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				DE WITT C. AND JENNIE (CHEYNE) HUNTER.

DE WITT C. HUNTER.  This worthy representative of one of the old families of Ionia County is 
widely known throughout the Grand River Valley as a successful farmer and stockraiser.  He is 
located on section 33, Keene Township, on land that has been his home since 1856.  It was taken 
possession of by his father that year, and the son grew to manhood here, gradually becoming 
thoroughly qualified to carry on the estate.  He was born in Oakland County, March 27, 1847, and
his parents were William G. and Sarah (Porter) Hunter.  The father was born in Orange County, 
N. Y., and was of Irish and English ancestry.  He came to this State June 3, 1826, and made 
Oakland County his home until the fall of 1856, when he removed with his family to the farm now 
owned by our subject, where he lived until his death which occurred March 25, 1886, in the 
seventy-fourth year of his life.  He was a Democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religion.  
He was twice married, the children of his first wife being James I., deceased; Charles P., 
De Witt C., and Sarah, wife of H. A. Cutler, sheriff of Lake County.
	Our subject's mother was born in Ireland and came to this State when a small girl, 
Oakland County being her home from the time she came until her death.  she died April 4, 1849, 
being in her twenty-ninth year.  With the exception of two years spent as a clerk in Lowell,
De Witt C. Hunter has been engaged in farming since his boyhood.  He received a common-school 
education, and since he became a man has kept himself well informed regarding subjects that are 
of general interest.  He was married September 3, 1872, to Jennie Cheyne, daughter of Andrew and 
Agnes Cheyne, and a native of Northern Michigan.  Her father is deceased and her mother is living
in Ottawa County.  Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have one son, Earl, who was born August 11, 1873.
	The farm of Mr. Hunter consists of eighty acres, every rod of which is made useful or 
beautiful by careful cultivation or judicious management.  He has had the opportunity of 
accepting nominations of Supervisor or Clerk on his ticket, a number of times but has always 
declined the honors.  He is a Democrat in politics, but in local elections casts his vote for the
man and not the party.  He is a member of the Grange, and is found taking a part in various 
projects in which the neighborhood is interested.  As an agriculturist he is progressive and 
intelligent, as a business man he is honest, and as a citizen law-abiding.  Among the leading 
families of Keene Township none are more worthy of a place in this ALBUM than the Hunters, who 
are respected members of society.  Probably no family in the State know more of the hardships of 
pioneer life than they.



This biography is taken from "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, 
MICH."  Chapman Brothers.  Chicago, Illinois.  1891.  Page 249.