Obituary of Sam N HUNTER, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of Sam N. Hunter Dated in ink as Aug 8, 1858. Newspaper unknown. Sam N. Hunter, 70, Retired Colonel, Area Man, Dies DuQuion, Ill. (UPI) Funeral services will be held here Friday for former colonel of the Illinois National Guard. He was Sam N. Hunter, 70, East. St. Louis, who died Tuesday. Hunter represented the governor during the, so-called "Herrin Massacre" in 1922 and was sent to Murphysboro afteeer the town was hit by the 1925 tri-state tornado. Hunter was a brother of the late Attorney H.R. Dial of this city. Hunter, who lived in DuQuoin until 1942, is survived by a daughter, son, sister and brother.