Lewis Horton Hunt (1897 - 1983)

Born 26 May 1897 in Harper, Roane, West Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Ann (Hill) Hunt — married 1918 in Roane, West Virginia, United States

Died 25 Dec 1983 at age 86 in St Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia

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Biography

Lewis Hunt served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 4 Sep 1918
Unit(s): 157th Co.; Royal Tank Corp T.G.S.
Service ended: 19 Jun 1919

When Lewis Horton Hunt was born on May 26, 1897, in Harper, West Virginia, his father, Noah, was 25 and his mother, Laura, was 22. He had six children with Lucy Ann Hunt between 1919 and 1937; Gladys Thelma Roberts 1919–2002, Clifford Horton Hunt 1923–2012, Erma Fae Sanson, 1925–2004, Norine Brown 1929–2006, William Clemeth Hunt 1937–2014, Willa Clementene Reed 1937–2017 . He died on December 25, 1983, in St Albans, West Virginia, at the age of 86, and was buried there. Lewis was appointed postmaster of Boyd, Roane, West Virginia 4 Nov 1919^[1], five months after returning from France in World War I.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5984350:2441?tid=19087328&pid=20481830804&hid=47492465195&_phsrc=WMZ55783&_phstart=default

• "West Virginia Births." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. From digital images of copies of originals housed in County Courthouses throughout West Virginia. Birth records.

Name: Lewis Horton Hunt

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1897

Birth Place: Roane

Birth County: Roane

FHL Film Number: 565825

• The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 333 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61174/images/46920_3421606189_0199-00178?treeid=19087328&personid=20481830804&hintid=1029880565434&usePUB=true&_phsrc=WMZ55773&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=7772428
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5984350:2441?tid=19087328&pid=20481830804&hid=47492465195&_phsrc=WMZ55783&_phstart=default
• The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 235 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44046_08_00008-00879?treeid=19087328&personid=20481830804&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=WMZ55803&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=13204254
• Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=29481263&ssrc=pt&tid=2774820&pid=1628566896&usePUB=true
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182061618