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					ABRAM HUNT.
			  MRS. FRANCES A. (HOYT) HUNT (1st wife).
			MRS. MARY J. (GREEN) BUGBEE HUNT (2nd wife).

	The gentleman above named was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1821, and was the 
second in a family of six children.  His father, William Hunt, was born in Pittstown, N. Y.  His 
mother, whose maiden-name was Mary Shadock, was also a native of the latter State, in which she 
was married to Mr. Hunt, Sr., who, in his younger days, was engaged in the hatter's business, 
which he continued until some years after his arrival in Michigan.  He settled at Ann Arbor, 
Washtenaw Co., in 1825, and remained there five years, when he changed his place of residence to 
Lyons township, Ionia Co.  for about three years he was engaged in trading with the Indians, and 
did not move his family to Ionia County until the spring of 1834.  He kept "public-house" for two
years in Lyons, and was a well-known pioneer.  His "tavern" was one of the earliest in the county.
During the latter part of his life he engaged in farming.  His death occurred in the spring of 
1859, and that of his wife in 1863.
	Abram Hunt, who was thirteen years of age when the family removed to Ionia County, became
accustomed to the toil which sons of pioneers necessarily underwent, and inured to all the 
hardships of a life on the frontier.  His advantages for obtaining an education were very limited,
but the common schools of the vicinity found him in attendance during the winters, ready to learn
all that was possible under the circumstances.  He assisted at home until he was twenty-two years 
of age, when he journeyed west to Iowa, and remained in that State two years.  Returning to 
Michigan, he purchased eighty acres of land on section 6 in Portland township, Ionia Co., which 
he occupied about seven years and largely improved.  Disposing of that place, he purchased his 
present home in the township of Orange.  In August, 1852, he married Miss Frances A. Hoyt, a 
native of New York, who came with her people to Michigan in 1837.  One son and daughter were born
to them, the daughter dying in infancy and the son at the age of twenty-six years.  The mother 
herself died in May, 1861, and after her death Mr. Hunt enlisted in the Ninth Michigan Infantry, 
and served one year.  Jan. 14, 1864, he was married to Mrs. Mary Jane Bugbee, who was born in 
Seneca Co., N. Y., July 28, 1830, and was the second in a family of five children.  When she was 
but two years of age her parents removed to Ohio, in which State they continued to reside until 
their death,--that of her father occurring Aug. 30, 1860, and that of her mother in July, 1870.  
Mrs. Hunt's parents were born in New York,--her father, Lewis Green, in 1803, and her mother in 
1800.  The daughter was married to Mr. Bugbee in Seneca Co., Ohio, Dec. 11, 1853, and bore him 
three sons, who are all living.  Mr. and Mrs. Bugbee came to Michigan in 1854, and settled in 
Portland township, Ionia Co., where Mr. Bugbee died Oct. 19, 1854.  His widow, since becoming the
wife of Mr. Hunt, has borne him one son, Frank A. Hunt, whose birth occurred March 5, 1872.
	When Mr. Hunt purchased the farm of eighty acres which he now occupies, it was covered 
with a heavy growth of beech and maple timber.  He has cleared it up and made excellent and 
substantial improvements.  In politics, Mr. Hunt is a Democrat, but his farm occupies his 
attention to such an extent that he does not feel inclined to look for nor wish for office.  
Religiously, his views are liberal.



This biography is taken from "HISTORY OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, MICHIGAN" 
by John S. Schenck. Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co., 1881.  Pages 304-305.  Orange.