Hunt, Benjamin

Passed: 1920-12-03

Age: 89

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Death Notice: 1920-12-03

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Information: Benjamin Hunt was born November 30th, 1831, died December 3, 1920, aged eighty nine years and five days. He was married to Mary E. Campbell, July 1, 1860 and to this union five children were born.  Henry A., Julius M., Lieuverna, Adarena and Hanna Hunt, Adarena and Hannah have been dead a number of years, but the other three are still living  About the year 1873, he was again married to Martha Sayre.  Two children were born to them, Mrs. Ella Hunt Oldham and a son Benjamin, who died when about one year of age.  He was again married to Rebecca Ann Conrad, November 1, 1880.  ""Uncle Ben"", as he was usually known, was born in this county on the waters of Cow Run, and has for the most part, spent all of his life here, no place seeming so much like home as the place where he was born and where he had grown to manhood.  For quite a number of years, he has been afflicted so that he was not able to leave his home to go any distance, and the last two years he has not been able to walk, having to use a wheel chair and depend upon others to minister to his needs, not being able to wait upon himself.  But he has had one by his side whenever he needed help who was ever ready-----------