John Hunt Painter (September 3, 1819 – April 9, 1891) was a
Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
farmer living near
Springdale, Iowa
Springdale is a small unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. Historically, the town was predominantly settled by Quakers, and was one of Iowa's most important stations on the Underground Railroad.
Starting in 1857, Spring ...
, who sent the firearms to abolitionist
John Brown John Brown most often refers to:
*John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859
John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:
Academia
* John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Ir ...
that were used during Brown's historic
raid on Harpers Ferry
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Attack
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* Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business
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in 1859. John Hunt Painter was an early settler of
Pasadena, California
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where, in 1888, he erected the ''La Pintoresca'' ("The Picturesque") hotel, a local landmark. In 1889 he was a
pallbearer at the Pasadena funeral of
Owen Brown, whom he knew from Iowa.
In 1849, John Hunt Painter moved to his farm near
Springdale, a small Quaker community in
Cedar County, Iowa.
[Jones, p. 193:]
"A little over a year after his first visit to the Springdale neighborhood, Brown reappeared late in December, 1857—this time with some ten companions and for purposes which he seemed not anxious to have known. The men were lodged with a Quaker, William Maxon r ''Maxson'' about three miles northeast of the village of Springdale, Brown agreeing to give in exchange for their keep such of his teams or wagons as might seem just and fair. Brown himself was taken into the home of John H. Painter, about a half-mile away; and all were welcomed with that unfeigned hospitality for which the Friends have always been known."
References and notes
References
*Aurner, Clarence Ray (editor) (1910). ''A topical history of Cedar County, Iowa''. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Volume I.
*Hunt, Charles Cummins (1906). ''A genealogical history of the Robert and Abigail Pancoast Hunt family.'' Columbus, Ohio: Champlin Press.
*Jones, Louis Thomas (1914). ''The Quakers of Iowa''. Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa.
*Reid, Hiram Alvin (1895). ''History of Pasadena''. Pasadena: Pasadena History Co., Publishers.
*Wood, J. W. (1917). ''Pasadena, California''. Published by the author.
External links
"Early Views of Pasadena"Find a Grave memorial for John Hunt PainterOwen Brown at Pasadena, California
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1819 births
1891 deaths
American Quakers
John Brown (abolitionist)
People from Cedar County, Iowa