Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Hunt, Aretus (?) 1847 - 
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Author: unknown (1915)

[transcriber's note: The book is mis-bound at this point, two pages of the
History of Solano Co., California precedes this partial biography. Comparing
facts in this partial biography with the 1900 census, it appears this is the
biography of Aretus Hunt, born March 1847 in Illinois]


smith in that town. He was also engaged in the grain, lumber and coal business
there for a number of years, and for a time was in partnership with E. R.
Gooding, under the firm name of Gooding & Hunt, but later Mr. Hunt bought his
partner's interest and conducted that branch of his business alone, until he
sold the business to Hodges Brothers in 1897, and since that time has been
interested in farming and, in fact, has been since coming to Kansas. He has
acquired considerable land and now owns several farms, which aggregate about 500
acres. For a number of years he was a large cattle feeder and was successful in
that business, but for the last ten or twelve years has rented most of his land
and resided in Olathe, where he has a beautiful residence at No. 536 East Park
Street. Mr. Hunt was married August 1, 1878, to Miss Mary J. Capperrune, of
Bureau county, Illinois. She died May 2, 1907, and on October 31, 1912, Mr. Hunt
was married to Mrs. Blanche H. (Buxton) Barnes, of Olathe. Mr. Hunt is a member
of the Grange and for years has been active in that organization. He was State
secretary of the Grange for three years and is a stockholder in the Grange store
at Olathe. He has been a director in the Patrons Bank at Olathe, and has been
president of that institution. He is also an active member of the Grand Army of
the Republic, Franklin Post, No. 68. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and is one of the progressive and public-spirited men of Johnson county,
and has been an important factor in the affairs of this part of the State for
years.


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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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