Family:William Hunter and Almira Mandigo (1)

WILLIAM HUNTER, b 1830 Philadelphia Village, Jeff Co, NY, d 186 Jackson Co, Iowa.   He was living in Orleans, Jeff Co, NY and m. 1849 in Brownville, Jeff Co, NY,  ALMIRA MANDIGO, b 1832 Brownville, Jeff Co, NY (aka Alvira, Elmira) .  William was buried Apr 1864 Canton Village, Brandon Township, Jackson Co, Iowa, where he and Almira had moved sometime after marriage.  William enrolled in Jones County, Iowa,as part of The 9th Iowa Infantry Regiment, an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.  Per 'Report of Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General, Vol 1,  by Brig Gen NB Baker (Jan 1, 1867, see pg 581)'  William H. Hunter was Corporal in Iowa's 9th Infantry--Company D, and died "of lung fever" on Apr 19, 1864.

William Hunter's wife ALMIRA MANDIGO, b 1832 Brownsville, Jeff Co NY, d. Canton Village, Brandon township, Jackson Co, Iowa , was daughter of STEPHEN MANDIGO, b 1803, NY, d. Jackson Co, Iowa m. Sally Hatcher. Almira's father Stephen Mandigo, b 1803 likely Herkimer Co, NY,, lived Brownville Jeff Co, NY, in 1830s, then moved to Canton village, Brandon Township, Jackson Co, Iowa where he died. Per 1854 State Census, he was living in Canton Iowa. It may be the reason William Hunter moved out to Jackson Co, Iowa.

STEPHAN MANDIGO was son of PETER MANDIGO b 1763 Dutchess Co, NY d. 1814 Herkimer Co, NY m. Rachel Snyder; and a grandson of Jan Baptist Mandigo, b 1727 Dutchess Co, NY, d. 1813