Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Francis M. Hunter
Seriously ill for ten days, Francis M. Hunter, one of Barr Township's
most widely known and highly revered citizens, a farmer his entire life,
died at8:40 this morning. The funeral will be held at 10:30 O'clock Sunday
morning from Bethany Christian Church, of which he was a member, with
burial in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Hunter's death was at the age of
seventy-eight years. He is survived by his widow, formerly Dell Banta,
to who he was married fifty-two years ago; five children, Mrs. Dan Liddle
of Vincennes, Austin Hunter, Mrs. Lew Harris and Mrs. Robert Wildridge,
all of Barr Township, and Mrs. Curt Ellis of Steele Township; ten grandchildren
and two great grandchildren. Other surviving relatives include a brother,
William A. Hunter, of Chanute,Kansas, and a sister, Mrs. Laura McGehee,
of Howard, Kansas. The Rev. P.H. Canary of Plainville will preach the
funeral sermon. The deceased man whose word was as good as his bond was
an outstanding representative of the fast-passing type of citizenship
that has done much to make Daviess County a leading Indiana community.
It can be said with all candidness that in his death the county has suffered
an erreparableloss.
Additional information: Francis M. Hunter was born September 19, 1845
in Barr Twsp, Daviess Co., Indiana. He was the fourth child of Martha
(Davis) and William Hunter. Francis Marion Hunter died March 7, 1924.
He enrolled February 27, 1864 as a private in Company G, 42nd Regiment,
Indiana Volunteers. He received honorable discharge on July 28, 1865
at Louisville,Kentucky.
Contributed by: Barbara Hunter