s/o George Washington Painter and Sarah Ann States

Note: The following was provided by Chris Painter.
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(Punxsutawney, PA surname file, 2002. Handwritten "20 Sep 1923)

WILLIAM PAINTER IS KILLED IN PECULIAR MANNER NEAR HERE
Well Known Farmer is Struck on Head by Broken Shaft.
FUNERAL SERVICES ON THURSDAY.

William Painter, a well known farmer of near Richmond, is dead, the result of being struck on the head by a shaft attached to a Ford automobile and a threshing machine.

Threshing was in progress on the Painter farm yesterday afternoon. A shaft had been run from a Ford automobile to the threshing machine to operate the latter. As Mr. Painter was standing beside the swiftly whirling shaft it suddenly broke and a piece struck him on the head fracturing his skull. He died an hour later.

The deceased was one of the most highly respected residents of that community.

The deceased was a son of Mrs. George Painter, of Cloe. He leaves the following sons and daughters, Guy, of Glen Campbell; Mrs. May Wright, John and Clyde, of Richmond. Mrs. Holben, Mrs. Bargerstock and Mrs. Zufall, of Cloe, are sisters of the deceased, as are Mrs. Meade Long and Mrs. James McCullough, of Sharon.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Fairview church, at 2 o'clock, burial in Fairview church cemetery.

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FUNERAL OF WM. PAINTER
Services Today for Richmond Farmer Killed in An Odd Manner.
(Obtained from the Indiana County Genealogical and Historical Society's surname file 07 FEB 2003)

Funeral services for William A. (sic) Painter, well known farmer of near Rochester Mills, who was fatally injured when struck on the head by a shaft attached to a Ford automobile and a threshing machine, were conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fairview Church. Interment was made in the church cemetery.

Threshing was in progress on the Painter farm Tuesday afternoon. A shaft had been run from a Ford automobile to the threshing machine to operate the latter. As Mr. Painter was standing beside the swiftly whirling shaft it suddenly broke and a piece struck him on the head fracturing his skull. He died an hour later.

The deceased was one of the most highly respected residents of that community.

The deceased was a son of Mrs. George Painter, of Cloe. He leaves the following sons and daughters, Guy, of Glen Campbell; Mrs. May Wright, John and Clyde of Richmond and Mrs. Holben. Mrs. Bargermond (sic) and Mrs. Zulfall (sic), of Cloe, are sisters of the deceased, as are Mrs. Meade Long and Mrs. James Mc. Cullough (sic) of Sharon.

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(Indiana County, PA surname file, 2003, handwritten "9/26/23")
PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Iron Spike From Thresher Drum Kills Wm. Painter

From the Marion Center Independent it is learned that Wm. Painter a well known farmer who lived in Canoe township, between Rochester Mills and Hortons, was instantly killed in a peculiar manner on Monday of last week. The Painter place is back from the main road and pretty hard to get a threshing outfit into it. To do the threshing they had connected a Ford auto to an old fashioned tumbling shaft thresher and had just started up when one of the iron spikes in the drum of the thresher became loose and flew out, striking Mr. Painter, who was near, over the eye with such force that the skull was crushed so badly as to cause his death.

The deceased was a son of Mrs. George Painter, of Cloe. He leaves the following sons and daughters, Guy, of Glen Campbell; Mrs. May Wright, John and Clyde, of Richmond. Mrs. Holben, Mrs. Bargerstock and Mrs. Zufall, of Cloe, are sisters of the deceased, as are Mrs. Meade Long and Mrs.. James McCullough of Sharon. Funeral services were held Friday at the Fairview church, burial in Fairview church cemetery