Flora Bell (Orcutt) Hunt was born in 1867 in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States. She was the daughter of William Cyrus Orcutt and Helen Sabina (Sprague) Orcutt. She married Frederick Charles Hunt. Together they were the parents of Harold Reuben Hunt, Desiree Eveline (Hunt) Ball, Elaine (Hunt) Stewart, and Lola M. Hunt. She died in 1922 in Celoron, Chautauqua, New York, United States. She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States.
Note
Flora Bell (Orcutt) Hunt's daughter Desiree Evelyn (Hunt) Ball was the mother of actress Lucille Ball, making Flora her grandmother.
Sources
Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M861-7FG : 12 April 2016), Flora Orcutt in household of William Orcutt, New York, United States; citing p. 14, family 134, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,411.
Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZZC-XJT : 9 September 2017), Flora Orcott in household of William Orcott, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 66, sheet 546A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0816; FHL microfilm 1,254,816.
Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS6J-963 : accessed 6 January 2018), Flora B Hunt in household of Fred C Hunt, Jamestown city Ward 3, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 2B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,014.
Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M59V-NB2 : accessed 6 January 2018), Flora B Hearst in household of Fred C Hearst, Jamestown Ward 6, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 6A, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 930; FHL microfilm 1,374,943.
Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJKT-WGF : accessed 6 January 2018), Flora B Hunt in household of Fred C Hunt, Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing ED 135, sheet 14A, line 29, family 370, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1091; FHL microfilm 1,821,091.
Daughter's Marriage: "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FF5B-JYV : 25 September 2017), Flora B Orcutt in entry for Henry D Ball and Desiree E Hunt, 31 Aug 1910, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk’s office,; FHL microfilm 1,004,673.
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