HISTORY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY.
CINCINNATI, OHIO:
S. B. NELSON & CO., PUBLISHERS ;
S. B. NELSON. J. M. RUNK.
1894.
Pages 801-802:
SAMUEL HUNT, president of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born in August, 1849, in Warren county, Ohio, son of Dr. Samuel [Pancoast Hunt] and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hunt, natives of Connellsville. Penn., and Barnesville, Ohio, and of English and Welsh descent, respectively. The Hunts were early settlers near Alexandria, Va. Dr. Hunt died in 1884, at the age of eighty-three; his wife died in 1851, aged forty-three. Their family numbered eight children, six of whom are living: Thomas; John Eberle, of Little Rock, Ark.; Elizabeth, widow of W. R. Hoel, deceased, of Warren county, Ohio; Martha, of Kennedy, Hamilton Co., Ohio; Rachel and Samuel.
The last named was educated in the public and private schools of his native county and learned telegraphy. He began his business life as an operator at Chicago, on the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad; was assistant station agent at Lexington, Ky., one year; division superintendent on the Cincinnati Southern, with headquarters at Danville, Ky., several years; superintendent of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, between Rome and Macon, Ga., with headquarters at Atlanta, two years; superintendent for the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company in the construction of the Denver, Markham & Atlantic railroad, now part of the Missouri Pacific system; superintendent of the Ohio & Northwestern railroad one year, and subsequently receiver and agent for this property until the organization of the present company in 1871, when he became president. Mr. Hunt resides at Walnut Hills. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Trotter, of Xenia, Ohio, and they have two children, Henry [Thomas] and Philip [Woodward]. Mr. Hunt is descended from a Quaker family, and his wife is a Presbyterian, but both attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
THOMAS HUNT, secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born January 22, 1834, in Belmont county, Ohio. He obtained a public-school education, attended Robert Way's Academy, and was a student at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1851-52. For thirteen years be was agent and telegraph operator for the Little Miami railroad at Morrow. He then entered the service of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for which be was agent at Lexington, Ky., one year, and at Danville four years. For two years he was ticket agent for the Cincinnati Southern at Cincinnati. His first official position with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia was that, of train dispatcher, which he filled in 1890. In 1891 he became secretary and treasurer, which office he has since held. Mr. Hunt is a Quaker in religious faith.
CINCINNATI, OHIO:
S. B. NELSON & CO., PUBLISHERS ;
S. B. NELSON. J. M. RUNK.
1894.
Pages 801-802:
SAMUEL HUNT, president of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born in August, 1849, in Warren county, Ohio, son of Dr. Samuel [Pancoast Hunt] and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hunt, natives of Connellsville. Penn., and Barnesville, Ohio, and of English and Welsh descent, respectively. The Hunts were early settlers near Alexandria, Va. Dr. Hunt died in 1884, at the age of eighty-three; his wife died in 1851, aged forty-three. Their family numbered eight children, six of whom are living: Thomas; John Eberle, of Little Rock, Ark.; Elizabeth, widow of W. R. Hoel, deceased, of Warren county, Ohio; Martha, of Kennedy, Hamilton Co., Ohio; Rachel and Samuel.
The last named was educated in the public and private schools of his native county and learned telegraphy. He began his business life as an operator at Chicago, on the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad; was assistant station agent at Lexington, Ky., one year; division superintendent on the Cincinnati Southern, with headquarters at Danville, Ky., several years; superintendent of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, between Rome and Macon, Ga., with headquarters at Atlanta, two years; superintendent for the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company in the construction of the Denver, Markham & Atlantic railroad, now part of the Missouri Pacific system; superintendent of the Ohio & Northwestern railroad one year, and subsequently receiver and agent for this property until the organization of the present company in 1871, when he became president. Mr. Hunt resides at Walnut Hills. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Trotter, of Xenia, Ohio, and they have two children, Henry [Thomas] and Philip [Woodward]. Mr. Hunt is descended from a Quaker family, and his wife is a Presbyterian, but both attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
THOMAS HUNT, secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born January 22, 1834, in Belmont county, Ohio. He obtained a public-school education, attended Robert Way's Academy, and was a student at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1851-52. For thirteen years be was agent and telegraph operator for the Little Miami railroad at Morrow. He then entered the service of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for which be was agent at Lexington, Ky., one year, and at Danville four years. For two years he was ticket agent for the Cincinnati Southern at Cincinnati. His first official position with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia was that, of train dispatcher, which he filled in 1890. In 1891 he became secretary and treasurer, which office he has since held. Mr. Hunt is a Quaker in religious faith.
HISTORY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY.
CINCINNATI, OHIO:
S. B. NELSON & CO., PUBLISHERS ;
S. B. NELSON. J. M. RUNK.
1894.
Pages 801-802:
SAMUEL HUNT, president of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born in August, 1849, in Warren county, Ohio, son of Dr. Samuel [Pancoast Hunt] and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hunt, natives of Connellsville. Penn., and Barnesville, Ohio, and of English and Welsh descent, respectively. The Hunts were early settlers near Alexandria, Va. Dr. Hunt died in 1884, at the age of eighty-three; his wife died in 1851, aged forty-three. Their family numbered eight children, six of whom are living: Thomas; John Eberle, of Little Rock, Ark.; Elizabeth, widow of W. R. Hoel, deceased, of Warren county, Ohio; Martha, of Kennedy, Hamilton Co., Ohio; Rachel and Samuel.
The last named was educated in the public and private schools of his native county and learned telegraphy. He began his business life as an operator at Chicago, on the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad; was assistant station agent at Lexington, Ky., one year; division superintendent on the Cincinnati Southern, with headquarters at Danville, Ky., several years; superintendent of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, between Rome and Macon, Ga., with headquarters at Atlanta, two years; superintendent for the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company in the construction of the Denver, Markham & Atlantic railroad, now part of the Missouri Pacific system; superintendent of the Ohio & Northwestern railroad one year, and subsequently receiver and agent for this property until the organization of the present company in 1871, when he became president. Mr. Hunt resides at Walnut Hills. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Trotter, of Xenia, Ohio, and they have two children, Henry [Thomas] and Philip [Woodward]. Mr. Hunt is descended from a Quaker family, and his wife is a Presbyterian, but both attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
THOMAS HUNT, secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born January 22, 1834, in Belmont county, Ohio. He obtained a public-school education, attended Robert Way's Academy, and was a student at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1851-52. For thirteen years be was agent and telegraph operator for the Little Miami railroad at Morrow. He then entered the service of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for which be was agent at Lexington, Ky., one year, and at Danville four years. For two years he was ticket agent for the Cincinnati Southern at Cincinnati. His first official position with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia was that, of train dispatcher, which he filled in 1890. In 1891 he became secretary and treasurer, which office he has since held. Mr. Hunt is a Quaker in religious faith.
CINCINNATI, OHIO:
S. B. NELSON & CO., PUBLISHERS ;
S. B. NELSON. J. M. RUNK.
1894.
Pages 801-802:
SAMUEL HUNT, president of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born in August, 1849, in Warren county, Ohio, son of Dr. Samuel [Pancoast Hunt] and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hunt, natives of Connellsville. Penn., and Barnesville, Ohio, and of English and Welsh descent, respectively. The Hunts were early settlers near Alexandria, Va. Dr. Hunt died in 1884, at the age of eighty-three; his wife died in 1851, aged forty-three. Their family numbered eight children, six of whom are living: Thomas; John Eberle, of Little Rock, Ark.; Elizabeth, widow of W. R. Hoel, deceased, of Warren county, Ohio; Martha, of Kennedy, Hamilton Co., Ohio; Rachel and Samuel.
The last named was educated in the public and private schools of his native county and learned telegraphy. He began his business life as an operator at Chicago, on the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad; was assistant station agent at Lexington, Ky., one year; division superintendent on the Cincinnati Southern, with headquarters at Danville, Ky., several years; superintendent of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, between Rome and Macon, Ga., with headquarters at Atlanta, two years; superintendent for the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company in the construction of the Denver, Markham & Atlantic railroad, now part of the Missouri Pacific system; superintendent of the Ohio & Northwestern railroad one year, and subsequently receiver and agent for this property until the organization of the present company in 1871, when he became president. Mr. Hunt resides at Walnut Hills. He was married, in 1876, to Martha Trotter, of Xenia, Ohio, and they have two children, Henry [Thomas] and Philip [Woodward]. Mr. Hunt is descended from a Quaker family, and his wife is a Presbyterian, but both attend the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
THOMAS HUNT, secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company, was born January 22, 1834, in Belmont county, Ohio. He obtained a public-school education, attended Robert Way's Academy, and was a student at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1851-52. For thirteen years be was agent and telegraph operator for the Little Miami railroad at Morrow. He then entered the service of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for which be was agent at Lexington, Ky., one year, and at Danville four years. For two years he was ticket agent for the Cincinnati Southern at Cincinnati. His first official position with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia was that, of train dispatcher, which he filled in 1890. In 1891 he became secretary and treasurer, which office he has since held. Mr. Hunt is a Quaker in religious faith.
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