Benjamin Johnson Hunt
1821 - 1916 (94 years)-
Name Benjamin Johnson Hunt Birth 17 Nov 1821 Fleming County, Kentucky 
[1] Gender Male Death 2 Apr 1916 Dayton, Columbia County, Washington [1] Burial Dayton City Cemetery, Dayton, Columbia County Washington [1] Person ID I6099 Hedges Last Modified 18 Nov 2025
Father Ezekiel Hunt, b. 4 Jul 1797, Fleming County, Kentucky d. 1 Aug 1874, Polk City, Polk County, Iowa (Age 77 years) Mother Mary Green Johnson, b. 22 Dec 1800, Kentucky d. 25 Mar 1888 (Age 87 years) Marriage 27 Sep 1820 Fleming County, Kentucky [2] Family ID F2650 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Barbary Swin, b. 1 Dec 1819, Kentucky d. 26 Jul 1857, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa (Age 37 years) Family ID F2672 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Nov 2025
Family 2 Margaret Jane Fields, b. 4 Jun 1822, Illinois d. 4 Dec 1912, Dayton, Columbia County, Washington (Age 90 years) Family ID F2673 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Nov 2025
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Birth - 17 Nov 1821 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
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Aged 94y 4m 16d..."about a week ago met with an accident fracturing one of his hips. Up to that time he had enjoyed good health, but after the accident he went into a decline and grew gradually weaker until the end came."...Father of Mrs. D.L. Payne of Dayton (at whose home he died); W.S. Hunt of Prosser [WA]; and a daughter (not named) in Oregon...Obit Columbia Chronicle, Dayton WA, 5 April 1916, Front Page.
Source for below information: Silverton, Oregon Public Library. "Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon," Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, 1903, page 1155:
". . . Benjamin J., was born in Fleming county, Ky., November 16, 1821. The Hunts moved to near Des Moines, Iowa, in 1847, and, in 1869, crossed the plains with mule teams, making the trip to Washington territory in three months. Locating on a farm in the territory Mr. Hunt founded the town of Huntsville, and also started that educational institution known as the Huntsville Seminary, located in Columbia county. In 1900 he removed to Dayton, Wash., where he is living in retirement. He married Margaret Field, born in White county, Ill., and who also is living."
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