Stoney was the 4th child born to Dr Andrew and Susan Hunter born the first fall the family lived in Virginia City, Montana Territory.
Mary Lee 1859
Davis Boureguard 1861
Lizzie Kate Longstreet 1863
Thomas Stonewall"Stoney" Jackson 1864
Twin Girls (Died at Birth)1865
Montana Queen 1866
Sallie Jane Price 1867
Emma Sidney Johnson 1869
His dad was the agency Dr for the Indians at Ft Ellis and Stoney learned to speak Sioux and Crow as well as English. The Indians kept trying to buy him for a translator. He drowned in the Yellowstone River at the crossing at Benson's Landing when the ferry tipped and dumped him in the water. His parents had taught all the kids to swim in the Springs and two different stories were told of that day, both with Sgt Erie. Some stories told that Stoney swam back to save the Sgt others said that the Sgt swam back to save Stoney. They drowned together. His Mom refused to believe he drowned when they couldn't find his body. She figured the Indians had him and when she swore to go look herself they told her they had found his body and buried him on the Yellowstone.
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(THANKS TO CARA #47072115 for providing the following!)
The New Northwest, Deer Lodge, MT, 16 July 1875
Fatal Casualty. Men Drowned in Yellowstone River
Bozeman, July 13--Five soldiers acting as escort to U.S. Marshal Dusold, James Burr, John Malloy, E.R. Libby, George Frie, Stonewall Hunter, a son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, and a colored man, Ben Smith, a teamster for Nelson Story, were drowned this morning while crossing the Yellowstone river at the ferry--caused by the rope breaking.
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Helena Weekly Herald (MT), 29 July 1876
Waters Give Up Their Dead
The bodies of Stonewall Hunter and Sgt.George Frie, who met their death by the upsetting of the Yellowstone ferry boat some two weeks ago, have been found and buried.
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The Benton Weekly Record, Fort Benton, MT, 22 Jan 1876
The solemn ceremony of the re-interment of Stoner Hunter, son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, of this place, who was drowned in the Yellowstone last summer and hastily but decently buried among the hostile Sioux, was performed today and his remains placed in the Bozeman cemetery beside the grave of his dead sister where he will rest in peace until the day of resurrection.
Nothing is said concerning the remains of the noble-hearted soldier, W. H. Burr, who gave his life in a gallant effort to save Dr. Hunter's son.
Mary Lee 1859
Davis Boureguard 1861
Lizzie Kate Longstreet 1863
Thomas Stonewall"Stoney" Jackson 1864
Twin Girls (Died at Birth)1865
Montana Queen 1866
Sallie Jane Price 1867
Emma Sidney Johnson 1869
His dad was the agency Dr for the Indians at Ft Ellis and Stoney learned to speak Sioux and Crow as well as English. The Indians kept trying to buy him for a translator. He drowned in the Yellowstone River at the crossing at Benson's Landing when the ferry tipped and dumped him in the water. His parents had taught all the kids to swim in the Springs and two different stories were told of that day, both with Sgt Erie. Some stories told that Stoney swam back to save the Sgt others said that the Sgt swam back to save Stoney. They drowned together. His Mom refused to believe he drowned when they couldn't find his body. She figured the Indians had him and when she swore to go look herself they told her they had found his body and buried him on the Yellowstone.
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(THANKS TO CARA #47072115 for providing the following!)
The New Northwest, Deer Lodge, MT, 16 July 1875
Fatal Casualty. Men Drowned in Yellowstone River
Bozeman, July 13--Five soldiers acting as escort to U.S. Marshal Dusold, James Burr, John Malloy, E.R. Libby, George Frie, Stonewall Hunter, a son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, and a colored man, Ben Smith, a teamster for Nelson Story, were drowned this morning while crossing the Yellowstone river at the ferry--caused by the rope breaking.
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Helena Weekly Herald (MT), 29 July 1876
Waters Give Up Their Dead
The bodies of Stonewall Hunter and Sgt.George Frie, who met their death by the upsetting of the Yellowstone ferry boat some two weeks ago, have been found and buried.
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The Benton Weekly Record, Fort Benton, MT, 22 Jan 1876
The solemn ceremony of the re-interment of Stoner Hunter, son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, of this place, who was drowned in the Yellowstone last summer and hastily but decently buried among the hostile Sioux, was performed today and his remains placed in the Bozeman cemetery beside the grave of his dead sister where he will rest in peace until the day of resurrection.
Nothing is said concerning the remains of the noble-hearted soldier, W. H. Burr, who gave his life in a gallant effort to save Dr. Hunter's son.
Stoney was the 4th child born to Dr Andrew and Susan Hunter born the first fall the family lived in Virginia City, Montana Territory.
Mary Lee 1859
Davis Boureguard 1861
Lizzie Kate Longstreet 1863
Thomas Stonewall"Stoney" Jackson 1864
Twin Girls (Died at Birth)1865
Montana Queen 1866
Sallie Jane Price 1867
Emma Sidney Johnson 1869
His dad was the agency Dr for the Indians at Ft Ellis and Stoney learned to speak Sioux and Crow as well as English. The Indians kept trying to buy him for a translator. He drowned in the Yellowstone River at the crossing at Benson's Landing when the ferry tipped and dumped him in the water. His parents had taught all the kids to swim in the Springs and two different stories were told of that day, both with Sgt Erie. Some stories told that Stoney swam back to save the Sgt others said that the Sgt swam back to save Stoney. They drowned together. His Mom refused to believe he drowned when they couldn't find his body. She figured the Indians had him and when she swore to go look herself they told her they had found his body and buried him on the Yellowstone.
**************
(THANKS TO CARA #47072115 for providing the following!)
The New Northwest, Deer Lodge, MT, 16 July 1875
Fatal Casualty. Men Drowned in Yellowstone River
Bozeman, July 13--Five soldiers acting as escort to U.S. Marshal Dusold, James Burr, John Malloy, E.R. Libby, George Frie, Stonewall Hunter, a son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, and a colored man, Ben Smith, a teamster for Nelson Story, were drowned this morning while crossing the Yellowstone river at the ferry--caused by the rope breaking.
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Helena Weekly Herald (MT), 29 July 1876
Waters Give Up Their Dead
The bodies of Stonewall Hunter and Sgt.George Frie, who met their death by the upsetting of the Yellowstone ferry boat some two weeks ago, have been found and buried.
***
The Benton Weekly Record, Fort Benton, MT, 22 Jan 1876
The solemn ceremony of the re-interment of Stoner Hunter, son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, of this place, who was drowned in the Yellowstone last summer and hastily but decently buried among the hostile Sioux, was performed today and his remains placed in the Bozeman cemetery beside the grave of his dead sister where he will rest in peace until the day of resurrection.
Nothing is said concerning the remains of the noble-hearted soldier, W. H. Burr, who gave his life in a gallant effort to save Dr. Hunter's son.
Mary Lee 1859
Davis Boureguard 1861
Lizzie Kate Longstreet 1863
Thomas Stonewall"Stoney" Jackson 1864
Twin Girls (Died at Birth)1865
Montana Queen 1866
Sallie Jane Price 1867
Emma Sidney Johnson 1869
His dad was the agency Dr for the Indians at Ft Ellis and Stoney learned to speak Sioux and Crow as well as English. The Indians kept trying to buy him for a translator. He drowned in the Yellowstone River at the crossing at Benson's Landing when the ferry tipped and dumped him in the water. His parents had taught all the kids to swim in the Springs and two different stories were told of that day, both with Sgt Erie. Some stories told that Stoney swam back to save the Sgt others said that the Sgt swam back to save Stoney. They drowned together. His Mom refused to believe he drowned when they couldn't find his body. She figured the Indians had him and when she swore to go look herself they told her they had found his body and buried him on the Yellowstone.
**************
(THANKS TO CARA #47072115 for providing the following!)
The New Northwest, Deer Lodge, MT, 16 July 1875
Fatal Casualty. Men Drowned in Yellowstone River
Bozeman, July 13--Five soldiers acting as escort to U.S. Marshal Dusold, James Burr, John Malloy, E.R. Libby, George Frie, Stonewall Hunter, a son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, and a colored man, Ben Smith, a teamster for Nelson Story, were drowned this morning while crossing the Yellowstone river at the ferry--caused by the rope breaking.
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Helena Weekly Herald (MT), 29 July 1876
Waters Give Up Their Dead
The bodies of Stonewall Hunter and Sgt.George Frie, who met their death by the upsetting of the Yellowstone ferry boat some two weeks ago, have been found and buried.
***
The Benton Weekly Record, Fort Benton, MT, 22 Jan 1876
The solemn ceremony of the re-interment of Stoner Hunter, son of Dr. A.J. Hunter, of this place, who was drowned in the Yellowstone last summer and hastily but decently buried among the hostile Sioux, was performed today and his remains placed in the Bozeman cemetery beside the grave of his dead sister where he will rest in peace until the day of resurrection.
Nothing is said concerning the remains of the noble-hearted soldier, W. H. Burr, who gave his life in a gallant effort to save Dr. Hunter's son.
