William Hunter (1826 - 1900)

Born 1826 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Valentine (Evans) Hunter — married about 1852 in Allegheny County Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1900 at about age 74 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

In 1870, William and Lydia are living in Fawn Township with nine of their children: Mary Margaret (18), Robert (16), Terressa (14), Jesse (12), Ann (10), Newton (8), Lydia (6), Bell (4), and Joseph (2). William was a farmer, owning $3000 in Real Estate and $800 personal assets. Son Robert worked on the farm. Brother John Hunter and his wife Margaret (Keever) lived nearby.

Suffered with "dropsy" in his later years. From the Freeport Journal newspaper: "he was an upright and highly respected citizen, and a man of deep religious convictions. He was a member of the Tarentum M.E. Church and also of Tarentum Lodge #587 I.O.O.F.

John and Mary Hunter

Sources

• Personal family records

• Find a Grave Memorial [1]

• United States Census, 1850 Pennsylvania Allegheny East Deer [2]

• United States Census, 1860 Pennsylvania Allegheny Fawn Township [3]

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6L89-1RZ?cc=1438024&wc=KGS8-L29%3A518666601%2C519584101%2C519498201 : 14 June 2019), Pennsylvania > Allegheny > Fawn > image 9 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Record of deaths, 1874-1903, of those who died leaving estates probated in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania [4]