"ALEXANDER HUNTER, deceased farmer, was born in Fayette County, Penn., September 20, 1801, and came with his parents, Alexander and Margaret Hunter, to West Salem Township in the spring of 1812, where he ever afterward lived. He was married June 8, 1827, to Catharine, daughter of Adam and Catharine Miller, who came to West Salem Township from Maryland in the fall of 1802, and settled on a farm now owned by Joseph Calvert and W. H. Johnston. Adam Miller was a soldier in the War of 1812, and both he and wife died in this township, Mrs. Hunter was born on the farm previously mentioned, July 6, 1807, and has reared a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are living: Alexander and Adam, of Crawford County, Penn.; Margaret, deceased; Albert, of Crawford County; Isabel, wife of James Johnston, of Canada; Lydia, wife of John Amons, of Venango County, Penn.; Esther, wife of Lyman Jackson, of Tennessee; Amos, of Lawrence County; Jane, wife of John McMurray; Sarah, wife of Truman Hall, of Orangeville, Ohio; Alvin and Marilla. Mr. Hunter followed farming and resided on the old homestead from the spring of 1812 up to his death, January 2, 1886. His widow survives him, and has been a life-long member of the Seceder and the United Presbyterian Church, and has lived in Mercer County eighty-one years. Politically Mr. Hunter was a Republican, a straightforward, honest man, and has left a large and respected family." (History of Mercer county (1888), p. 1183, transcribed by Jere McCormick Becker)
"ALEXANDER HUNTER, deceased farmer, was born in Fayette County, Penn., September 20, 1801, and came with his parents, Alexander and Margaret Hunter, to West Salem Township in the spring of 1812, where he ever afterward lived. He was married June 8, 1827, to Catharine, daughter of Adam and Catharine Miller, who came to West Salem Township from Maryland in the fall of 1802, and settled on a farm now owned by Joseph Calvert and W. H. Johnston. Adam Miller was a soldier in the War of 1812, and both he and wife died in this township, Mrs. Hunter was born on the farm previously mentioned, July 6, 1807, and has reared a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are living: Alexander and Adam, of Crawford County, Penn.; Margaret, deceased; Albert, of Crawford County; Isabel, wife of James Johnston, of Canada; Lydia, wife of John Amons, of Venango County, Penn.; Esther, wife of Lyman Jackson, of Tennessee; Amos, of Lawrence County; Jane, wife of John McMurray; Sarah, wife of Truman Hall, of Orangeville, Ohio; Alvin and Marilla. Mr. Hunter followed farming and resided on the old homestead from the spring of 1812 up to his death, January 2, 1886. His widow survives him, and has been a life-long member of the Seceder and the United Presbyterian Church, and has lived in Mercer County eighty-one years. Politically Mr. Hunter was a Republican, a straightforward, honest man, and has left a large and respected family." (History of Mercer county (1888), p. 1183, transcribed by Jere McCormick Becker)
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Family tradition places burial in Rock Ridge cemetery, but no official record of burial nor headstone has been found.
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