Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hunt, James A 1838 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

James A. Hunt, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. 
Y., September 10, 1838, and is the son of William F. and Betsey (Tabor) Hunt. 
He was born in Columbia County, N. Y., February 25, 1798, and died March 22, 
1869; his occupation was farming. The mother of our subject was born in 
Rensselaer County, N. Y., September 22, 1801, and died August 26, 1879. Mr. 
James Hunt's grandfather, William Hunt, was born in Norwich, Conn., November 
5, 1768, and died October 8, 1852. His grandmother, Susanna Hunt, was born at 
Long Point, Conn., May 9, 1768, and died August 18, 1854. Mr. Hunt obtained 
his schooling in New York State, and there commenced farming. He removed to 
Illinois in April, 1859, and in Morris on August 20, 1862, was married to 
Laura Bristol, a native of Rensselaer County, N. Y., born February 2, 1838. 
Her parents, Asa and Maria Bristol, are both natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. 
Hunt have one child, William E., born June 14, 1864. Mr. Hunt has been School 
Director and Township Trustee. In politics, he is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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