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Mary Elizabeth Painter

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Title

Mary Elizabeth Painter

Subject

Painter, Mary Elizabeth Combs (1898-1993)

Description

Three different portraits of Mary Elizabeth Combs Painter. She is looking towards the camera in the two left portraits and looking away from the camera in the right portrait. She wears a collared blouse tucked into a skirt.

Born in Toms Brook, Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Lucy (Shipe) Combs. She lived most of her life in the Edinburg area.

She married Charles Hubert Painter (1895-1967) in July 1918 in Edinburg.

Over the decades, the couple had four children – Eleonor, Geneva, Douglas, and Patsy. Her husband worked as an electric engineer, plant operator and finally, truck driver for the electric company.

The 1950 census found Mary working as a housekeeper at a roadside inn.

Mary lived a long life and was buried in Sunset View Memorial Gardens in Woodstock.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

c. 1918

Contributor

Subject identified by Dennis L. Hockman, a distant cousin.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Same subject as in Morrison Photo number 10893.

Identifier

003159

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Mary Elizabeth Painter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29298.

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