Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Hunter, William 1844 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 15, 2006, 8:21 pm Author: Goodspeed (1884) WILLIAM HUNTER, of Marco, Ind., a native of England, where he was born in Yorkshire July 17, 1844, is one of seven children of John and Elizabeth (Wardell) Hunter. With his father's family, he came to America in August. 1853, and settled in Pickaway County, Ohio, where they lived until 1861, when they came to Greene County, and have been in Stafford Township ever since. On October 3, 1880, he was married to Mrs. Drusilla (Jamison) Stafford, by whom he is the father of two children—William and Joseph Franklin. Mr. Hunter is a brick-mason by trade, but since September, 1876, he has been in the saw and flouring mill business, in partnership with his brother, at Marco, and is among the most flourishing millers in the county, and together they own 200 acres of land in Stafford Township, besides the mill and other property in Marco. He is a member of the Blue Lodge in Masonry, and one of the substantial men of Stafford Township. What he owns has been acquired by hard and earnest labor in Greene County, where he is duly appreciated by his neighbors and friends. Additional Comments: Stafford Township Biographies Extracted from: HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/hunter570nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb