Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Hunt, A. J. 1852 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  A. J. Hunt, of Olathe township, is one of the successful farmers of Johnson
county. He is a native of Woodford county, Kentucky, born July 29, 1852, and is
a son of Wilson and Agnes (Ford) Hunt, both natives of Kentucky. The family came
from Kentucky in 1868 and reached Olathe on the twenty-second day of November of
that year, and they were the first passengers to reach Olathe over the Frisco
road which was just about completed to that point, although they were not
running any regular trains. The mother and three small children rode in the cab
of the engine. This was before Olathe had even a depot. The father was a harness
maker and worked at his trade in Olathe for ten or twelve years when he bought a
farm near Gardner, but continued to work at" his trade for several years. He
died in 1912, at the age of eighty-three, and the mother passed away in 1915,
aged eighty-three. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are
living, as follows: A. J., the subject of this sketch; Robert L., Denver, Colo.,
and John T., resides on the home place in Gardner township. A. J. Hunt remained
at home until he was about twenty-three years old when he went to work as a farm
laborer-for three or four years. In 1878 he bought a place near Lone Elm.
Shortly afterwards he sold that place and about a year later bought his present
place which consists of 150 acres, one mile west of Olathe, which is one of the
best farms in Olathe township. He carries on general farming and dairying' and
has been very successful in his undertakings. Mr. Hunt was married July 28,
1878, to Miss Flora A., daughter of George W. and Lavina (Raymond) McIntyre, the
former a native of Canada and the latter of Chautauqua county, New York, and a
descendant of New England stock. The father died in Olathe in 1864, aged fifty
years, and the mother died in 1895, at the age of seventy. They were among the
very first settlers of Johnson county and came here from Milwaukee, Wis., in
1855. They took up Government land in Olathe township, and the place is now
known as the Greening farm. Before coming to Kansas the father was a sailor on
the great lakes and for years sailed from Buffalo to Chicago. They were the
parents of seven children: Francis, married James Wells, of Olathe, and is now
deceased; George served in the Civil war and is now deceased.; Myron was also a
veteran of the Civil war, now deceased; Flora A., the wife of A. J. Hunt, whose
name introduces this sketch; William, Olathe, Kan.; Fred, a veteran of the Civil
war, resides at Olathe; Jessie married Fred Warren, Olathe. Mrs. Hunt was born
in Milwaukee, Wis., May 6, 1856, and was a child when her parents came to
Kansas. She was here during the stirring days of the Border war and the Civil
war that followed, and has a distinct recollection of many of the events of
those times. She recalls Quantrill's raid in Olathe and remembers, at that time,
that her mother took her and some other children down on the banks of Mill creek
where they kept in hiding until Quantrill and his guerillas had completed their
work and passed on. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have been born seven children, as
follows: John, a graduate of Olathe High School and Yale College, now a prominet
physician of Seattle, Wash.; Gertrude M., married Roy Dent, Seattle, Wash.;
Agnes L., married Arthur Newhart, Olathe; Albert Roy, died in childhood; Gladys
and two children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church and Mr. Hunt is a member of the Grange and is a Democrat. Mrs.
Hunt belongs to the Old Settlers' Association, the Women's Relief Corp and the
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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