Benoni Smith HuntAge: 81 years1837–1918
- Name
- Benoni Smith Hunt
- Given names
- Benoni Smith
- Surname
- Hunt
 Birth | March 25, 1837 40 37 |
 Birth of a brother | Daniel Whitmore Hunt May 1, 1840 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt August 1, 1842 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Abel Hunt October 1842 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Davis before January 19, 1846 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Daniel Durham Hunt — Susannah “Susan” Davis — View this family January 19, 1846 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a parent | Daniel Durham Hunt — Martha Enyon — View this family March 5, 1851 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Wiseman Hunt September 23, 1855 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Daniel Durham Hunt — Mary Jane Bigelow — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 14, 1859 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a father | Daniel Durham Hunt October 7, 1866 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a brother | Levi Bunyan Hunt May 14, 1890 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Susan Jane Hunt April 22, 1908 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt September 29, 1909 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Alexander Hunt January 23, 1913 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 80 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | December 8, 1918 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: St. Charles Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Durham Hunt Birth: February 1, 1797 32 26 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: October 7, 1866 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Davis Birth: about 1800 65 34 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: before January 19, 1846 |
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Marriage: February 17, 1826 — Smith, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Susan Jane Hunt Birth: October 15, 1828 31 28 — Smith, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1908 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
John Alexander Hunt Birth: May 16, 1830 33 30 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: January 23, 1913 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
James Wiseman Hunt Birth: November 2, 1832 35 32 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1855 — Moab, Grand, Utah, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Levi Bunyan Hunt Birth: April 22, 1835 38 35 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: May 14, 1890 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
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23 months himself |
Benoni Smith Hunt Birth: March 25, 1837 40 37 — Smith, Tennessee, United States Death: December 8, 1918 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Daniel Whitmore Hunt Birth: May 1, 1840 43 40 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: May 14, 1919 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt Birth: August 1, 1842 45 42 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 29, 1909 — Utah, United States |
| Father’s family with Susannah “Susan” Davis |
| father |
Daniel Durham Hunt Birth: February 1, 1797 32 26 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: October 7, 1866 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
| step-mother |
Susannah “Susan” Davis Birth: July 14, 1801 66 35 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: June 27, 1850 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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Marriage: January 19, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Jane Bigelow |
| father |
Daniel Durham Hunt Birth: February 1, 1797 32 26 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: October 7, 1866 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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Marriage: February 14, 1859 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Father’s family with Martha Enyon |
| father |
Daniel Durham Hunt Birth: February 1, 1797 32 26 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: October 7, 1866 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
| step-mother |
Martha Enyon Birth: September 10, 1829 — Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 12, 1908 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: March 5, 1851 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |