Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Hunt, Frank D. August 28, 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 9, 2009, 12:48 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company FRANK D. HUNT, who holds the responsible position of traffic manager for the Portland Electric Power Company, has had many years of practical experience in transportation affairs and has proven a master of the many problems incident to that line of service. Born in Vineland, Jefferson county, Missouri, August 28, 1870, he is a son of John and Marion (Wilcox) Hunt. One of his great-uncles was Wilson Price Hunt, who led the historic Astor party to Oregon in 1810, and which is specifically referred to in Washington Irving's "Astoria." Later he served as postmaster of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1822 to 1840 and became a man of prominence and influence in his day. In 1876 John Hunt moved to Independence, Kansas, where he worked for the S. A. Brown Lumber and Elevator Company, and later he went to Grenola, Kansas, acting as manager of a lumber yard for that company and its successors until 1900, when he bought the lumber yard and elevator, which he ran to the time of his death, on May 7, 1921. His wife passed away June 1, 1890. Frank D. Hunt received the advantage of a good public school education and then learned the art of telegraphy. He was employed as a telegraph operator and station agent on the Santa Fe Railroad, and later for the Frisco system, the latter company eventually making him superintendent of its Arkansas Western Railroad, from Heavener, Oklahoma, to Waldron, Arkansas. He held that position from 1902 to 1905, when he went to Enid, Oklahoma, as general superintendent of the Denver, Enid & Gulf Railroad. Later he became industrial agent for the Kansas City Southern Railroad, in which capacity he served until August 1, 1908, when he came to Portland as traffic manager for the Portland Electric Power Company, which position he has held continuously to the present time. In May, 1925, Mr. Hunt was elected president of the Willamette Valley Southern Railroad, as well as traffic manager for the entire system. On December 29, 1890, Mr. Hunt was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Benston, of Kansas City, Missouri, and to them have been born four children, namely: Irene is the wife of E. A. Geneste, of Friday Harbor, Washington. Frank D., who is employed as a bookkeeper by the Baker Mill and Elevator Company, is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted as a private, saw active service overseas, and was honorably discharged with the rank of second lieutenant. He married Miss Agnes Black, of Portland, and they now reside at Baker, Oregon. John B., who married Miss Alwyn Olsen, is connected with the Diamond Coal Company of Portland. Paul is now taking his pre-law course in the University of Oregon. Mr. Hunt is a York Rite Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and a member the Modern Woodmen of America, and also belongs to the Chambers of Commerce at Portland and Oregon City. He gives his political support to the republican party and has shown a deep interest in local public affairs. He is a man of clean-cut and straightforward manner, cordial in his social relations and constant and loyal in his friendships, so that throughout the community he commands the sincere respect and good will of those who know him. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 809-810 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/hunt737gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb