Tehama-Nevada-Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Hunt, Charles 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 31, 2007, 4:44 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) CHARLES HUNT, one of the well known citizens of Tehama County, is a native of Huntsville, Missouri, born April 10, 1827, the son of Daniel and Agnes (Bailey) Hunt. The former was a native of Kentucky, and was the first white settler in the northern part of Missouri; the town of Huntsville was named after him; the latter was a descendant of one of the old Maryland families, and was a native of that State. Our subject, the seventh of twelve children, was reared and educated in his native place and followed farming until 1849. He, like many other of the pioneers, was attracted by the glitter of gold which had been discovered in California, and at once made preparations and started across the plains, via the Humboldt route, arriving in Sacramento in 1850. He first located in the mining town called Rough and Ready, where he remained during that year, engaged in mining. All the trains or companies crossing the plains became afflicted with scurvy, and so bad that for many months they were incapacitated for hard work; and in fact, our subject has never fully recovered from the effects of the disease. For a time Mr. Hunt followed various occupations, mining, trading and general labor, and in 1852 he crossed the ocean to the East, returning to California with a large drove of cattle. After disposing of his stock he roamed about for a time, making another trip to the East, and this time he brought back a band of mules. He made his headquarters at Wolfskill Ranch in Yolo County, making frequent trips to Sacramento, where he found ready sale at good prices for his mules. In the fall of 1868-'69, he became one of the contractors of the Central Pacific Railroad, then in course of construction, remaining in that capacity until 1868-'69. He then went to the town of Princeton, Colusa County, where he purchased farm property, and in August, 1877, he came to his present farm of 320 acres, located near the Sacramento River, three and a half miles east of Corning, where he carries on general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Hunt has been twice married, first in Platte County, Missouri, in 1855, and the second union took place December 10, 1872, in Colusa County, California, to Mrs. Nancy Shattock, a native of Kentucky. She had one child by her first marriage,-George M. Shattock. Mr. Hunt is an old-time Democrat, and holds strictly to party principles. He has been School Trustee of Moon district for several years. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. "A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents." – Macauley. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/tehama/bios/hunt613gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb