Galetsy (Ruggles) Hunt (1808 - 1883)

Born 1 Oct 1808 in Connecticut, United States

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Died 6 Apr 1883 at age 74 in Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United States

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Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Azor R. Hunt was born August 22, 1848, in Mahoning, Ohio, a son of Horace and Galatea (Ruggles) Hunt, whose ancestors migrated from Connecticut to the Western Reserve.

History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Volume II, H. Z. Williams & Bro., Cleveland, 1872, page 55.

Azor Ruggles, one of the earlier settlers of Canfield township, was born and brought up in Brookfield, Litchfield county, Connecticut, the date of his birth being May, 1769. He was a millwright and in 1810 came to Ohio on horseback for the purpose of doing some work for Judge Canfield. After remaining a year he returned to Connecticut and in 1813 brought out his family, consisting of his wife and six children. The journey was made with two wagons and teams and consumed one month. The oldest daughter drove one of the wagons. Mr. Ruggles first located on the farm where John Sazenbacher now lives, remained one year and a half and settled permanently south of Canfield, where he died December 10, 1843. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Peck whom he married in Connecticut and by whom he had six children, viz: Alice, Harriet, Julia, Charles, Galetsy and Hepsey. Of these three are living, Charles, Galetsy (now Mrs. Howard Hunt) and Hepsey, who is unmarried and occupies the old homestead. His first wife died in 1828 and in 1832 he married Miss C. M. A. Mitchell, by whom he had two children, Robert M. and Mary Helen, now Mrs. James Mackey, of Youngstown. His second wife survived him and she afterward became the wife of Dr. Manning, of Youngstown. Hepsey Ruggles, now seventy-one years of age, has in her possession a couple of pillow cases made by her mother before her marriage in 1790, and a picture frame made from the rim of the wheel on which the material used in the making of the pillow-cases was spun; also a rocking-chair in which her mother rode all the way from Connecticut when the family moved to Ohio.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 94-96)
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-9WD : 21 December 2020), Galetsy Hunt in household of Horace Hunt, Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCG2-574 : 18 February 2021), Galetzey Hunt in entry for Horace Hunt, 1860. Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United States.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V5-N4L : 28 May 2021), Galetsey Hunt in entry for Horace Hunt, 1870. Canfield Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M895-SCY : 20 February 2021), Galetsey Hunt in household of Horace Hunt, Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 69D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,045.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30447379/galetsy-hunt: accessed 20 July 2023), memorial page for Galetsy Ruggles Hunt (1 Oct 1808–6 Apr 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30447379, citing Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Harry Turner (contributor 48534189).