Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 
1885, Butler Co.

THE HUNT FAMILY.  The progenitor is John Hunt, who was born in 1800, and 
is now eight-five years old; he is a native of Rowan County, N.C.; came 
to Kentucky, when a youth and followed farming, from which he retired a 
few year [sic] ago.  In 1820, he married Anna Jenkins; she was born in 
Rowan County, N.C., in 1801, and soon after removed with her parents to 
Kentucky, where she still resides at the age of eight-four years.  John 
Hunt is a son of Daniel Hunt, who came from North Carolina to Kentucky 
in 1804, and located in Muhlenburgh [sic] County; he moved to Warrick 
County, Ind., where he died at the age of seventy years.  He was a farmer 
and a son of John Hunt, who was of English extraction, and a native of 
Virginia; he lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four, having for fifty 
years of his life been a minister of the Gospel in the Baptist Church.

     DR. ALEXANDER HUNT, a son of John and Anna (Jenkins) Hunt, passed 
his early life on a farm, attending school for a short time each year, 
until he attained his eighteenth year, when he constructed a flat-boat, 
on which he floated a cargo of staves to New Orleans; finding the trade 
lucrative he continued it for four years, after which he tried farming 
for a few years; then read medicine and took his degree in the Louisville 
Medical College in 1878, since which time he has followed the practice of 
his profession, in connection with the business of superintending his 
farming interests.  He gives much of his time to the improvement of the 
country.  He is an advocate of the temperance cause, and is interested 
in all educational enterprises.  Politically he is a Republican; is 
liberal in his views, and does not know men by their politics.  His wife, 
Catherine J. Clark, whom he married April 8, 1849, is a daughter of David 
and Martha Clark of Hickman County, Ky.  Their marriage has been blessed 
with twelve children, eight of whom are living: Martha A., Henry D., 
William C., Jonathan A., Elias M., Alexander, David and Katie H.; those 
deceased are John T., Letitia J., Ota and an infant unnamed.

     DANIEL HUNT, a brother of Dr. Alexander Hunt, was born in Butler 
County, September 13, 1832.  He is a son of John and Anna (Jenkins) Hunt, 
above mentioned.  He was educated in the common schools of the district 
in which he resided, and at the age of nineteen launched himself upon the 
sea of life; his first undertaking was to construct a flat-boat on Mud 
River, on which he shipped a load of staves to New Orleans; the 
undertaking proved successful, and for several years he continued in the 
same business; then for three years he worked in a tobacco warehouse for 
the firm of Tanner & Campbell, and in that time bought and paid for 196 
acres of land, where he now resides, in Butler County, to which he has 
added by subsequent purchase.  He now owns 600 acres in Butler County 
and 160 acres in the State of Kansas.  His farm is well improved and well 
kept, and he is among the most prosperous farmers in Butler County.  Mr. 
Hunt is a Democrat politically, and in 1857 was elected constable, in 
which capacity he served twelve years, afterward held the office of 
magistrate in Butler County four years.  In 1852, he bought and gathered 
from among the hills of Butler County, 250 head of wild sheep, which, 
with one assistant, he drove a distance of 150 miles through unbroken 
forests, to a market at Louisville, Ky.  His return trip was made in 
three days, and on foot.  His wife, Sarah C. Watkins, whom he married 
in 1857, is a native of Butler County; they are the parents of twelve 
children, ten of whom are living: Camelier J., Mary E., Henry, Warner, 
Vidia, Lydia J., Eridine, Williard, Lily M. and Bertha; those deceased 
are Nettie D. and Oscar.  Mr. Hunt has been a member of the Methodist 
Church for thirty years; his wife and three children are also members 
of the same church.  Hr. [sic] Hunt is a Master Mason, and a member of 
the Rochester Lodge, No. 270.  He is a progressive citizen, and one of 
the "solid" men of Butler County; he takes a leading part in all public 
enterprises, and is a strong patron of schools and churches.

Hunt Jenkins Clark Watkins
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Rowan-NC Muhlenberg-KY Warrick-IN VA Hickman-KY KS

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