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Henry N HUNT, Amasa IVES, Poland NY desc. of Rev War some family data

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Henry N HUNT, Amasa IVES, Poland NY desc. of Rev War some family data

Posted: 9 Dec 2000 5:00AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Edited: 6 Apr 2003 12:57AM GMT
Surnames: HUNT, IVES, CROFOOT, CLARK, HITCHCOCK, PITCH, SHELTERS, SHULTERS, SPARKS, SCOTT, LINCOLN, WHEELER, RUSSELL, WHITE
Like so many early families here these are all mixed together, and this is the best Bio I could come up with for these men and their families; They came and settled and are all buried together; same town
I have no more info if YOU do please post a FOLLOWUP here;
Dee

HUNT, Elnathan
Bethany Center Cem Bethany NY 15 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,
HUNT, Elnathan Maple Grove Cem Bethany, Genesee Co NY 82
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,

Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, 1775-83
Hunt Elnathan Sergt

MAPLE LAWN CEMETERY, BETHANY, GENESEE COUNTY, NY

HUNT, Elnathan 16 Dec 1833 Age 72y; Revolutionary War
HUNT, Sybel 11 Jul 1815 Age 49y; wife of Elnathan Hunt;
“Why do we mourn the departing, Or shake at death’s alarm, ‘tis but the voice that Jesus sends friend? To call them to his arms”

.....Henry Nelson HUNT
was born in Rutland County, Vermont, March 5, 1808,
son of Elnathan HUNT and Sybil LINCOLN. His father moved to Genesee County when Henry was three years old, and died there at the age of seventy-three. Henry N. Hunt was twice married and reared a large family. He was engaged extensively in the lumber business for a number of years but later gave his attention to farming. He served as Supervisor of the town of POLAND, Chautauqua Co NY two terms and held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of terms."
In The Centennial History of Chautauqua County
published by The Chautauqua History Company, Jamestown, New York, 1904, Vol II , page 857: (under Poland) "In the eastern part of the town Amasa IVES, from Madison County NY, settled on lot three...A sawmill was built at Mud Creek, now Clarks Corners, by Isaac YOUNG about 1820, and afterward sold by him to Daniel WHEELER and by him to Henry N. HUNT and by Hunt to Albert RUSSELL and afterward discontinued.....

Myrtle cemetery/ also called Mud Creek and Clark's Corners
Amasa IVES monument broken lot 28 ** thought to be Soldier of the American Revolution
Betsey wife of Amasa Ives (WHITE?)
d. Dec. 30, 1851, ae 71 or 91 lot 28 (*if Betsey were 91 at death, she was born ca 1760 and would be 53 when Cynthia was born, likely age was 71 at death)
Daughter Cynthia IVES of Amasa, m. Henry Nelson HUNT lot 26
Listed with HUNT same cemetery;
Cynthia M. (Ives) wife of Henry N. HUNT
b. Nov. 5, 1813
d. June 12, 1856 Lot 27
dau. of Amasa Ives
Henry Nelson HUNT b. Mar. 5, 1808 - Vt
d. Aug. 6, 1895, age 87-5-1 lot 27
son of Elnathan HUNT

obit lists CHILDREN of Henry N HUNT
Obit: wife and 8 children survive

1, Mrs. J. L. Clark - Cherry Creek
is probably these in Cherry Creek Cemetery
Joseph Latimer CLARK d 7/2/1908 ae 73-8--0
Wife Emma 6/26/1905 ae 42 (ca 1863 would be of dau 2nd wife Harriet )

2. Everington HUNT - Lived Clarks Corners
Ervington b. Aug. 25, 1841 - Poland
d. Apr. 12, 1937, age 95-7-17
Adelia b. 20 July 1848 - Poland d. 8 Apr. 1935, ae 86-8-19 Poland
dau. of Turner & Electa (Clark) PITCH 41
wife of Everington Hunt (both in Myrtle Cemetery Poland)

3, Mrs. Clarence Shelters - Clarks (buried Myrtle)
SHULTERS
(Shelters)
Clarence b. June 26, 1851 - Ellington, NY d. July 20, 1927, ae 76-0-24 son of Geo. & Elizabeth Shelters
no marker 29
Cynthia M. d. June 20, 1946, ae 95-6-20 b. Poland 30 Nov. 1850
m. Clarence Shelters d. cert. says dau. of Henry
Shulters and Cynthia Ives
No marker (This is in error the Henry is HUNT married to Cyn. Ives this is CYNTHIA HUNT JR. )

4, Charles HUNT Owner lot 94
(Obit: d. Jstn. Apr. 14, 1913, age 60-4-10, where he resided for 50 years.b. Clarks Corners, Twn. Poland.funeral there at res. of brother Everington HUNT.
m. 1st. Estelle SPARKS, had dau. Bessie HUNT, Now Mrs. Clarence SCOTT of Rush Springs,Okl.
m. 2nd. Adelaide who survives.
No stone for him and wives but father and bro. Everington are there. Adelaide's death. cert. of Poland states she buried there

5. H. Francis HUNT, M.D. b. Sept. 3, 1868 - Poland
d. Oct. 13, 1934 - Jstn. 13C
age 66-1-10 Buried Myrtle No wife found

*6, Alton HUNT b. Oct. 6, 1845 d. Oct. 12, 1894, ae 49-0-6 Poland lot 26
Son of H.N. HUNT buried Myrtle

7 Mrs. J. B. Clark
Joel B.CLARK b. 5 Aug. 1840 d. 2 July 1915 son of Joseph and
Abigail Hitchcock Clark. Civil War Vet pension Granted as invalid, Oct 7, 1867
Joel B Clark
Enlisted 28 July 1862 at Jamestown, NY rank Priv ae 21
Promoted to Full Corpl on 09 March 1864
Served New York Enlisted A Co. 112th Inf Reg. NY Mustered Out at Raleigh, NC on 13 June 1865
Wife Lucretia d. July 29, 1936 McKean Co
age 92 (b ca 1844)Lucretia had a widows pension, she filed in NY July 1915

8 Mrs. D.J. CLARK
Claude A.CLARK 1869-1956 d. Randolph, N.Y.
July 30, 1956, age 87-5-17
mother .
Emma Coralian HUNT b. Aug. 7, 1848 - Poland
d. Aug. 17, 1927, age 79 / 2nd wife of D. J. Clark)
lived Twn. Ellicott 27 yrs. dau. of Henry N. Hunt and
Myria Ives ( Cynthia M)
Wife of David J. CLARK b. April 8, 1838 - Kennedy, NY
d. Dec. 26, 1926 - Twn. Ellicott
son of Joseph and Abigail Hitchcock Clark. Civil War Vet
all 3 buried Myrtle Cemetery also called CLARKS Corners
David J Clark
Enlist Date 07 August 1862 Jamestown, NY rank Priv ae 23
Promoted to Full Private (Reduced to ranks)
Promoted to Full Corpl on 11 September 1862
Served New York Enlisted A Co. 112th Inf Reg. NY Mustered Out at Raleigh, NC on 13 June 1865

9 2nd wife of Henry N HUNT must be Harriet CROFOOT Cynthia died 1856 before this one born
**Alva 1858-1889 59
b. Twn. Poland
d. 22 Oct. 1889, ae 31-7-4
parents Henry N. and Harriet
(Crofoot) HUNT /Buried Myrtle

10 Nettie E. HUNT 1858-1949 buried Myrtle (may be Harriet Jr dau of Crofoot /HUNT)

Both Alton and Alva died BEFORE Henry's death in 1895, , this leave the 8 children survivors

Thanks to Millie BECKER Forestville Historian for the extra digging;

SOURCE: This Cemetery data is found at the Kennedy Public Library files and is the research and works of the late Evelyn CRANDALL

ALL in Chautauqua Co NY



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