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 1824 - 1862 (38 years)
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| Name |
HUNT Herman |
| Prefix |
1st Lieut. |
| Birth |
14 Oct 1824 |
Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1850 |
Boston Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States [3] |
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| _UID |
ADD30D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000F427 |
| Death |
16 Dec 1862 |
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States [2] |
| Notes |
- Herman Hunt went to California in the "Gold Rush", though he was not a "forty-niner". In company with Dr. Cyrenus Kelsey of Saranac, he left home on March 30th, 1850, finally reaching Hangtown, or Placerville on August 10th. They suffered such hardships on the long journey that Dr. Kelsey died from the effects soon after reaching California and Grandfather Hunt was obliged to start home again in December, in order to save his own health. He came home by way of Nicaragua, New Orleans, Havana and New York. It is said that he came home poorer than he went, but at least he had "seen the Elephant". He left a diary of his journey, which is in the possession of his son Edson, and a typewritten copy of which is in the possession of each of his grandchildren.
Herman and Elizabeth set up housekeeping in a log house, on the farm which he had bought, just east of Saranac, Their three children were born there, and the family lived there until 1864, when the frame house was built.
Company I, of the 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment was organized August 19, 1862, and Herman Hunt was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant. The following is the record of his service in the State "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War", Vol. 21, page 57; "Hunt, Herman, Saranac. Entered service in Co. I., 21st Infantry, at organization, as 1st Lieut. Aug. 19, 1862, at Detroit, for 3 years, age 37. Commissioned to date, July 30, 1862. Mustered Sept. 4, 1862. Died of disease at Nashville.
According to the War Office record of his enlistment in the Army, August 19, 1862, he gave his age at that time as 37.
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| Person ID |
I31411 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
9 Mar 2010 |
| Father |
HUNT Ormond, b. 4 Jan 1794, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States d. 10 Mar 1861, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
NOYES Delia, b. 18 Aug 1800, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States d. 6 Dec 1871, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
3 Oct 1820 |
Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States [4] |
| Notes |
- Ormond and Delia Hunt and their three children, aged sixteen, thirteen, and five, left Vermont for Michigan in 1836. There is reason to believe that they lived for a time in Hardwick, Caledonia Co., Vermont before they moved to Michigan. Their little daughter, Mary Elizabeth, died in Tunbridge in March, 1832, and their daughter Amanda was born in Hardwick in December of the same year. So it is reasonable to assume that they moved to Hardwick in the summer of 1832. Delia Noyes Hunt's brother, James King Noyes, lived in Hardwick, and that suggests a reason for their moving. In Hardwick they became friends with the family of Jeremiah Stannard, who lived there. Ormond Hunt and Jeremiah Stannard bought their Michigan land at the same time, before they left Vermont. The Stannards left Hardwick first. The Hunt family went first to Kalamazoo and spent the winter there. No one seems to know what route they took from Vermont to Michigan, but it's safe to say that they came most of the way by covered wagon.
They may have used the Erie Canal boats from Albany to Buffalo. They probably replenished their supplies in Detroit, then set out through the terrible Michigan mud of those days for Kalamazoo, via White Pigeon, on the Chicago Road. They very likely stopped overnight in the old Clinton Tavern, which has been moved to Ford's Greenfield Village. In Kalamazoo Ormond Hunt pursued his trade of shoemaker, and his wife helped out by selling some of his excellent homebaked goods in the cobbler-shop. In March, 1838, they made their way to the land which they had purchased before they left Vermont. Their land was in the southern part of Boston Township, Ionia Co., Sect. 32, 160 acres) on a road which runs due west from Portland, one mile south of M-16 and parallel with it. The house is now owned, (in 1936) by Mrs. Robert Young. It is, of course, not the original log house, but was probably built in the forties. The frame is of "barn" construction, and the hand-hewn beams can still be seen in the attic. The Youngs rebuilt it in 1916. When his sons grew up, Ormond Hunt gave them each a portion of land. Simeon lived on his farm for some years, but Herman sold his land and bought a farm near Saranac. In 1857 Ormond moved to the village of Lowell, Kent Co., where he died May 10, 1861. He is buried in the South Boston Cemetery. His widow married 2nd, Silas Mason, of Lowell. He was born in Jan. 1798 and died Aug. 5, 1867. They are both buried in South Boston.
Ormond Hunt's name is spelled variously in the records as Ormond, Ormand and Oman. In Deacon Simeon's family Bible it is written Ormand, when his birth was recorded. His marriage record in Montpelier has it Orman. Oman was a common given name and surname also, in Vermont. If he was named for one of his grandfathers, it must have been for his grandfather Burnham. Yet that does not seem likely, because his brother Burnham had the family name. [5]
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| Family ID |
F12270 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
ENGLISH Elizabeth, b. 14 Dec 1825, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States d. 11 Sep 1904, Saranac, Ionia, Michigan, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Sep 1852 |
Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. HUNT Edson Hale, b. 25 May 1853, Saranac, Ionia, Michigan, United States d. 2 Feb 1937, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. HUNT Ormond Fremont, b. 4 Sep 1856, Saranac, Ionia, Michigan, United States d. 25 Apr 1939, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 82 years) |
| | 3. HUNT Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 Mar 1860, Saranac, Ionia, Michigan, United States d. 2 Dec 1937, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 77 years) |
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| Family ID |
F31642 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S4649] Manuscript-The Hunt Family Papers, pages 19-20 of 54.
- [S4649] Manuscript-The Hunt Family Papers, page 18 of 54.
- [S810] Census-1850-MI-Ionia-Boston, Reel #M432-352; page #196B.
- [S4649] Manuscript-The Hunt Family Papers, page 17 of 54.
- [S4649] Manuscript-The Hunt Family Papers.
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