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William Thomas Hunter

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Name William Thomas Hunter Born 23 Apr 1817 Castledergh, Tyrone County, Ireland [1]
- Various Hunter cousins give the town of birth as Donegal, Tyrone Co., Ireland. I do not know the source of that. Civil War pension records and Lillian Hunter Foutch give Castlederg, which is right next to Donegal.
Gender Male Died 15 Jan 1897 Hubbell, Jefferson, Nebraska [1, 2, 3]
- Tombstone date of birth is 25 July 1817. Luceal Lewis's family sheets show 23 April 1819. Lillian Hunter Foutch believes the 1819 date is correct and it also agrees with the 1860 and 1870 census. 1880 census give a birth year of about 1822 (age 58)
Civil War pension file supports a year of birth of 1821.
Buried Munden, Republic, Kansas, United States [4]
Person ID I62 Mouchet-Roberts genealogy Last Modified 3 Jul 2018
Family Margaret Anderson, b. 14 Apr 1821, County Tyrone, Ireland , d. 19 Apr 1899, Hubbell, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
(Age 78 years)
Married 23 Apr 1841 Castledergh, Tyrone County, Ireland [1]
Children 1. Rebecca Margaret Hunter, b. 4 Dec 1855, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 10 Feb 1894, Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States
(Age 38 years)
2. William A Hunter, b. 1843, d. Yes, date unknown 3. Elizabeth Ann Hunter, b. 10 Sep 1848, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
4. James Arthur Hunter, b. 19 Feb 1850, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
5. Isabelle June Hunter, b. 8 Apr 1852, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 12 Oct 1934, Carleton, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
(Age 82 years)
6. John Henry Hunter, b. 9 Feb 1854, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 5 Jan 1931, Laporte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
(Age 76 years)
7. George Raymond Hunter, b. 24 Oct 1857, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 13 Jan 1950 (Age 92 years)
8. Benjamin Hunter, b. 24 Oct 1859, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 9 Jan 1884 (Age 24 years)
9. Alexander Hunter, b. 14 Jul 1861, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 18 Jun 1950, Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States
(Age 88 years)
Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 Family ID F2149 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos William and Margaret Hunter cropped_headshots/Wm-Hunter.jpg William Hunter headstone
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Sources - [S12137] Civil War Pension File, William Hunter, Civil War Pension File; Margaret Hunter, Widow, Box #43569, Cert #460275; 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
- [S12067] Luceal's Family Group Sheets.
- [S12304] Find-A-Grave, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91017122; viewed; 10 May 2017; Grave listing of William Thomas Hunter .
- [S12304] Find-A-Grave, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91017122; viewed; 10 May 2017; Grave listing of William Thomas Hunter.
- [S12137] Civil War Pension File, William Hunter, Civil War Pension File; Margaret Hunter, Widow, Box #43569, Cert #460275; 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.