William Hunter

As printed in 1908

WILLIAM HUNTER, whose magnificent farm of 380 acres, all in one body, lies about one and one-half miles southeast of Catawba, is one of the substantial citizens of Pleasant Township. He was ])orn in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio, on a farm which is now owned by his brother. Eli Hunter, INLirch 8, 1841, and is a son of Lemuel Hunter.

Lemuel Hunter resided in Pleasant Township all his life. His father, William Hunter, came to this section from near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and built the first mill in Pleasant Township, which still stands. Lemuel Hunter had seven children, namely: Mary Ann, William, Sarah Jane, Lewis, Eli, Miranda and Bruce. Mary Ann mai'ried J. M. Hodge and they lived on the line between Moorefield and Pleasant Townships. Both are deceased. They had seven children, three of whom, Asa, Ida and Anna, are living. Sarah Jane married James M. Yeazell and they died leaving no issue. Lewis died unmarried. Eli, residing on the homestead farm, married Lucinda Mc- Clintock. They have had three children: Cecil, who is assisting his father; Edna, who is a student at Oxford College; and one son died in infancy. Miranda married James Yeazell and they had two children, one of whom died very young. The survivor, Laura, married Dr. V. D. Krout and they live on a farm east of Mechanicsburg and have two children, Elden and Helen. Bruce died at the age of nineteen years.

William Hunter was reared to manhood on the home farm and attended the country schools of Pleasant Township. He was twenty-three years of age when he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery, in the Federal Army, for service in the " Civil V/ar, and his term of enlistment covered nine months. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of this time, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

On February 15, 1866, Mr. Hunter was married to Elizabeth Cartmell, who is a daughter of John and Mary Ann (Applegate) Cartmell and a granddaughter of John L. Cartmell, the latter of whom was born in Champaign County, Ohio. John Cartmell, son of John L., was born January 16, 1818, and died November, 1876. The mother of Mrs. Hmiter was born November 28, 1823, and died June 17, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. hunter have had three sons, namely: Milton, Oliver and John. The eldest son, Milton, was born December 16, 1866. Oliver was born August 23, 1872, married Donna Harmison, and they have three children: Clarence, Ralph and Hazel. John, the youngest son of Mr. Hunter, was born April 23, 1876, and died in infancy. Mr. Hunter, in association with his two sons, carry on general farming and stock-raising and make a specialty of raising Duroc hogs. Mrs. Hunter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Catawba.

As printed in 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.