Biographical Sketch of James Hunter, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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James Hunter is a native of New York and an old bachelor, consequently
never tells his age.  He had a fair education, and emigrated to St.
Joseph in 1857.  In early life he was raised on a farm, and at the age
of twenty three read law under S. A. Goodwin, of the firm of Larned &
Goodwin, of Chicago, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar.  In 1860,
he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the County Court.  He enlist-
ed in Company A, Twenty fifth Missouri Regiment, under Colonel Sever-
ance.  He was elected captain and served one year as captain of Company
A, then promoted to major, after which he was on detached duty on Gen-
eral Hall's staff.  In 1864, he was elected City Attorney at St. Joseph;
served one term and was re-elected, and continued until the Legislature
abolished the office.  In 1869, he was commissioned postmaster.  In
1871, commenced the practice of law with C. A. Mosman, but his health
failed and he abandoned the profession.  Mr. Hunter, in connection with
James T. Beach, William Fowler, Jr. and Judge Lock, were first to or-
ganize an anti-slavery organization in Missouri and the Northwest.

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