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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Joseph Taylor Hunt ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Hunt, Joseph Taylor
LAST NAME: Hunt FIRST NAME: Joseph MIDDLE NAME: Taylor NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 26 June 1851 DIED: 28 Mar 1935 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Greene Co, Tennessee
DEATH PLACE: West Salem, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1870 MO CENSUS – Joseph T. Hunt (18y, b Tennessee) enumerated with Hannah (48y, b Tennessee, occupation farmer), Mary J. (21y, b Tennessee), Louis C. (16y, b Tennessee), Smith (12y, b Tennessee) and Henry C. (10y, b Tennessee)

1st MARRIAGE – J.T. Hunt & Miss Mary J. Johnson m 24 Aug 1875 at office of & by W. Truitt, county judge. Wit: J.T. Wann & W.H. Holmes

1880 OR CENSUS - Joseph T. Hunt, age 29, occupation blacksmith, b. E. Ten., is enumerated with wife Mary J., age 24, b. Missouri, along with Walter, age 3, b. Oregon, and Daisy, age 1, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Smith Hunt, age 26, identified as brother [of Joseph], b. E. Ten. 

2nd MARRIAGE – J.T. Hunt (of Polk co, Oregon) & Josephine Johnson (of Multnomah co, Oregon) md 31 Oct 1882, Multnomah co, Oregon

DIVORCE – J.T. vs Josephine Hunt; complaint filed 7 Mar 1899, says they were married Oct 1883 [sic] in Portland, Ore; they have one child, Lloyd Hunt, age 13y; Josephine left him in July 1898 and went to Portland

1900 OR CENSUS – Joseph Hunt (b June 1852, Tennessee, divorced) enumerated with 3 children, Walter B. (b Jan 1877, Oregon), Daisy D. (b Aug 1879, Oregon) and Lloyd F. (b June 1886, Oregon)

3rd MARRIAGE – Joseph T. Hunt & Rebecca A. Skinner md 25 Jan 1906, Polk co, Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS – Joseph T. Hunt (59y, b Tennessee, married 4y, second marriage) enumerated with wife Rebecca (58y, b Canada, married 4y, second marriage, mother of 2 children, both living but not with family)

1920 OR CENSUS – Joseph T. Hunt (68y, b Missouri,) enumerated with wife Rebecca A. (70y, b Ontario)

1930 OR CENSUS – Joseph T. Hunt (79y, b Missouri, first married at age 24y) enumerated with wife Rebecca A. (80y, b Canada, first married at age 22y)

NOTE – wife Rebecca was widow of Hiram Alonzo Skinner who died 11 Mar 1900 in West Salem and was buried in Lee Mission Cemetery. She had an even earlier husband named Squier in Ontario, Canada. She died 28 Oct 1930 in West Salem and was buried in the Skinner lot at Lee Mission Cemetery [OSBH DC 1930 Polk co #124]

BIOGRAPHY – Joseph T. Hunt was blacksmith in Spring Valley for many years. Some of his tools are on display at the Polk County Museum in Rickreall.  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (1935 Polk co) #33 Joseph Taylor Hunt, male, retired farmer, widowed; b 26 June 1851, Greene co, Tenn; d 28 Mar 1935, 1161 2nd St, West Salem, age 83y 9m 2d; lived in town 30y; bur Zena; informant Daisy D. Hunt, West Salem

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Hunt
Joseph T.
1851 - 1935
[shares marker with Mary]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

OSBH DC (1935 Polk co) #33

1870 MO CENSUS (Lawrence co, Ozark, FA#18)

Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 66

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bethel, ED 102, pg 442A)

Multnomah Co, Oregon, Marriage Records

Polk Co, Oregon, divorce case 3027, Oregon State Archives

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#60)

Oregon Marriage Index

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Eola, ED 241, sheet 10A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, West Salem, ED 366, sheet 6A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk co, West Salem, ED 20, sheet 5B)

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