Weaver, No. 1605 South Broad 
street, Philadelphia.
  Ebenezer G. Painter was educated in the private schools of 
Bloomsburg.  After leaving school he learned chairmaking and painting, 
subsequently he worked for some time as a carpenter.  He left 
Bloomsburg, and lived eleven years at Mauch Chunk; in November, 1862, 
he removed to Harrisburg, where he has resided for thirty-four years.  
He was for several years a photographer.  In 1870 he was appointed to 
the Harrisburg police force, and served two years as patrolman, and two 
years as lieutenant.  At this writing he is not in any active business.  
He was married in Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa., September 28, 1847, to 
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. James and Justina (Grove) Ewing.  They 
had five children, three of whom died in infancy:  a son George, born 
July, 1848, died in Boston, Mass., September 30, 1889, at the age of 
forty-one, and their only living child is William H., a prominent 
dentist, a sketch of whom follows.
  Mr. Painter is a past noble grand of Harrisburg Lodge, No. 68, 
Harrisburg Encampment, and of Daughters of Rebecca, I. O. O. F.; P. C. 
of K. of P.; Ex-C. of O. U. A. M.; past officer of Good Templars, Sons 
of F. T. of H., and Druids.  He has always shown the deepest interest 
in the welfare and advancement of his adopted city.  On the police 
force he was a model officer, and was popular, because he was faithful 
and impartial, performing his duties without fear or favor.
  Dr. William H. Painter, only surviving son of Ebenezer G. Painter, 
was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., July 4, 1853.  When seven years old, he 
came with his parents to Harrisburg, and received his primary education 
in the city schools.  He took up the study of dentistry, and attended 
the Pennsylvania Dental College in Philadelphia, receiving his degree 
of D. D. S. in the class of 1881.  Including five years of practice 
previous to his college course, he has successfully practiced his 
profession for twenty-one years.  He has practiced at Steelton and New 
Cumberland, and since 1881 continuously at Harrisburg.  He was married 
in Reading, December 23, 1882, to Miss Hattie B., daughter of Conrad 
and Sarah (Copp) Anthony, of Easton Pa.  They have three children:  
Marion E., Sarah Anthony, and Eben G., who died December 22, 1894.
  Dr. Painter is past noble grand of Peace and Plenty Lodge, No. 69, I. 
O. O. F.; past commander of Cincinnatus Commandery, No. 96, K. of M.; 
past national representative and past national conductor of Junior O. 
U. A. M.  He is an active member and a trustee of Lady Alpha Lodge, No. 
15, Daughters of America; and State representative of Junior O. U. A. 
M., Capital City Council, No. 327, since the council was organized, 
with the exception of two years, when he was not a candidate.  He was 
elected State inside sentinel at the Wilkes-Barre session, nineteen 
candidates being in the field.  He made the final argument in behalf of 
the Garb Bill before the governor and his cabinet.  In politics he is a 
Republican.  The family attend the Lutheran church.
  Mrs. E. G. Painter's father, Rev. James Ewing, was born in York 
county, Pa., December 15, 1786.  He was married three times and was the 
father of fifteen children.  For fifty years he was in the ministry in 
the Methodist Church, and died in Juniata county, September 22, 1861.  
His father, Alexander Ewing, was also a Methodist minister and died in 
York county, December 21, 1831.  James married, first, Miss Prudence 
Manifold, March 9, 1812, and they had these children:  Lydia, born 
December 11, and died in January, 1813; Jane Willson, born December 11, 
1814, and died January, 1888, was married to Anthony Witman; Alice, 
born November 26, 1816, and died January, 1817; Esther, born January 6, 
1818, and married in 1848.  He married, secondly, Miss Justina Grove, 
daughter of Jacob Grove, of York county, Pa., in April, 1819, who died 
October 12, 1850.  Their children were:  John Wesley, a Methodist 
minister, born March 25, 1820, and died August 26, 1886, leaving two 
children:  F. Byron and Elizabeth; Prudence, wife of A. C. Smith, born 
August 16, 1821, and died August 26, 1886, leaving two children:  
Nerrey and Alice, both married; Elizabeth Redman, born November 5, 
1822, and died November 2, 1877, wife of E. G. Painter, whose children 
were:  George Wilber, born in July, 1848, and died September 30, 1889; 
Mary A., born in September, 1849, and died in July, 1850; W. N., born 
in July, 1853; John B., born in September, 1854, and died in September, 
1858; James Ewing, born in June, 1856, and died in August, 1857; Agnes 
A., born August 22, 1824, and died September 14, 1851; Alexander 
Tidings, minister in Methodist church, born April 25, 1826, and died 
October 8, 1850; James N., Methodist minister, born August 19, 1828, 
and died in 1895, leaving three children:  Charles, Edward and Emily, 
all married; Henry Whitfield, a Methodist minister, born October 26, 
1831, and died June 24, 1854; Joseph Benson, lawyer, born August, 1834, 
and died in February, 1891, married Mary J. K. Speese and had three 
children:  Helen M., Joseph G., and one who died in infancy; Mary A. 
Holmes, Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., born April 3, 1836, wife of 
George E. Hench, deceased; William McKindra, born March 14, 1838, and 
died December 14, 1838; and Wilber Fisk, born October 22, 1840, and 
served in the Rebellion.  Rev. Ewing married, thirdly, in 1851, Miss 
Elizabeth Jennings, who died May 20, 1873.