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Birth	:	28 Aug 1839 Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	6 May 1924 Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5494003, -73.0477982
Description	:	History of the Western Reserve, Volume 3 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler HENRY HARRISON HUNT, who is living at his homestead two miles west of Conneaut, on the North Ridge road, was born on the old Hunt farm in the southwest corner of Conneaut township, August 28, 1839. a son of Horace and Sophronia (Durkee) Hunt. The mother was born September 21, 1802, at Hampton. Connecticut, and was a daughter of John and Sarah (Parkhurst) Durkee. while John Durkee, her father, was a son of Captain Benjamin Durkee. a Revolutionary soldier and the commander of Fort Trumbull at New London.... Read More	History of the Western Reserve, Volume 3 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler HENRY HARRISON HUNT, who is living at his homestead two miles west of Conneaut, on the North Ridge road, was born on the old Hunt farm in the southwest corner of Conneaut township, August 28, 1839. a son of Horace and Sophronia (Durkee) Hunt. The mother was born September 21, 1802, at Hampton. Connecticut, and was a daughter of John and Sarah (Parkhurst) Durkee. while John Durkee, her father, was a son of Captain Benjamin Durkee. a Revolutionary soldier and the commander of Fort Trumbull at New London. Connecticut. His company roster is now in the possession of his grandson, Henry H. Hunt. Horace Hunt was born in Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont, October 31. 1798. a son on Daniel and Hannah (Miller) Hunt. Daniel Hunt, also from Connecticut, was a soldier under Washington in the Revolutionary war. and he died in Vermont when more than eighty years of age. Four of his eleven children came to Vermont, and the family included Simeon, who was a resident of Waterford, Pennsylvania; Nelson, of La Salle, Illinois, and the four who came to this state: Clark. Horace. Fanny and Polly. Fanny became the wife of Rufus Hatch, and they located in Monroe township, Ashtabula county. Ohio. They reared a large family of children, but all are now deceased. Polly became the wife of Kent Bicknell, who died in Vermont, and she afterward lived with her brother Clark as his housekeeper until her death at the age of eighty-three years. These four members of the Hunt family—two sons and two daughters—came to Ohio about the year 1834. The two sons bought land together, but after five or six years they divided the tract, each receiving 118 acres, and they both spent the remained of their lives on the land which they first selected, Clark, who never married, dying at the age of seventy-five years. His farm was sold some forty years ago. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Horace Hunt lived and died on the farm which he selected on first coming to Ohio. He did masonry work in connection with his agriculture and he was a public-spirited man, interested in all worthy enterprises, and he served as captain of militia of Vermont, thus acquiring the title which remained with him during the residue of his life. He was well posted in political matters and was a believer in spiritualism, dying in that faith on the 9th of March, 1878. He had married at Tunbridge, Vermont, December 23, 1830, Sophronia Durkee, mentioned above, and she died on the 24th of February, 1895. She remained on the homestead farm after the death of her husband, but the last three or four years of her life were spent with her son Henry, and she died in her ninety-third year. Their family numbered five sons, and the first born was Charles, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. He was an editor for some years at Girard, Pennsylvania, and for twenty years, dating from 1864, was a proofreader with the New York Tribune. He also served for many years in the same capacity on "Johnson's Cyclopedia'' and other historical and law works. John, the second-born son, is a farmer and fruit grower in Benzie county, Michigan. Franklin died on the old homestead at the age of twentyone years. George spent his life mainly on this same farm, but he died on a place one mile south of Conneaut, where he had lived for a few years. Henry H. Hunt continued at home with his parents until the age of seventeen, and then entered upon an apprenticeship as a printer, with the old weekly Reporter at Conneaut, which was under the management of D. C. Allen, serving three years in the capacity of "devil" and one year in another department. Mr. Allen was also the first regular postmaster at Conneaut, and young Hunt was made his assistant, entering upon his duties as assistant postmaster on the 1st of April. 1861, and he served in that capacity for two years. Then, during a similar period, he was a deputy under J. C. A. Bushnell, auditor at Jefferson, and was then made a clerk in the quartermaster's department at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. In this capacity he assisted in purchasing the munitions of war for the Army of the Cumberland until about the close of the war. In 1867 Mr. Hunt published a daily paper at Petroleum Center, Pennsylvania, in connection with C. G. Griffey, also from Conneaut, but after one year Mr. Hunt sold his interest in the paper, and for three terms thereafter served as a township assessor. In 1869 he was made the deputy county auditor under W. H. Crowell, and remained in that capacity until made census enumerator in 1870 for the northeastern part of Ashtabula county, and remained in that office for one season. In 1873 he was appointed by General Garfield as a postal clerk over the J. & F. Railroad, and remained eleven years in that capacity, resigning in 1884. On April 30, 1888, at the old Hunt farm, he was married to Agnes E. Howard, a daughter of George W. and Sarah Howard, who lived on an adjoining farm. At this time Mr. Hunt took possession of the parental farm, and also cared for his mother during the remainder of her life. In 1893- nebought his present home, and moved thereto in 1894. The marriage union of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt has been blessed by the birth of three children—Harrison, Althea and Helen. Harrison is a student at Alleghany College, and both he and his sister are graduates of the Conneaut high school, and Helen is now a student at that institution. The family is connected with the Unitarian Society at Conneaut, although Mr. Hunt is a Spiritualist in belief. He is an active Republican, and has served as a delegate to county, district and state conventions. (info provided by Msmith #47320929)

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Henry Harrison Hunt's memorial is located at: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, USA.
When did Henry Harrison Hunt death?
Henry Harrison Hunt death on 6 May 1924 in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 41.5494003
Longitude: -73.0477982

Family Members:

Parent

Horace Hunt

(1798 - 1878)

Sophronia Durkee Hunt

(1802 - 1895)

Spouse

Agnes Estelle Howard Hunt

(1863 - 1941)

Siblings

Charles Hunt

(1831 - 1914)

George Hunt

(1837 - 1882)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Riverside Cemetery
Waterbury, New Haven County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5494003, -73.0477982

2. Town Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5499880, -73.0518210

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Coordinate: 41.5544205, -73.0458832

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Coordinate: 41.5434036, -73.0454788

5. Saint John's Church Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 41.5566350, -73.0440540

6. Old Saint Joseph's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5447006, -73.0235977

7. Saint Joseph Cemetery New
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Coordinate: 41.5367012, -73.0194016

8. Melchizedek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5420876, -73.0127335

9. Lithuanian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5421295, -73.0119934

10. Old Pine Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5505981, -73.0083008

11. All Saints Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5218735, -73.0273056

12. Saint Marys Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Cemete
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Coordinate: 41.5609398, -73.0063858

13. Star Lodge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5622820, -73.0066680

14. Workmens Circle of Waterbury
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Coordinate: 41.5620613, -73.0064392

15. Hebrew Benefit Association Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5609016, -73.0052109

16. Congregation Sharai Israel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5607986, -73.0049973

17. Brass City Lodge Cemetery
Waterbury, New Haven County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5606499, -73.0048981

18. Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5416060, -73.0034210

19. New Pine Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5533000, -72.9901200

20. Fort Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5943413, -73.0548553

21. Wooster Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5067450, -73.0254790

22. Bucks Hill Cemetery
Waterbury, New Haven County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5938988, -73.0280991

23. Beth El Cemetery
Waterbury, New Haven County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5951385, -73.0333328

24. All Saints Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
Oakville, Litchfield County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5885620, -73.0856160