Married Lois Barnes Pratt, 4 Jul 1857, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California
Married Sarah Jane Crosby, 18 Mar 1883, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Hapalona Sanford, 19 Mar 1887, St. George, Washington, Utah
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p. 417
Hunt, John, a Patriarch in the Snowflake Stake of Zion and a resident of Snowflake, Arizona, was born March 9, 1833, near Albion, Edwards county, Illinois, the son of Jefferson Hunt and Celia Mounts. He was baptized in 1844 by his father and participated in the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, and when his father enlisted in the Mormon Battalion at Council Bluffs and took part of his family with him, John as one of the children wintered at Pueblo, Colorado, during the winter of 1846–1847, and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847. That same fall he accompanied his father and a few others to California, going after provisions, cattle, seed grain, etc. They lived on horseflesh part of the journey. Subsequently John Hunt became one of the first settlers of Provo and afterwards became one of the early pioneer settlers of San Bernardino, Southern California. He carried the mail from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City two years (1856 and 1857). In 1857 (July 4th) he married Lois B. Pratt, a daughter of the famous missionary Addison Pratt, and moved to Beaver, Utah, in 1858. He served as sheriff of Beaver county twelve years and also acted as counselor to Bishop M. L. Shepherd. For several years he acted as a captain in a company of Utah militia. In 1877 he moved to Sevoia, now Ramah, in New Mexico, where he acted as a presiding Elder. He was called to Snowflake, Arizona, by Apostle Erastus Snow in September, 1878, to act as Bishop, to which office he was ordained June 29, 1879, by Wilford Woodruff. He held that position till Jan. 1, 1910, having been ordained a Patriarch by Rudger Clawson in November, 1909. His wife Lois died March 9, 1885. On March 18, 1883, he married Sarah Jane Crosby and also married Hapelona Sanford, March 19, 1887. His wife Lois bore him eight children (Ida, May, Anna, Belle, Lewis, John A., Nettie and Lois). His wife Sarah had nine children (Martha, Eva, J. Taylor, Sheldon Ross, Ita, Sanford, Frances, Georgia and Ambrose). His children were all living in 1916 except Ida who died April 26, 1915, as the wife of President David K. Udall of the St. Johns Stake. In 1916 Bishop Hunt could boast of 66 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. His son Lewis served as a missionary in Great Britain in 1888–1890, another son (J. Taylor) filled a mission in the Central States in 1911–1912, and a third son (Sheldon Ross) was laboring in the Central States mission in 1916. Bishop Hunt died in Snowflake, June 1, 1917.
Mormon Battalion, Company A
Married Lois Barnes Pratt, 4 Jul 1857, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California
Married Sarah Jane Crosby, 18 Mar 1883, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Hapalona Sanford, 19 Mar 1887, St. George, Washington, Utah
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p. 417
Hunt, John, a Patriarch in the Snowflake Stake of Zion and a resident of Snowflake, Arizona, was born March 9, 1833, near Albion, Edwards county, Illinois, the son of Jefferson Hunt and Celia Mounts. He was baptized in 1844 by his father and participated in the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, and when his father enlisted in the Mormon Battalion at Council Bluffs and took part of his family with him, John as one of the children wintered at Pueblo, Colorado, during the winter of 1846–1847, and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847. That same fall he accompanied his father and a few others to California, going after provisions, cattle, seed grain, etc. They lived on horseflesh part of the journey. Subsequently John Hunt became one of the first settlers of Provo and afterwards became one of the early pioneer settlers of San Bernardino, Southern California. He carried the mail from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City two years (1856 and 1857). In 1857 (July 4th) he married Lois B. Pratt, a daughter of the famous missionary Addison Pratt, and moved to Beaver, Utah, in 1858. He served as sheriff of Beaver county twelve years and also acted as counselor to Bishop M. L. Shepherd. For several years he acted as a captain in a company of Utah militia. In 1877 he moved to Sevoia, now Ramah, in New Mexico, where he acted as a presiding Elder. He was called to Snowflake, Arizona, by Apostle Erastus Snow in September, 1878, to act as Bishop, to which office he was ordained June 29, 1879, by Wilford Woodruff. He held that position till Jan. 1, 1910, having been ordained a Patriarch by Rudger Clawson in November, 1909. His wife Lois died March 9, 1885. On March 18, 1883, he married Sarah Jane Crosby and also married Hapelona Sanford, March 19, 1887. His wife Lois bore him eight children (Ida, May, Anna, Belle, Lewis, John A., Nettie and Lois). His wife Sarah had nine children (Martha, Eva, J. Taylor, Sheldon Ross, Ita, Sanford, Frances, Georgia and Ambrose). His children were all living in 1916 except Ida who died April 26, 1915, as the wife of President David K. Udall of the St. Johns Stake. In 1916 Bishop Hunt could boast of 66 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. His son Lewis served as a missionary in Great Britain in 1888–1890, another son (J. Taylor) filled a mission in the Central States in 1911–1912, and a third son (Sheldon Ross) was laboring in the Central States mission in 1916. Bishop Hunt died in Snowflake, June 1, 1917.
Mormon Battalion, Company A
Family Members
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Corp Gilbert Hunt
1825–1858
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Nancy Ann Hunt Daley
1827–1920
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Marshall Hunt
1829–1915
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Jane "Julia" Hunt Stoddard
1831–1899
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Harriet Hunt Mayfield
1835–1918
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Joseph Hunt
1837–1916
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Hyrum Hunt
1840–1880
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Mary Hunt Black
1845–1930
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Parley Hunt
1845–1847
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Sophronia Elizabeth Hunt Coffin
1849–1942
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Julia Ellen Hunt Barger
1852–1932
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Olive Isabelle Hunt Pratt
1854–1942
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Thomas Jefferson "James" Hunt
1856–1885
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James Franklin "Frank" Hunt
1858–1917
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Liberty Independence Hunt
1860–1934
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Peter Hunt
1862–1905
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Jennie H. Hunt Lewis
1865–1958
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Janette Hunt
1865–1865
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Ida Frances Hunt Udall
1858–1915
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May Louise Hunt Larson
1860–1943
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Annella "Annie" Hunt Kartchner
1862–1946
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Christabell "Belle" Hunt Flake
1864–1934
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Lewis Ammon Hunt
1866–1947
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John Addison Hunt
1869–1958
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Nettie Hunt Rencher
1872–1966
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Lois "Loie" Hunt West
1875–1971
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Martha Hunt
1883–1952
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Eva Hunt Standifird
1885–1936
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Jefferson Taylor "J.T." Hunt
1887–1958
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Sheldon Ross Hunt
1889–1958
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Ita Hunt Turley
1890–1981
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Arthur Sanford Hunt
1892–1954
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Francis Hunt Campbell
1894–1928
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Georgia Hunt Jackson
1896–1984
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CCM Ambrose Hunt
1899–1944
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