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Henry Clay Hunt

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Henry Clay Hunt

Birth
Iowa, USA
Death
9 Apr 1890 (aged 47)
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
GAR Circle, Block L, Space12
Memorial ID
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Henry has a marker in City View Cemetery, in the Civil War Memorial Circle.
Henry is also listed in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery records.
[Donna (46820094), June 2020]

His obituary from the "Oregon Statesman", 11 April 1890 4:3

"At the Marion county poor house, April 9, 1890, of heart desease, H. C. Hunt, aged 47 years. The deceased had served faithfully in the army and had been greatly afflicted for several years. He was admitted to the poor house Sept. 17, 1887. The funeral will be conducted today."

He was a Union Civil War Veteran, serving in the Oregon Cavalry as a Private in Company G, 1st Regiment. Because of his service his headstone was supplied for his resting place. The record gives his date of death and information regarding his service and states that he is buried in the City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon. (see "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904; The National Archives at Washington, D. C.; ancestry.com)
See also: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.

In addition the: Willamette Valley, Oregon, Death Records, 1838-2006 found under the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society; Salem, Oregon; Burial, and Obituary Collection at ancestry.com gives the following:
"HUNT, Henry C.
d. 9 April 1890
Died--HUNT--Near Salem, at the poor farm, Wednesday, April 9th 1890, Henry C. Hunt, aged 46 years. The deceased was an old soldier, having served three years in Co. G, 1st Oregon cavalry. His was a complication of diseases contracted through exposure and other hardships during the war. He has some relatives in Portland, to whom, Mr. McCormick, superintendent of the farm, has telegraphed, and unless they desire to take the body to Portland it will be buried tomorrow by the Grand Army men of Sedgwick post.
Later--Mr. McCormick informs us that the funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, under the auspices of the Sedgwick post, G. A. R., whose members are requested to meet at that hour. The Capital Evening Journal, 10 Apr 1890, p. 2; See also DOS, 11 Apr 1890, p. 4."
[Donna (46820094), June 2020]
Henry has a marker in City View Cemetery, in the Civil War Memorial Circle.
Henry is also listed in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery records.
[Donna (46820094), June 2020]

His obituary from the "Oregon Statesman", 11 April 1890 4:3

"At the Marion county poor house, April 9, 1890, of heart desease, H. C. Hunt, aged 47 years. The deceased had served faithfully in the army and had been greatly afflicted for several years. He was admitted to the poor house Sept. 17, 1887. The funeral will be conducted today."

He was a Union Civil War Veteran, serving in the Oregon Cavalry as a Private in Company G, 1st Regiment. Because of his service his headstone was supplied for his resting place. The record gives his date of death and information regarding his service and states that he is buried in the City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon. (see "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904; The National Archives at Washington, D. C.; ancestry.com)
See also: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.

In addition the: Willamette Valley, Oregon, Death Records, 1838-2006 found under the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society; Salem, Oregon; Burial, and Obituary Collection at ancestry.com gives the following:
"HUNT, Henry C.
d. 9 April 1890
Died--HUNT--Near Salem, at the poor farm, Wednesday, April 9th 1890, Henry C. Hunt, aged 46 years. The deceased was an old soldier, having served three years in Co. G, 1st Oregon cavalry. His was a complication of diseases contracted through exposure and other hardships during the war. He has some relatives in Portland, to whom, Mr. McCormick, superintendent of the farm, has telegraphed, and unless they desire to take the body to Portland it will be buried tomorrow by the Grand Army men of Sedgwick post.
Later--Mr. McCormick informs us that the funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, under the auspices of the Sedgwick post, G. A. R., whose members are requested to meet at that hour. The Capital Evening Journal, 10 Apr 1890, p. 2; See also DOS, 11 Apr 1890, p. 4."
[Donna (46820094), June 2020]

Inscription

Co. G; 1st OREGON CAV



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