Tuscola-Saginaw-Sanilac County MI Archives Biographies.....Hunter, Alexander 1843 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 29, 2007, 8:08 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) ALEXANDER HUNTER, of section 13, Koylton Township, Tuscola County, was born in 1843 in Hattan County, Canada, where his parents, James and Jane Hunter, were then residing. James Hunter was born in 1811, in the North of Ireland, and his father, Alexander Hunter, Sr., was a linen weaver in that country, and brought up his son James to follow the same business, which he continued at while remaining in that country. After coming to Canada, which he did in the spring of 1843, he went upon a farm and continued to follow farming through life, his death occurring in 1887. James Hunter was married while, in his native country to Jane McMillan, daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Curry) McMillan, of Ireland. To them were born nine sons, six of whom are now living, namely: Daniel, who makes his home in Toronto, Canada; Alexander, our subject; Dennis, who lives in Canada; Martin, whose home is in Tuscola County; Charles, who is residing in Marlette, Mich.; and John, who is also in Tuscola County. The parents of James Hunter-Alexander, Sr., and Nancy Hunter-came to Canada to live after this son had come to make his home there, and died in that province a few years later. He and his family were all members of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of sixteen our subject began life for himself, and at that time came to the pine woods of Michigan, locating at Saginaw, where for five years he worked in the woods and got a thorough insight into the lumber business. At the end of that period he went to Sanilac County, where he engaged in the lumber business for several years, and in 1869 he came to Koylton Township, Tuscola County, and settled upon the farm where he now resides. This, which is now a finely improved farm of four hundred acres, fully half of which is in a productive condition, was not then as we see it now. as a dense forest then covered its area, and it was through hard labor and much of it that the trees were felled, the stumps and stones cleared away, and the land put in condition for raising crops. The marriage of our subject with Ellen Faul, daughter of Archie and Margaret Faul, of Lapeer County, brought to his home a true helpmate, and one who has been his faithful companion in all the ups and downs of life. They were married in 1867, and to them have been born eight children, and these parents have the comfort of seeing them all yet about them in this life. The names are Jennie L., Cyrenius P., Margaret C., Clara M., James N., Mary Isabella, Grover Cleveland and Frank E. Our subject is a member of Newberry Lodge, No. 216, I. O. O. F. His political views bring him into sympathy and action with the Democratic party, and he has held some important local offices. During the first fall after his coming to Tuscola County, he was chosen Township Clerk, and in 1871 he was elected Supervisor of Koylton Township, which office he has held continuously for the past twenty years. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/bios/hunter697gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb