the Hunt connection to  Fayette, Iowa  

Hunt Full Descendent Tree back to England
Hunt Complete Information 
Hunt's Furniture and Undertaking, 1875

Oxfordshire Genealogy Page

"Oxfordshire, a county of England, 47 miles in length, and 29 in breadth; bounded by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Warwickshire, and Northamptonshire. It is divided into 14 hundreds, which contain 1 city, 12 market towns, 280 parishes, and 51 villages. The air is sweet, mild, pleasant, and healthy, for which reason it contains several gentlemen's seats; and the soil, though various, is fertile in corn and grass, and the hills are shaded with woods. It is also a great sporting country, there being abundance of game preserved here. It has no manufactures of any account, being chiefly agricultural. Its chief city is Oxford. Population, 161,643. It sends 9 members to parliament."

-- James Barclay's "Complete and Universal English Dictionary", 1842

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Warwickshire England Genealogy

Hunt Albums on Photopoint.com
[3f]  John and Sarah Stowe Hunt  [4c]  Reuben Hunt, Sr.  [5a]  Thomas Vincent Hunt   [5b] Walter Eugene Hunt's Farm Livestock  [5b] Walter Eugene's 60th Wedding [5b]  Walter Eugene's 60th Guest Book  [5c]  Amelia Elizabeth Hunt

An Overview:     
Reuben, Sr., Elizabeth and three oldest children Thomas V., Walter E. and Amelia E.,  sailed from the Shutford/Banbury area of County Oxfordshire, England, 1853, and settled in Fayette, Iowa by 1857.   Little was known regarding the families in England, until contact was made with Skip Baker and Jim Hunt in late January 2000, and with Peter Wrench in February 2001.  These three Hunt and Wrench contacts have significant information which I will attempt to blend into our pages in the coming months.   Reuben built a stone house when he came to Fayette and lived there until the death of Elizabeth in 1900, when he moved in with his children in Fayette and Hartford, SD, until his death in 1907.  Reuben may have moved from  New York State to work on the college building which was started at Fayette in 1855, about three years after the town started to develop.  Skip Baker indicated Reuben Sr. also worked on the initial  Iowa State College buildings.  The  UIU building was constructed of large limestone blocks and Reuben may have ended the project as one of the Master Stone Masons.   The couple was very much a part of the Fayette community and the Methodist Church during their life in the valley.  Reuben and the boys in the family would be quite active in the Masonic Lodge.  Reuben and Elizabeth raised eight of ten children born.   There is every  indication that the Hunt family and the families of their spouses  were successful,  very hard working pioneer farmers, craftsmen, businessmen, educators in the Fayette valley from the 1850's through 1977.   By the mid 1900's, most of the lines had left the valley, which reflects on the successful 120 years of small farm/ small business history of Fayette.  Thomas V.  would remain  in northeast Iowa as a mason and school teacher, Walter Eugene and Reuben Wrench would remain in Fayette as farmers and businessmen, Amelia would marry and homestead in Hartford, SD., the remainder of Reuben, Sr., and Elizabeth's children  would also migrate to western states in the late 1800's.    The Grandchildren of Reuben, Sr., and Elizabeth would all have left the Fayette Valley except for Walter Reuben Hunt who would marry Winifred Mary Strayer and live their lives in Fayette, and be the last of the Hunt's in Fayette, farming until their deaths in 1977.   One Great Grand Daughter, Eleanor Hunt Zbornik would remain in Fayette for her life.  All GGGrandchildren had left the valley by the 1960's, and thus there are no living relatives of Reuben, Sr., and Elizabeth in Fayette, Iowa.  

Hunt Generations and Photo Albums 
John Hunt (?_?) and Mary Russell Hunt (1724/25-?) (1st generation)
William Hunt (1757-1833) and Maria Howard Hunt (1758-1829) (2nd generation)
John Hunt (1786-1875) and Sarah Stowe Hunt (1785-1875) (3rd generation)
Reuben Hunt, Sr. (1823-1907) and Elizabeth Wrench 1830-1901) (4th generation)

Ten Children of Reuben and Elizabeth (5th generation)
Thomas Vincent Hunt (1849-1904) and Helen Grace C. Strong 1853-1946)
Walter Eugene Hunt (1851-1945) and Amanda Katura Thompson (1856-1942)
        A few pictures the farm livestock around the barn area in 1900.
         60th Wedding Anniversary of Walter Eugene and Amanda Thompson Hunt, October 1938
          60th Guest Book with signatures of Family and Fayette friends.
Amelia Elizabeth Hunt (1853-1933) and Frank E. Van De Mark (1851-19??)
Washington Hunt (1856-) and Name
Flora F. Hunt (1858-) and Name Broadhead
Fannie Sarah Hunt (1860-infancy)
Reuben Wrench Hunt (1865-1848) and Laura Farr Holmes (1867-1949)
William A. Hunt (1870-??) and Emma E. Calkin(?) (1871-??)
Jessee Hunt (1870-infancy)
Lucy A. Hunt (1872-??) and W. B. Johnson

1 John Hunt b: 1725 d: Unknown

.. +Mary Russell b: February 04, 1724/25 d: Unknown Father: Henry Russell Mother: Anne

. 2 Anne Hunt b: February 08, 1754 d: Unknown

. 2 William Hunt b: June 12, 1757 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: May 14, 1833 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England

..... +Maria Howard b: April 09, 1758 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England m: April 26, 1778 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: September 09, 1829 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England Father: William Howard Mother: Maria

.... 3 John Hunt b: October 03, 1779 d: October 21, 1786

.... 3 Jesse Hunt b: September 21, 1780 d: Unknown

.... 3 Mary Hunt b: January 31, 1782 d: January 31, 1792

.... 3 Charlotte Hunt b: December 07, 1783 d: February 01, 1784

.... 3 Lavinia Hunt b: December 25, 1784 d: Unknown

.... 3 John Hunt b: December 24, 1786 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: November 13, 1875 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

........ +Sarah Stowe b: 1785 in Chipping Warden, Northamaptonshire, England m: January 20, 1817 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: June 17, 1875 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

....... 4 Phineas Hunt b: March 11, 1818 d: Unknown

....... 4 Edward Hunt b: September 07, 1819 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: May 23, 1904 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

........... +Ann b: 1815 in Balscott, Oxfordshire, England d: February 20, 1895 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

........... 5 Eliza Hunt b: 1845 d: Unknown

........... 5 Reuben Hunt b: 1848 d: Unknown

........... 5 Susanna Hunt b: 1850 d: Unknown

........... 5 Thomas Henry Hunt b: December 31, 1854 d: Unknown

........... 5 Reuben Hunt b: 1848 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England d: November 04, 1852 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

....... 4 Reuben Hunt b: April 29, 1823 in Eydon, North Hamptonshire, England d: July 09, 1907 in Fayette, Iowa, age 83 Burial: Unknown Grandview Cemetery Lot 90, Fayette, Iowa Immigration: 1853 Oxforshire, England-New York State-Fayette, Iowa Occupation: Stone Mason Residence: Bet. 1857 - 1871 Fayette, Iowa

........... +Elizabeth Wrench b: August 04, 1830 in Utica, New York m: August 21, 1848 in Oxfordshire, England d: April 06, 1901 in Fayette, Iowa, age 71 Burial: Unknown Grandview Cemetery, Lot 70, Fayette Residence: 1841 Banbury, Oxforshire, England Father: Thomas Rench Mother: Lydia Page

........... 5 Thomas Vincent Hunt b: September 01, 1849 in Shutford, England d: September 11, 1904 in Fayette, Iowa at age 55 Burial: Unknown Grandview Cemetery, Lot 70, Fayette Occupation: Stone Mason, Plasterer

............... +Helen Grace C. Strong b: March 26, 1853 in Constantine, Michigan m: October 17, 1875 d: April 04, 1946 in Berkley, California at age 93. Burial: Unknown Grandview Cemetery, Lot 70, Fayette Father: A. H. Strong

........... *2nd Wife of Thomas Vincent Hunt:

............... +Catherine Grace Strong b: March 26, 1854 in Constantine, Michigan m: October 17, 1975 in Fayette, Iowas d: October 1945 in Alameda, CA

........... 5 Walter Eugene Hunt b: June 26, 1851 in Banbury, England d: November 03, 1945 in Independence, Iowa, in the hospital, 94 years old. Burial: Unknown Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa Immigration: 1853 From Oxfordshire County, England at age 1+ with family. Occupation: Bet. 1896 - 1920 Farmed two miles southeast of Fayette (45-69yrs).

............... +Amanda Katura Thompson b: September 12, 1856 in Grannis Creek Area, two miles east of Fayette, Iowa m: October 31, 1878 in Fayette, Iowa, in the home of Rev. H.S. Bronson d: January 26, 1942 in Fayette, Iowa, early in the morning at home. Occupation: Homemake, dress maker, seamstress Residence: Fayette, Iowa, all of adult life.

........... *2nd Wife of Walter Eugene Hunt:

............... +Amanda Thompson (Thompson) Hunt b: September 13, 1856 m: October 31, 1878 d: January 26, 1942 in Fayette, IA Father: Samuel Thompson Mother: Sherman

........... 5 Amelia Elizabeth Hunt b: August 06, 1853 in Shutford, England d: 1933 in Age 79 years, Hartford, SD. Burial: 1933 Hartford, SD

............... +Frank E. Van deMark b: October 08, 1851 in Lake County, Illinois m: March 01, 1878 in Fayette, Iowa d: Unknown in Hartford, SD Burial: Unknown Hartford, SD Parents (Facts Pg): 1877 Joined him in Hartford, SD. Occupation: 1876 Pure bred livestock and business. Father: Henry Alexander Van De Mark Mother: Mary Adams

........... 5 Washington John Edward Hunt b: February 23, 1856 d: August 08, 1933 in Manhattan, Indiana (Burried Hartford, SD)

............... +Louisa Charlotte Van DeMark b: in Waukeegan, Clay Co, Illinois d: Unknown Father: Henry Alexander Van DeMark

........... *2nd Wife of Washington John Edward Hunt:

............... +Louisa Charlotte Van Demark b: July 11, 1848 in Clay County, Illinois m: March 07, 1880 d: April 02, 1907 in Hartford, South Dakota Father: Henry Alexander Van DeMark Mother: Mary Adams

........... *3rd Wife of Washington John Edward Hunt:

............... +Clara Miller Stauch (Stanch?) b: September 04, 1864 m: April 14, 1908 in Greencastle, Indiana d: Unknown Father: Hiram Lewis Stanch Mother: Sarah Jane Tresner

........... 5 Fanny Sarah Hunt b: June 29, 1860 d: January 01, 1861 in Died young in Fayette. Not sure of birth/death info(z/1999).

........... 5 Flora Fanny Hunt b: February 03, 1862 d: October 19, 1915 in Post Falls, ID bd. Coeur d'Alene, ID

............... +Joseph Whitworth Broadhead b: February 28, 1856 in Jamestown, NY m: April 1884 d: Unknown Father: Joseph Broadhead Mother: Mary

........... *2nd Husband of Flora Fanny Hunt:

............... +??? Broadhead m: April 15, 1884 in Britt, Iowa d: Unknown

........... 5 Reuben Wrench Hunt b: June 26, 1865 in Fayette, Iowa d: March 25, 1948 in Fayette, Iowa Occupation: Stone Mason

............... +Laura Farr Holmes b: January 18, 1867 in Wisconsin d: 1949 Father: F. F. Holmes Mother: Laura Farr

........... *2nd Wife of Reuben Wrench Hunt:

............... +Laura Farr Holmes b: January 10, 1876 in Johnstown Center, Wisconsin m: June 26, 1890 in Fayette, Iowa d: May 05, 1948 in Fayette, Iowa

........... 5 William Amos Hunt b: February 06, 1868 in Fayette, Iowa d: August 17, 1938 Occupation: Photographer Residence: 1933 Hoquiam, Washington

............... +Emma E. Calkin b: August 17, 1871 m: November 18, 1890 d: November 23, 1917

........... *2nd Wife of William Amos Hunt:

............... +Emma Calkin b: August 19, 1871 in Cresco, IA m: September 15, 1896 in Montague, MI d: November 10, 1907 in Hoquiam, WA

........... *3rd Wife of William Amos Hunt:

............... +Letita Trueman m: August 14, 1909 d: Unknown

........... 5 Jessee E. Hunt b: August 10, 1870 in Fayette, Iowa, died young, burial Grandview. d: May 05, 1871 in Fayette, Iowa

........... 5 Lucy Alice Hunt b: February 16, 1872 in Fayette, Iowa d: Unknown Education: Fayette High School, Fayette, Iowa Occupation: 1892 Taught school around Fayette. Residence: 1945 Des Moines

............... +Willis E. Johnson b: September 12, 1873 in Fayette County, Iowa d: 1937 in Des Moines, Iowa Occupation: Buttermaker in each town.

........... *2nd Husband of Lucy Alice Hunt:

............... +Willis B. Johnson m: May 10, 1899 d: Unknown

....... 4 Lucy Hunt b: September 22, 1830 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England d: October 28, 1911 in Bay Center, Washington

........... +Amos Compton b: March 28, 1831 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England m: November 15, 1850 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England d: February 27, 1910 in Bay Center, Washington

........... 5 Oliver Orlando Compton b: June 19, 1851 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England d: October 12, 1879 in Lebanon, OR

............... +Harriett Ray m: May 23, 1875 d: Unknown

........... 5 Frank Reuben Compton b: January 13, 1854 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England d: February 07, 1882 in Portland, OR

............... +Addie Johnson m: November 1880 in Albany, OR d: Unknown

........... 5 Lucy Edna Clementina Compton b: April 19, 1856 in Mt. Upton, NY d: March 10, 1939

............... +Richard Allen m: November 21, 1876 in Albany, OR d: Unknown

........... 5 Alice Sarah Compton b: September 22, 1858 in Fayette, IA d: March 10, 1900 in South Bend, WA bd. Bay Center, WA

............... +William C. Claughton m: November 16, 1884 in Chehalis, WA d: Unknown

........... 5 Albert Amos Compton b: June 13, 1861 in Fayette, IA d: August 1940

............... +Mary E. Brown m: April 19, 1890 in Bay Center, WA d: Unknown

........... 5 William John Compton b: April 15, 1868 in Central City, CO d: April 01, 1895 in Woods, OR

............... +Maud Dunn m: April 15, 1891 in Meda, OR d: Unknown

....... 4 Thomas Hunt b: April 27, 1834 in Eydon, North Hamptonshire, England d: Unknown

.... *2nd Wife of John Hunt:

........ +Sarah Stowe (Timms?) b: 1785 in Chipping Warden, Northhamptonshire, Englan m: January 20, 1817 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England d: June 17, 1875 in Shutford, Oxfordshire, England

....... 4 Phineas Hunt ? b: March 11, 1823 d: Unknown

....... 4 Thomas Hunt b: 1825 d: Unknown

.... 3 Charlotte Hunt b: February 08, 1789 d: Unknown

.... 3 Maria Hunt b: December 26, 1790 d: Unknown

.... 3 William Hunt b: April 07, 1793 d: August 04, 1793

.... 3 Marian Hunt b: August 10, 1794 d: April 07, 1801

.... 3 Diannah Hunt b: June 11, 1797 d: Unknown

.... 3 Lucy Hunt b: December 25, 1800 d: Unknown

LINKS OF INTEREST
Eydon, England index page
Daventry, England index page
Banbury, England index page
Warwick, England index page
Northampton, England area index page
LeamingtonSpa, England index page

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