BIOGRAPHIES:  Walter HUNTER, Gale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Walter Hunter, a well-known farmer in section 35, Gale Township, was born 
on his parents' farm at Decorah Prairie, this township, Aug. 12, 1863.  His 
parents were Thomas and Agnes (Grant) Hunter.  He was educated in the 
district school and remained at home until he was 20 years old.  He then 
went to Cheyenne, Wyo., under contract and for one summer was employed in 
cutting wood for the soldiers at old Fort Laramie.  He then went to 
southwestern Nebraska, where he homesteaded Government land, residing there 
until the spring of 1902, and during this time being engaged in farming and 
stock raising on a tract of 320 acres, which he sold in 1906, four years 
after his return home.  In 1902 he purchased his present farm of 120 acres 
of valley land, which adjoins his father's farm in section 35, and here he 
has since carried on general farming, devoting his entire time to the 
business.  He is also a stockholder in the La Crosse Packing Company and 
in the Independent Harvester Company in Plano, Ill.  Mr. Hunter was married 
April 28, 1892, to Jeanette Oliver, daughter of Robert and Mary (Scott) 
Oliver.  Her parents, who were natives of Lanarkshire, Scotland, were early 
settlers in Trempealeau County, Mr. Oliver becoming an extensive land owner 
here.  Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have a family of eight children: John, Lucian, 
William, Agnes, Mamie, Ollie, Norman and Donald, all of whom reside at home.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, 1917," page 577.