HUNT BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== HUNT, Edwin B. - b: 1868 Walker Twp, Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 866 residence: Walker Twp Edwin B. Hunt - Under arching and spreading trees at the crossroads in the center of Walker township, where the little cluster of buildings known as the town of Piper stands, is the Hunt blacksmith shop. Always busy, jolly, friendly to all, ever ready to do work which requires skill and strength, Edwin B. Hunt has conducted his blacksmith and wagon shop for the past fifteen years and has waxed prosperous as the years have passed. He is one of the "old timers" of Henry County in the sense that he is native-born to Henry County, his father before him having been one of the pioneers of Walker township. Edwin B. Hunt was born October 20, 1868, on a farm located just a half mile south of his place of business. He is the son of William (born April 11, 1809; died April, 1874) and Priscilla (Covey) Hunt (born December 6, 1825), and at present the oldest living pioneer woman of Henry County. William Hunt was a native of North Carolina, and his wife, Priscilla, was a native of Tennessee. His first wife was Agubeth Hunt, who was born in 1816 and died in 1846. The following children were born of this marriage: Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, John, William H., and James W., all of whom are deceased. By the second marriage the following children were born: William, John Samuel, Enoch Johnson, Joseph Levi, William Robert, George Jacob, Edwin B., Lydia Ellen, Nancy Hester, Susan Priscilla, Martha Jane, and Elizabeth Catharine. William Hunt came to Henry County from Pettis County, Missouri, in the early fifties and entered a large tract of free Government land in Walker township. He died upon his home place near Piper and his aged widow now makes her home with Edwin B. Hunt. Of the twelve children born to William and Priscilla Hunt, six are living: Edwin B.; John S., Washington; W. R., Idaho; Mrs. Elizabeth Raybourn, Idaho; and two half-brothers; also William H. Hunt, Deepwater township, and Mrs. Mary Reavis, Bear Creek township. Mr. Hunt learned the trade of blacksmith under Thomas J. Pitts, but since his boyhood days has been skilled in iron work and showed a special aptitude for the smithing trade. His first shop was located one mile west of Piper, and in 1910 he located at Piper, his present location. He has not only made a success of blacksmith but has been and is a successful farmer. He is owner of 400 acres of land in the immediate neighborhood, his holdings including the Hunt home place. Mr. Hunt was married in April, 1888, to Martha C. Long, daughter of J. C. Long, one of the early settlers of Henry County. Mrs. Martha C. Hunt was born October 28, 1867, in Henry County, and is the daughter of John C. and Ruth (Burgess) Long, natives of Miller County, Missouri, who located in Henry County in 1866 and spent the remainder of their lives in this county. There were ten children in the Long family, nine of whom are living: Mrs. Pink Osborn, Oklahoma; Mrs. Eva Chadwell, Oklahoma; Doc Long, Lowry County, Missouri; Mrs. Nellie Jackson, living in Lowry County, Missouri; Kid Long, and Dutch Long, St. Clair County, Missouri; Mrs. Mary Edwards, St. Clair County, Missouri; Mrs. Edwin B. Hunt; Arch Long, Kansas. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Hunt are as follow: Pearl, a farmer in Walker township; Mrs. Ruth F. Hill, Walker township; James J., Charles A., and Ervin J., who is farming the Hunt acreage. Mr. Hunt has always been a Republican. He has served as a member of the township board and is the present justice of the peace of Walker township. He and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ==================================================================== HUNT, J. L. - b: 1861 Audrain Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 730 residence: Big Creek Twp J. L. Hunt, a well known and successful citizen of Big Creek township, was born in Audrain County, Missouri, May 1, 1861. He is a son of Alexander and Margaret (Kiefer) Hunt, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Audrain County, Missouri. The mother was born in 1839 and died in October, 1893, and her remains are buried in the Urich Cemetery. Alexander J. Hunt, the father, was born in Kentucky June 30, 1837, and now resides with his son, J. A. Hunt, in Bogard township. Alexander Hunt is a son of Hiram Hunt, a native of Kentucky who came to Missouri with his family in 1853 and settled in Montgomery County, where they resided during the Civil War. In 1867 the Hunt family came to Johnson County and settled in Chilhowee township, where Hiram Hunt, the grandfather of J. L., spent the remainder of his life. Alexander J. Hunt served in the State Militia in Montgomery County during the Civil War and later served with the Home Guards. He is now in his eighty-second year. J. L. Hunt is one of six children born to his parents, the others being as follow: J. A., Blairstown, Missouri; T. M., Kankakee, Illinois; A. D., whose address is unknown; Mrs. Jennie Lee White, Lamoni, Iowa, and G. C., Phoenix, Arizona. J. L. Hunt was reared on a farm in Johnson County, Missouri, and received a good common school education. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age, when he engaged in farming on his own account in Johnson County. Two years later he came to Henry County and purchased his present place, which is located one mile southeast of Blairstown. He settled here January 4, 1886, where he has a valuable and productive farm of forty acres. While Mr. Hunt is not what might be called a large land owner, he is one of the successful and well to do farmers of Big Creek township. In addition to his general farming he also has a splendid orchard which has been a profitable source of income. Mr. Hunt believes that less land, better cared for and better farmed, is the best method of getting good agricultural results. August 14, 1884, Mr. Hunt was united in marriage with Miss Minnie B. Davis, a native of Madison County, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Davis, pioneer settlers of Big Creek township and a sketch of whom appears in this volume. The mother died April 30, 1915, and the father is now in his eighty-seventh year. They were the parents of the following children: James M., deceased; Mrs. Edna Farnsworth, Holden, Missouri; Minnie B., the wife of J. L. Hunt, the subject of this sketch: D. H., deceased; Apps, on the home place in Big Creek township; William W., deceased; John, a farmer in Big Creek township; Mrs. Bertha Jackson, Holden, Missouri; Lydia, the wife of Robert Wall, Blairstown, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have been born the following children: Florence, (died in infancy); Osee Frances, married Don Cochin, Ardmore, Oklahoma; Iva Edna, married Warren Ellis, Point Marion, Pennsylvania; Lydia Oleto, who resides at home with her parents. The Hunt family are well known and prominent in the community. ==================================================================== HUNT, Jefferson A. - b: 1865 Pike Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 732 residence: Bogard Twp Jefferson A. Hunt, a prominent farmer and stockman of Bogard township, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Pike County in 1865, a son of A. J. and Margaret Jane (Keifer) Hunt. The mother is now deceased. She died in October, 1893, aged fifty-four years. The father now lives with J. A., the subject of this sketch. Jefferson A. Hunt came to Henry County with his parents in 1868 when he was about three years of age. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the public schools. When twenty-one years of age he began farming on his own account. In 1890 he purchased his first land in Big Creek township, which he later sold and for twelve years was in the Government service as a rural mail carrier out of the Blairstown post office. He bought his present farm of two hundred acres in May, 1917. It is located one mile west of Blairstown in Bogard township, and is one of the valuable farms of northwestern Henry County. It is well improved with a good residence and other farm buildings which bespeaks the industry of its owner. J. A. Hunt was united in marriage in 1887 with Miss Susan B. Lotspiech, a daughter of John and Caroline (Potts) Lotspiech, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have been born three children, who are now living, as follow: Walter A., married Goldie Pope, and resides at Blairstown, Missouri; Dorris C. and Howard W., residing at home with their parents. Mr. Hunt is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America of Blairstown. He is one of the successful men of the county, and has made good through his own industry and integrity. He began with nothing and by his own unaided efforts has become one of the prosperous men of the community. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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