Person:Henry Hunt (18)

Watchers
Lieut. Henry Jackson Hunt, Jr.
d.5 May 1886 Washington, DC
m. 25 Jun 1883
  1. Richard Coulter Drum Hunt1884 - 1940
  2. Judge Henry Jackson Hunt, III1885 - 1945
Facts and Events
Name[1] Lieut. Henry Jackson Hunt, Jr.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Apr 1855 Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory
Marriage 25 Jun 1883 Washington, DC(her 1st husband)
to Henrietta Margaret Drum
Census[2] 1885 El Paso County, Colorado
Death[1] 5 May 1886 Washington, DC
Burial[1] Soldiers & Airmen's Home Cemetery, Washington, DC

He was the son of Gen. Henry Jackson Hunt, Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac, who considered the greatest artillery tactician & strategist of the War. Graduated, USNA.


El Paso County, Colorado, 1885 Colorado State census:[2]

Hunt, Henry J. Head 30 yrs Naval Officer b. Indian Territory (parents, b. Michigan/Virginia)
      Henrietta Wife 22 yrs Keeps House b. California (parents, b. Pennsylvania/Louisiana)
      Richard D. Son 1 yr b. District of Columbia (parents, b. Indian Territory/California
Chatellier, Mary J. Servant 30 yrs Domestic b. California (parents, b. France)
Reed, Georgia [BLACK] Servant 21 yrs Nurse b. North Carolina (parents, b. North Carolina)

Washington Daily Critic, 6 May 1886 New York Times, 9 May 1886, p. 11

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 El Paso, Colorado, United States. 1885 Colorado State Census
    ED 1, p. 16D, dwelling/family 189/194.