HUNT, John Alexander, Bishop of St. Charles Bear Lake county, Idaho, was born May 16, 1830, in Gibson county, Tenn., the son of Daniel D. Hunt and Nancy Davis. In 1840 he went to Nauvoo, Ill., with his father where he met the Prophet Joseph Smith and where he was baptized by Geo. W. Bransdon in March, 1843. Later he was ordained a Seventy. In 1850 he arrived in Utah, and in 1852 started without purse and scrip to fill a mission to Great Britain. Crossing the plains by teams he finally arrived in Philadelphia in company with Wm. Woodward, the two having only eleven cents between them, but through the providence of the Lord they obtained means to continue the journey to Europe where Bro. Hunt filled a splendid mission. He returned home in 1856 in charge of the last wagon company which crossed the plains that season; his company suffered nearly as much from cold and hunger as the belated hand-cart companies. During the winter of 1856-57 he labored as a home missionary in Salt Lake City, and in the spring of 1857 he was called to go out on the plains to assist in the mail service. During the summer of 1857 he had charge of the mail station at Devils Gate. In 1859 (Sept. 22nd) he married Elizabeth Tilt and located at Grantsville, Tooele county, where he resided until 1864, when he moved to St. Charles, Idaho, where he was called to preside in 1867. In August, 1877 he was ordained a Bishop by Apostle Chas. C. Rich, which position he held until July 28, 1895. While residing in Tooele county, he served as a county commissioner and filled the same position in Bear Lake county, Idaho. He died at his home in St. Charles, Idaho, Jan. 23, 1913, leaving two children, namely, Nancy H. and John A. Hunt Jr. Bishop Hunt was a pupil of the old school, a successful frontiersman and a faithful Latter-day Saint. – From Biographical Encyclopedic History of Church – Vol. 3, P. 121.