Son of Samuel Hunter & Lydia Devenny
Married Kiziah Brown, abt 1829
Married Lydia Ann Edmunds, 2 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Hunter, Jesse D., captain of Company B of the Mormon Battalion, was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Little is known of his life previous to his becoming a member of the Church. He is mentioned among the prisoners arraigned before Judge Austin A. King at Richmond, Missouri, in connection with Joseph Smith, and was, therefore, active during the stirring mob scenes enacted against the Mormons in that state. He removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, and served as a major of the Nauvoo Legion. He joined the "Mormon" exodus from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs, where he accepted service with the Battalion. He was accompanied in the march to the coast by his wife, who is spoken of as a most "estimable lady," and who died at San Diego April 27, 1847, leaving a babe a few weeks old. Captain Hunter never came to Utah, but remained in California and was appointed Indian agent at San Luis Rey. During the gold excitement of 1848 he went to the mines, but shortly returned south to accept again an appointment as Indian Agent in the district where he had previously operated. He died in Los Angeles in 1882, at the age of seventy-three (sic 78), leaving seven grown children with families.
* Mormon Battalion members
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Additional info from Ann:Jesse Divine Hunter was born on July 5, 1806 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to the parents of Samuel and Lydia Hunter. He married Lydia Edmonds in 1827 at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1846, he was chosen by Brigham Young to lead Company B of the Mormon Battalion to San Diego, California, where the United States was at war with Mexico. His company arrived in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was accompanied by his wife, who was pregnant during the long journey, along with possibly six of their children. His wife gave birth to the first American boy born in San Diego, Diego Hunter, and two weeks later on April 27, 1847, she died of typhoid fever.
A number of men from Company B were experienced in making bricks, so they commenced on March 28, 1847, to make bricks that were used in water wells. By the end of June, they had erected the first brick building in San Diego. The building was used as a courthouse. It was probably at that time when Captain Hunter learned to make kiln-fired brick. The soldiers were discharged from service on July 16, 1847. Hunter was appointed the U. S. Indian agent for southern California and moved to San Luis Rey. Then he raised cattle at San Bernardino before he moved to Los Angeles in 1852 to establish his brickyard.
Located at the corner of Broadway and Second streets, Hunter fired the first clay-fired bricks in Los Angeles. These bricks were used in the first brick building erected in town at the corner of Main and Third streets. There is no description of Hunter's brickyard at Broadway and Second streets in Los Angeles. He probably used surficial material on the property to make bricks, which were fired in field kilns using wood as fuel. The bricks were smaller and thinner than standard size. Because they were underfired, they spalled and eroded easily. These bricks were used locally in the Los Angeles area, and probably all of the first brick structures in town came from Hunter's kilns. Aside from the first brick house at Main and Third streets in Los Angeles, it is likely that Hunter provided bricks for the first brick jail house. Courtesy of Dan Mosier.
Married Kiziah Brown, abt 1829
Married Lydia Ann Edmunds, 2 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Hunter, Jesse D., captain of Company B of the Mormon Battalion, was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Little is known of his life previous to his becoming a member of the Church. He is mentioned among the prisoners arraigned before Judge Austin A. King at Richmond, Missouri, in connection with Joseph Smith, and was, therefore, active during the stirring mob scenes enacted against the Mormons in that state. He removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, and served as a major of the Nauvoo Legion. He joined the "Mormon" exodus from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs, where he accepted service with the Battalion. He was accompanied in the march to the coast by his wife, who is spoken of as a most "estimable lady," and who died at San Diego April 27, 1847, leaving a babe a few weeks old. Captain Hunter never came to Utah, but remained in California and was appointed Indian agent at San Luis Rey. During the gold excitement of 1848 he went to the mines, but shortly returned south to accept again an appointment as Indian Agent in the district where he had previously operated. He died in Los Angeles in 1882, at the age of seventy-three (sic 78), leaving seven grown children with families.
* Mormon Battalion members
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Additional info from Ann:Jesse Divine Hunter was born on July 5, 1806 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to the parents of Samuel and Lydia Hunter. He married Lydia Edmonds in 1827 at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1846, he was chosen by Brigham Young to lead Company B of the Mormon Battalion to San Diego, California, where the United States was at war with Mexico. His company arrived in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was accompanied by his wife, who was pregnant during the long journey, along with possibly six of their children. His wife gave birth to the first American boy born in San Diego, Diego Hunter, and two weeks later on April 27, 1847, she died of typhoid fever.
A number of men from Company B were experienced in making bricks, so they commenced on March 28, 1847, to make bricks that were used in water wells. By the end of June, they had erected the first brick building in San Diego. The building was used as a courthouse. It was probably at that time when Captain Hunter learned to make kiln-fired brick. The soldiers were discharged from service on July 16, 1847. Hunter was appointed the U. S. Indian agent for southern California and moved to San Luis Rey. Then he raised cattle at San Bernardino before he moved to Los Angeles in 1852 to establish his brickyard.
Located at the corner of Broadway and Second streets, Hunter fired the first clay-fired bricks in Los Angeles. These bricks were used in the first brick building erected in town at the corner of Main and Third streets. There is no description of Hunter's brickyard at Broadway and Second streets in Los Angeles. He probably used surficial material on the property to make bricks, which were fired in field kilns using wood as fuel. The bricks were smaller and thinner than standard size. Because they were underfired, they spalled and eroded easily. These bricks were used locally in the Los Angeles area, and probably all of the first brick structures in town came from Hunter's kilns. Aside from the first brick house at Main and Third streets in Los Angeles, it is likely that Hunter provided bricks for the first brick jail house. Courtesy of Dan Mosier.
Son of Samuel Hunter & Lydia Devenny
Married Kiziah Brown, abt 1829
Married Lydia Ann Edmunds, 2 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Hunter, Jesse D., captain of Company B of the Mormon Battalion, was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Little is known of his life previous to his becoming a member of the Church. He is mentioned among the prisoners arraigned before Judge Austin A. King at Richmond, Missouri, in connection with Joseph Smith, and was, therefore, active during the stirring mob scenes enacted against the Mormons in that state. He removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, and served as a major of the Nauvoo Legion. He joined the "Mormon" exodus from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs, where he accepted service with the Battalion. He was accompanied in the march to the coast by his wife, who is spoken of as a most "estimable lady," and who died at San Diego April 27, 1847, leaving a babe a few weeks old. Captain Hunter never came to Utah, but remained in California and was appointed Indian agent at San Luis Rey. During the gold excitement of 1848 he went to the mines, but shortly returned south to accept again an appointment as Indian Agent in the district where he had previously operated. He died in Los Angeles in 1882, at the age of seventy-three (sic 78), leaving seven grown children with families.
* Mormon Battalion members
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Additional info from Ann:Jesse Divine Hunter was born on July 5, 1806 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to the parents of Samuel and Lydia Hunter. He married Lydia Edmonds in 1827 at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1846, he was chosen by Brigham Young to lead Company B of the Mormon Battalion to San Diego, California, where the United States was at war with Mexico. His company arrived in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was accompanied by his wife, who was pregnant during the long journey, along with possibly six of their children. His wife gave birth to the first American boy born in San Diego, Diego Hunter, and two weeks later on April 27, 1847, she died of typhoid fever.
A number of men from Company B were experienced in making bricks, so they commenced on March 28, 1847, to make bricks that were used in water wells. By the end of June, they had erected the first brick building in San Diego. The building was used as a courthouse. It was probably at that time when Captain Hunter learned to make kiln-fired brick. The soldiers were discharged from service on July 16, 1847. Hunter was appointed the U. S. Indian agent for southern California and moved to San Luis Rey. Then he raised cattle at San Bernardino before he moved to Los Angeles in 1852 to establish his brickyard.
Located at the corner of Broadway and Second streets, Hunter fired the first clay-fired bricks in Los Angeles. These bricks were used in the first brick building erected in town at the corner of Main and Third streets. There is no description of Hunter's brickyard at Broadway and Second streets in Los Angeles. He probably used surficial material on the property to make bricks, which were fired in field kilns using wood as fuel. The bricks were smaller and thinner than standard size. Because they were underfired, they spalled and eroded easily. These bricks were used locally in the Los Angeles area, and probably all of the first brick structures in town came from Hunter's kilns. Aside from the first brick house at Main and Third streets in Los Angeles, it is likely that Hunter provided bricks for the first brick jail house. Courtesy of Dan Mosier.
Married Kiziah Brown, abt 1829
Married Lydia Ann Edmunds, 2 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Hunter, Jesse D., captain of Company B of the Mormon Battalion, was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Little is known of his life previous to his becoming a member of the Church. He is mentioned among the prisoners arraigned before Judge Austin A. King at Richmond, Missouri, in connection with Joseph Smith, and was, therefore, active during the stirring mob scenes enacted against the Mormons in that state. He removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, and served as a major of the Nauvoo Legion. He joined the "Mormon" exodus from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs, where he accepted service with the Battalion. He was accompanied in the march to the coast by his wife, who is spoken of as a most "estimable lady," and who died at San Diego April 27, 1847, leaving a babe a few weeks old. Captain Hunter never came to Utah, but remained in California and was appointed Indian agent at San Luis Rey. During the gold excitement of 1848 he went to the mines, but shortly returned south to accept again an appointment as Indian Agent in the district where he had previously operated. He died in Los Angeles in 1882, at the age of seventy-three (sic 78), leaving seven grown children with families.
* Mormon Battalion members
----------------------------------
Additional info from Ann:Jesse Divine Hunter was born on July 5, 1806 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to the parents of Samuel and Lydia Hunter. He married Lydia Edmonds in 1827 at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1846, he was chosen by Brigham Young to lead Company B of the Mormon Battalion to San Diego, California, where the United States was at war with Mexico. His company arrived in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was accompanied by his wife, who was pregnant during the long journey, along with possibly six of their children. His wife gave birth to the first American boy born in San Diego, Diego Hunter, and two weeks later on April 27, 1847, she died of typhoid fever.
A number of men from Company B were experienced in making bricks, so they commenced on March 28, 1847, to make bricks that were used in water wells. By the end of June, they had erected the first brick building in San Diego. The building was used as a courthouse. It was probably at that time when Captain Hunter learned to make kiln-fired brick. The soldiers were discharged from service on July 16, 1847. Hunter was appointed the U. S. Indian agent for southern California and moved to San Luis Rey. Then he raised cattle at San Bernardino before he moved to Los Angeles in 1852 to establish his brickyard.
Located at the corner of Broadway and Second streets, Hunter fired the first clay-fired bricks in Los Angeles. These bricks were used in the first brick building erected in town at the corner of Main and Third streets. There is no description of Hunter's brickyard at Broadway and Second streets in Los Angeles. He probably used surficial material on the property to make bricks, which were fired in field kilns using wood as fuel. The bricks were smaller and thinner than standard size. Because they were underfired, they spalled and eroded easily. These bricks were used locally in the Los Angeles area, and probably all of the first brick structures in town came from Hunter's kilns. Aside from the first brick house at Main and Third streets in Los Angeles, it is likely that Hunter provided bricks for the first brick jail house. Courtesy of Dan Mosier.
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