David Temple Painter

Brief Life History of David Temple

When David Temple Painter was born on 7 April 1900, in Pulaski, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Morrison Painter, was 34 and his mother, Mary Caddall Stephens, was 31. He married Mary Frances Phipps on 14 June 1928, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in United States in 1949 and Independence, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 24 December 1981, in Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bridle Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Temple Painter
1900–1981
Mary Frances Phipps
1903–1985
Marriage: 14 June 1928
David Crockett Painter
1933–1962
Edgar L Painter
1942–

Sources (21)

  • David T Painter, "United States 1950 Census"
  • David T. Painter, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • David T Painter, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1913 · Incorporation

Chilhowie incorporated in 1913.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English peintour, painter, peintir, penter, pointour (Old French peintour, paintour) ‘painter of images (on walls, screens, shields, etc.), colorist (of statues, figurines, chests, etc.), artist’. In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at Saint Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in England.

Americanized form of German Bender . Compare Bainter .

Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Pajntar or Panjtar, topographic names from the field name Pajnta or Na Pajnti, which is derived from Middle High German biunt(e) ‘fenced agricultural land’ (compare German Paintner ), or perhaps from Bavarian Middle High German pant ‘band’ (compare Panter 4).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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