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At right: Cynthia Ann Morton Painter

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Name: Cynthia Ann Morton
b. 4 March 1846, Perryville, KY
m. 6 Dec 1866, Petersburg, IN
d. 27 Jan 1917, Medicine Lodge, KS
Spouse:David Franklin Painter
Father: Elijah Morton (abt. 1803-aft 1850)
Mother: Nancy Crane (1815-1858)

Children all born Petersburg, IN:
 William Wilbert (b. 9 Oct 1867, m. Luella____)
 Charles Clement (b. 13 Aug 1869, Mr. Clara Minnick)
 Cora Edith (b. 9 Oct 1871, m. Samuel Adams, d. 23 Feb 1934)
 Ora Katherine (b. 28 Sep 1873, m. George Horney, d. 8 Aug 1909)
  Lillian Vicury
 Henry Walter (b. 18 Dec 1877, d. 5 Apr 1881)

Cynthia was born in the Beech Fork area of Kentucky near Perryville. Her father was born at the North Carolina border near the Hico River and left as a young child with his parents Joseph and Jemima Harrel Morton for the Kentucky frontier. One author claims Jemima Harrel was part Cherokee but was terrified of Indians.

(Sources: William E. Morton, "Morton Family", private publication, Fairland IN, Josiah Morton, "Morton Families" in Pike County Indiana, Ruth McClellan, "Our People of Pike County, Indiana", Unigraphic Inc., Evansville IN 1978, story told by John Robinson in 1940 at age 89.)

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The family of David Painter and Cynthia Morton, about 1880-1890.
Photo courtesy of Marilou West Ficklin.

Samuel Jefferson Adams & his wife Cora Edith (Painter) Adams with their children.
Back row: Bonnie Pearl (Adams) Wells, Bessie (Adams) Kidd, Beaulah Adams.
Samuel and Cora are holding two of their 2 sons.
Photo courtesy of Kim Fowles..

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Also see:

• Abraham Lincoln Herr
• Elizabeth (Shenk) Sommers nee Herr
• Lillian Vicury (Painter) Herr
• Uriah Clayton Herr
• Charles C. Painter
• Cynthia (Morton) Painter
• David Franklin Painter
• Jewel Kathryn (Herr) West
• Herr family photos

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Thanks to Marilou West Ficklin for contributing the above genealogical information and Painter family photo to this web site! Thanks to Kim Fowles for the photo of the Adams family!

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