The Shemwell Family

John Alexander Hunt JrAge: 60 years18661926

Name
John Alexander Hunt Jr
Given names
John Alexander
Surname
Hunt
Name suffix
Jr
Birth August 3, 1866 36 32
Death of a paternal grandfatherDaniel Durham Hunt
October 7, 1866 (Age 2 months)
Children
Adopted

Note: 1910 Census says Nephi & Lizzie are adopted.. Winifred's birth certificate says she was a Jephson. -b
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 months)
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 4 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherDaniel Richard Hanson Hunt
July 12, 1868 (Age 23 months)
Death of a brotherDaniel Richard Hanson Hunt
August 29, 1868 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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
Census July 20, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Tilt
July 22, 1897 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 33 years)
MarriageMary Ann MorrisView this family
April 10, 1907 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Alexander Hunt
January 23, 1913 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 September 1, 1926 (Age 60 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 22, 1849Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
10 years
elder sister
Elizabeth Ann Hunt
Birth: February 6, 1860 29 26Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
Death: September 17, 1861Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
3 years
elder sister
Nancy Henrietta Hunt
Birth: February 6, 1863 32 29Idaho, United States
Death: December 13, 1944Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
4 years
himself
John Alexander Hunt Jr
Birth: August 3, 1866 36 32St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: September 1, 1926Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
23 months
younger brother
Daniel Richard Hanson Hunt
Birth: July 12, 1868 38 34St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: August 29, 1868St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Family with Mary Ann Morris - View this family
himself
John Alexander Hunt Jr
Birth: August 3, 1866 36 32St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: September 1, 1926Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
wife
Mary Ann Morris
Birth: September 28, 1868England
Death: November 8, 1947Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage: April 10, 1907Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Alexander Hunt - Household

St. Charles, Rich, Utah

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hunt, John Ahead40MWFarmerTN
Hunt, Elizabethwife37FWKeeping HouseEnglandYY
Hunt, Nancy Hdaughter7FWAt HomeUTY
Hunt, John Ason4MWAt HomeUTY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Alexander Hunt - Household

St. Charles, Rich, Utah

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hunt, JohnWM50headMFarmerTNSCSC
Hunt, ElizabethWF45wifeMKeeps HouseEnglandEnglandEngland
Hunt, Nancy HWF17daughterSAt SchoolIDTNEngland
Hunt, John AWM13sonSAt SchoolIDTNEngland

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Alexander Hunt - Household

St. Charles, Rich, Utah

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hunt, John AheadWMMay183070Wd3842TNSCSCFarmer
Hunt, John AsonWMAug186732SIDTNEnglandSchool Teacher

Children
1910 Census says Nephi & Lizzie are adopted.. Winifred's birth certificate says she was a Jephson. -b
Note
All Children listed with Mary were adopted. -b