John Elliott Hunt (1874 - 1951)

Born 19 Jan 1874 in Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Walker (Norvell) Hunt — married 16 Oct 1902 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Died 20 Dec 1951 at age 77 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

John Elliott Hunt was born in 1874, the son of General Henry Jackson Hunt and his wife Mary Bethune (Craig) Hunt, in Newport, Rhode Island. John's father was a military man and moved his family to where he was assigned. By 1880 the family was living in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

Following the family's military tradition, John attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, graduating in 1894. As a 2nd Lieutenant, he was first assigned to the 25th Regiment in the West.

On October 16, 1902, John married Alice Walker Norvell, the daughter of Colonel Stevens Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth (Proal) Norvell, and the granddaughter of United States Senator John Norvell of Michigan. They were married in Washington, District of Columbia. John and Alice had no children.

About 1905 he was sent to the Phillippine Islands where he possibly contracted malaria and was returned to the United States to be hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. Upon his release, he was reassigned to Spokane, Washington.

In the 1920s, he was the commander of Fort Jay military prison on Governor's Island in New York City. There he became involved with a sensational case involving the escape of a prisoner and was subsequently tried by court martial and acquitted.

John and Alice would spend the later years of their lives in and around Washington D.C. and Maryland. He passed away in 1951 at the age of 77 years, while Alice lived on until 1971 when she died at 91 years of age. Their bodies are buried in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

Sources

• "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZBN-QQS : 4 May 2023), John Elliot Hunt, 1874.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L1-DF2 : 13 January 2022), John E. Aunt in household of Henry J. Aunt, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 92, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWM6-KTG : 11 January 2020), John E. Hunt, 1902.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKL8-Y5L : accessed 20 June 2023), John E Hunt in household of Conway B Hunt, Precinct 3, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 150; FHL microfilm 1,374,163.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MJTR-K6F : Wed Apr 05 08:14:53 UTC 2023), Entry for John E Hunt and Alice N Hunt, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X34P-Z9D : accessed 20 June 2023), John Elliot Hunt, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 16B, line 78, family 384, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 877; FHL microfilm 2,340,612.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:K7FX-X7H : Wed Jun 14 05:28:40 UTC 2023), Entry for John E Hunt and Alice W Hunt, 1940.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBV-MXPF : 18 July 2020), Col John Elliott Hunt, 1951.

• Find a Grave Memorial for Col. John Elliott Hunt [1]