John's parents were:
David Painter, b. Feb. 4, 1792 in Winchester, Frederick County, VA. and d. Aug. 5, 1865 in Salem, Columbiana County, OH. &
Nancy Ann Webb, b. 1787 in Harford County, MD. and d. May 16, 1866 in Salem, Columbiana County, OH.

John Hunt Painter was born, with his twin sister Phoebe, on the home farm near Salem, OH., on Sep. 3, 1819.
John married Edith Dean of New Garden, OH., on May 4, 1842.

John & Edith Painter's children were:
1. Louis M. Painter, b. Apr. 23, 1843 in New Garden, OH. and d. Jul. 13, 1867 in Cedar River, IA.
2. William M Painter, b. Dec. 1, 1844 in New Garden, OH. and d. Sep. 28, 1862 in Springdale, Cedar, IA.
3. Ellen Painter, b. Oct. 29, 1846 in Springdale, Cedar, IA. She marr. Dr. Joseph Charles Michener.
4. Charles H. Painter, b. Nov. 28, 1848 in Springdale, Cedar, IA. and d. Nov. 28, 1862 in Springdale, Cedar, IA.
5. Esther Painter, b. Apr. 8, 1850 in Springdale (or Iowa Twp.), Cedar, IA. and d. 1905 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA. Esther marr. Lindley H. Michener
6. Milton Dean Painter, b. Mar. 29, 1852 in Springdale, Cedar, IA. and d. Jan. 19, 1923 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
7. Alonzo J. Painter, b. Jun. 18, 1857 in Springdale, Cedar, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1893 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA. Alonzo marr. Nannie Negus Painter-Royal.
8. Imelda Ann Painter, b. Oct. 23, 1859 in Springdale, Cedar, IA. and d. Apr. 19, 1929 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA. Imelda marr. Charles Edwin Tebbetts.

John and Edith Painter resided at Salem, OH., Springdale and Muscatine, IA., and, until their death, at Pasadena, CA., where they had taken up residence in 1881 and where he had purchased some 2,000 acres of land on a part of which a large part of Pasadena is built.
They were farmers until they went to California, when he engaged in developing land tracts and in real estate business. In 1887-8 he erected at Pasadena the commodious hotel, 'La Pintoresca.' They were by birthright members of the Society of Friends."

In 1849, John Hunt Painter moved to his farm near Springdale, a small Quaker community in Cedar County, Iowa

John Hunt Painter was a Quaker farmer living near Springdale, Iowa who sent the firearms to abolitionist John Brown that were used during Brown's historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

Pasadena Standard, (Pasadena, CA.), Jan. 12, 1889
Owen Brown died on January 8, 1889, he was John and Dianthe Brown’s third son, and participated with his father in both the Kansas Events and the Harpers Ferry Raid. Over 2000 people attended his funeral.
The Pall Bearers
John H. Painter, who was the Justice of the Peace at Spring Dale, and Brown’s intimate and confidential friend. He boxed up the guns, sabers, pikes, etc., that Brown had gathered for his anticipated army of liberation and shipped them to him at Harpers Ferry, labeled “carpenter’s tools.” For this he was unchurched by the Friends’ Yearly Meeting, to which he belonged; but he believed he was doing God’s service for the rights of man, and history since has vindicated the act. He is father to our prominent citizens M. D. Painter, A. J. Painter, Mrs. L. H. Michener, and Mrs. Dr. J. C. Michener.
Source: https://johnbrownkin.com/2019/01/08/funeral-of-owen-brown-1889/
Contributor: Robert Mordecai Hunt (50613536)

John Hunt Painter owned virtually all of Pasadena north of Villa St. at one time, according to Hiram Reid's History of Pasadena. One of his properties where he built a hotel, is now Pintoresca Park.

John H. Painter was one of the original founders of Whittier (Los Angeles county, CA.) and the man for whom Painter Avenue is named.

In the early 1880's, John Hunt Painter and Benjamin Franklin Ball acquired land, bounded by Altadena on the north, Villa Street on the south, Lake Avenue on the east, and the Arroyo on the west, for $25 an acre. Painter and Ball founded the North Pasadena Land and Water Company. They later divided the land into approximately fifty to sixty tracts, and sold it at a sizable profit. Known as North Pasadena, most of this area was annexed to the City in 1904.


A friend of abolitionist John Brown who led an attack on Harper's Ferry in 1859, John Hunt Painter was a fellow abolitionist and Quaker, and opened his home for Quaker meetings. He donated lumber, land, and money to both causes, including aiding the construction of a Meeting House on Marengo Avenue near Orange Grove Boulevard. Painter Street was later named for him.
His sons, Alonzo and Milton, built a horse-car line up Fair Oaks Avenue from Colorado Boulevard to Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena. It ran past their three-story hotel on Washington Boulevard, built in 1887-1888, which extended from Fair Oaks to Raymond Avenue. Originally called the Painter Hotel, it was renamed "La Pintoresca." "Pintor" means painter in Spanish, and the name referred both to the owners and the picturesque setting and beautiful architecture. The hotel was the northernmost of the three resort hotels along Raymond; the southern two were the Raymond and the Green. In 1912 the hotel burned down, and the land was purchased soon afterward by the City of Pasadena for a park and branch library.
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Flowers_of_Marengo/pages/211313
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John Hunt Painter supported John Brown‘s children living at Altadena.
During Owen Brown’s large funeral procession through central Pasadena, one of its leading citizens, John Hunt Painter, was a pallbearer.
Contributor: Robert Mordecai Hunt (50613536)

The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 7, Col. 1
Sat., Apr. 11, 1891
FULL OF YEARS AND HONOR
J.H. Painter Quietly Passes Away at His Home
John H. Painter, one of the oldest and most respected of Pasadena’s citizens, died shortly before 5 o’clock Thursday evening, at his residence, on North Fair oaks avenue, in the 73d year of his age. Death resulted from a complication of troubles, after an illness extending over a period of more than a year.
While Mr. Painter’s death was not unexpected, its announcement caused none the less sorrow, not only to his immediate friends and relatives, but to the entire community as well. At Salem, O. (Ohio), Mr. Painter was born September 3, 1819. He was married to Edith Dean in 1842. In 1845 he moved to Iowa, where for twenty years he endured the real hardships of pioneer life. After a continued residence in Muscatine, Iowa, from 1866 to 1880, he moved with his family to Pasadena, where he has since resided.
Here, as at his former places of residence, Mr. Painter soon made himself felt in the community. He identified himself with leading projects that had for their object the development of the town’s best interests. His business qualifications were recognized by all with whom he came in contact. During boom times he amassed a considerable fortune. He was a strong Abolitionist and an intimate friend of John Brown.
Full of years and honors, Mr. Painter has passed away. His life was characterized by strict uprightness and honesty, a progressive spirit that surmounted every obstacle, and a deep devotion to his family. His works will live after him and his memory will long be green in the hearts of all who were favored with his acquaintance.
He is survived by a brother, four sisters (one a twin sister), a devoted wife, two sons, M.D. and A. J. Painter, and three daughters, Mrs. J. C. Michener, Mrs. L. H. Michener and Mrs. C. L. Tebbetts.
The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Grinnell of Long Beach, a personal friend of the deceased. The pallbearers selected are: B. F. Ball, Delos Arnold, T. P. Lukens, William Mingus, J. A. Buchanan and James Townsend.