Biographical Sketch of Z. B. Hunter, Johnson County, Missouri, Centerview Township. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Z. B. Hunter, a successful and prominent farmer and stockman of Center- view township, is a native of West Virginia. He was born in 1853, a son of J. C. and Ruth Hunter. J. C. Hunter was a son of Nathaniel Hunter, a prosperous miller and farmer of West Virginia. In the same year in which his son was born, J. C. Hunter moved with his family to Ohio and in that state Z. B. Hunter was reared and educated. He re- mained in Ohio until 1878, when he moved to Missouri and settled in Johnson county. In 1884, he went to Kansas and remained three years. Mr. Hunter visited the old home in West Virginia about ten years ago and found the log cabin, in which he was born, still used as a resi- dence and occupied. For several years after he came to Johnson county, Mr. Hunter rented land and engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1882, he purchased 200 acres of good farm land in Centerview township, which has been his home for the past 35 years, with the exception of three years spent in Kansas. Mr. Hunter has been constantly at work improving this place and he now has one of the fine country homes in Johnson county. He built a splendid residence and good farm buildings and has rotated crops and "plowed deep," until now there is no better farm in the community. Mr. Hunter is especially interested in farming and stock raising. He has, at the time of this writing in 1917, 33 head of high grade cattle and has harvested 30 tons of hay, 790 bushels of wheat and rye, and was preparing to plant 75 acres of his farm in wheat last autumn. In 1880, Z. B. Hunter and Sarah J. White, daughter of John White, of Ohio, were united in marriage and to this union have been born nine children: John, Centerview, Missouri; Forest, Warrens- burg, Missouri; Roland, who is now in Wyoming; Lucian, Centerview, Missouri, a United States soldier stationed at Camp Funston; Wilber, Centerview, Missouri; Mrs. Bernice Renick, Odessa, Missouri; Eula, Margaretta, and Mary, at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are excellent people, kind, hospitable, and enterprising and they are enrolled among the most valuable citizens of the county. Politically, Mr. Hunter is a Democrat. ==================================================================== 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. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================