Person:Isaac Hunt (1)

History of Lee County, Illinois 1881 page 709 Deacon Isaac E. Hunt, farmer and stock raiser, Paw Paw Grove, was a native of Indiana, born in Union county, November 11, 1819 a son of William H. Hunt and Elizabeth Esteb Hunt. His parents being in moderate circumstances, and with a quarter section in the woods to clear and till, the boy's schooling was naturally limited. About 1836 his father bought a tract of wild prairie in LaPorte county. Thither the family moved, build a log house and here Isaac worked till he was twenty-three, when he purchased a farm for himself in the same county. On February 20, 1844, he married Miss Eliza A. Patterson of LaPorte, Indiana. In the fall of 1852 he moved to Illinois and bought the farm that he still owned and occupies, abut one mile south of Paw Paw Grove. His wife died March 31, 1858 leaving three sons: George, William, and James. March 10, 1859, he was again married, to Ann Eliza McBride. The children by his second wife and are four: Martha, Fred, Mary and Milton. In April 1864, George fell from a stack and was paralyzed. He lingered along till August 1, when he passed away. Mary died June 3, 1878; William is a farmer in Nebraska; the other children are all at home. Deacon Hunt united with the Baptist church in his twentieth year, and was appointed deacon of Paw Paw Baptist church in 1859. He was a Henry Clay Whig, is now a republican and believes in home manufactures. He has served as commissioner of Highways, and several years as trustee of schools, and has always been ready to bear his part in the support of educational and religious institutions.

1. ↑ Estep: Thomas, Sr. (c.1709-c.1772) of Frederick County, Maryland and His Descendents
   25, 12/29/06.
2. ↑ Estep: Thomas, Sr. (c.1709-c.1772) of Frederick County, Maryland and His Descendents
   25, 12/29/06.