SAMUEL HOUSTON HUNT
The following bio was taken from page 251 of the book entitled "Rusk County History" compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Brimley Mayfield, Cemeteries of Texas
Samuel Houston Hunt was born October 28, 1859 in Rusk County, Texas to William and Martha Jimmerson Newman Hunt. He was the first of three children. His formal education consisted of one year of schooling which was in a one-room schoolhouse in an area six or seven miles southeast of Henderson. Sam, at approximately the age of twenty, began a "self-study" course in mathematics at home that eventually led him to an outstanding career in civil engineering. Obviously there was a strong family interest in land surveying and civil engineering work because other family members had been land surveyors back in Tennessee, and oldest son, Arthur, was also a land surveyor.
In 1880, at the age of twenty-one, Sam Hunt married Mary Alice Kellum. She was eighteen and the daughter of Henry Kellum, Sr. and Julia Hallum Kellum. At the time of marriage, Sam was living near the Wood Glenn Community, and Alice was living in an area east of Henderson, Texas, known as the Hall Community. Following their marriage, they moved to Chapman, Texas.
To this marriage nine children were born between the years 1882 and 1905. These children were: Arthur Hunt (1882-1939), Edward Hunt (1885-1934), William Hunt (1887-1965), Delia Hunt Collins (1891-1976), Horace Hunt (1895-1957), Roy Hunt (1900-1969), Delmer Hunt (1905-not known), infant (1890-1890), infant (1894-1894). Alice devoted her entire married life to being a homemaker and providing for her family. Sam and Alice bought their first home, which was in the Patrick Community located between Brachfield and Pine Hill, Texas, and lived in this home until 1924.
In early 1900, Sam Hunt became associated with Mr. Wolf Ragley, who was a prominent timber man in East Texas. Some of his duties with Mr. Ragley consisted of surveying timberland, scaling timber, and surveying roadways into the timber areas.
Also in 1907, Sam Hunt, in association with others, contributed to the surveying of a railroad from Timpson to Pine Hill with spur lines going into timber camps. The railroad was later completed to Henderson, and the golden spike denoting the completion of the T & H Railroad was driven in 1909 on Sam Hunt's fiftieth birthday.
Other interests that he pursued during his lifetime involved being Justice of the Peace, Rusk County Land Surveyor, and an associate in the Land Abstract Company.
During the time that he was working in the timber industry, Sam Hunt also held the office of Justice of the Peace. For twelve years he was the presiding Judge of Precinct No. 7 of Rusk County. The J. P. office was located in Pine Hill, Texas.
Sam Hunt was the "Rusk County Land Surveyor" for approximately eighteen years and was responsible for any and all land surveying projects in Rusk County. While in this capacity, he and some members of his family continued to live at their home in the Patrick Community until 1924.
In 1925, after terminating his services as County Surveyor, Hunt was instrumental in forming with other associates the Land Abstract Company and maintained an office in Henderson.
During his lifetime Sam was a member of churches in both the Wood Glenn and the Pine Grove communities.
Sam Hunt died on March 3, 1928 at the age of sixty-nine and was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Rusk County, Texas. Alice Hunt died in 1954 and was also buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Submitted by William Elton Hunt
From newspaper obituary: "...He had been confined to his bed for only a few days and his death came as a surprise to his friends. He passed away at the home of his daughter in Henderson. He was born in Rusk County, in what is now known as the Wood Glen community, October 28th 1859, where he resided continuously until moving to Henderson a short time ago. ...of this splendid man now rest beneath the Pines in the old Pine Grove Cemetery east of Henderson." March 27, 1928
The following bio was taken from page 251 of the book entitled "Rusk County History" compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Brimley Mayfield, Cemeteries of Texas
Samuel Houston Hunt was born October 28, 1859 in Rusk County, Texas to William and Martha Jimmerson Newman Hunt. He was the first of three children. His formal education consisted of one year of schooling which was in a one-room schoolhouse in an area six or seven miles southeast of Henderson. Sam, at approximately the age of twenty, began a "self-study" course in mathematics at home that eventually led him to an outstanding career in civil engineering. Obviously there was a strong family interest in land surveying and civil engineering work because other family members had been land surveyors back in Tennessee, and oldest son, Arthur, was also a land surveyor.
In 1880, at the age of twenty-one, Sam Hunt married Mary Alice Kellum. She was eighteen and the daughter of Henry Kellum, Sr. and Julia Hallum Kellum. At the time of marriage, Sam was living near the Wood Glenn Community, and Alice was living in an area east of Henderson, Texas, known as the Hall Community. Following their marriage, they moved to Chapman, Texas.
To this marriage nine children were born between the years 1882 and 1905. These children were: Arthur Hunt (1882-1939), Edward Hunt (1885-1934), William Hunt (1887-1965), Delia Hunt Collins (1891-1976), Horace Hunt (1895-1957), Roy Hunt (1900-1969), Delmer Hunt (1905-not known), infant (1890-1890), infant (1894-1894). Alice devoted her entire married life to being a homemaker and providing for her family. Sam and Alice bought their first home, which was in the Patrick Community located between Brachfield and Pine Hill, Texas, and lived in this home until 1924.
In early 1900, Sam Hunt became associated with Mr. Wolf Ragley, who was a prominent timber man in East Texas. Some of his duties with Mr. Ragley consisted of surveying timberland, scaling timber, and surveying roadways into the timber areas.
Also in 1907, Sam Hunt, in association with others, contributed to the surveying of a railroad from Timpson to Pine Hill with spur lines going into timber camps. The railroad was later completed to Henderson, and the golden spike denoting the completion of the T & H Railroad was driven in 1909 on Sam Hunt's fiftieth birthday.
Other interests that he pursued during his lifetime involved being Justice of the Peace, Rusk County Land Surveyor, and an associate in the Land Abstract Company.
During the time that he was working in the timber industry, Sam Hunt also held the office of Justice of the Peace. For twelve years he was the presiding Judge of Precinct No. 7 of Rusk County. The J. P. office was located in Pine Hill, Texas.
Sam Hunt was the "Rusk County Land Surveyor" for approximately eighteen years and was responsible for any and all land surveying projects in Rusk County. While in this capacity, he and some members of his family continued to live at their home in the Patrick Community until 1924.
In 1925, after terminating his services as County Surveyor, Hunt was instrumental in forming with other associates the Land Abstract Company and maintained an office in Henderson.
During his lifetime Sam was a member of churches in both the Wood Glenn and the Pine Grove communities.
Sam Hunt died on March 3, 1928 at the age of sixty-nine and was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Rusk County, Texas. Alice Hunt died in 1954 and was also buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Submitted by William Elton Hunt
From newspaper obituary: "...He had been confined to his bed for only a few days and his death came as a surprise to his friends. He passed away at the home of his daughter in Henderson. He was born in Rusk County, in what is now known as the Wood Glen community, October 28th 1859, where he resided continuously until moving to Henderson a short time ago. ...of this splendid man now rest beneath the Pines in the old Pine Grove Cemetery east of Henderson." March 27, 1928
SAMUEL HOUSTON HUNT
The following bio was taken from page 251 of the book entitled "Rusk County History" compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Brimley Mayfield, Cemeteries of Texas
Samuel Houston Hunt was born October 28, 1859 in Rusk County, Texas to William and Martha Jimmerson Newman Hunt. He was the first of three children. His formal education consisted of one year of schooling which was in a one-room schoolhouse in an area six or seven miles southeast of Henderson. Sam, at approximately the age of twenty, began a "self-study" course in mathematics at home that eventually led him to an outstanding career in civil engineering. Obviously there was a strong family interest in land surveying and civil engineering work because other family members had been land surveyors back in Tennessee, and oldest son, Arthur, was also a land surveyor.
In 1880, at the age of twenty-one, Sam Hunt married Mary Alice Kellum. She was eighteen and the daughter of Henry Kellum, Sr. and Julia Hallum Kellum. At the time of marriage, Sam was living near the Wood Glenn Community, and Alice was living in an area east of Henderson, Texas, known as the Hall Community. Following their marriage, they moved to Chapman, Texas.
To this marriage nine children were born between the years 1882 and 1905. These children were: Arthur Hunt (1882-1939), Edward Hunt (1885-1934), William Hunt (1887-1965), Delia Hunt Collins (1891-1976), Horace Hunt (1895-1957), Roy Hunt (1900-1969), Delmer Hunt (1905-not known), infant (1890-1890), infant (1894-1894). Alice devoted her entire married life to being a homemaker and providing for her family. Sam and Alice bought their first home, which was in the Patrick Community located between Brachfield and Pine Hill, Texas, and lived in this home until 1924.
In early 1900, Sam Hunt became associated with Mr. Wolf Ragley, who was a prominent timber man in East Texas. Some of his duties with Mr. Ragley consisted of surveying timberland, scaling timber, and surveying roadways into the timber areas.
Also in 1907, Sam Hunt, in association with others, contributed to the surveying of a railroad from Timpson to Pine Hill with spur lines going into timber camps. The railroad was later completed to Henderson, and the golden spike denoting the completion of the T & H Railroad was driven in 1909 on Sam Hunt's fiftieth birthday.
Other interests that he pursued during his lifetime involved being Justice of the Peace, Rusk County Land Surveyor, and an associate in the Land Abstract Company.
During the time that he was working in the timber industry, Sam Hunt also held the office of Justice of the Peace. For twelve years he was the presiding Judge of Precinct No. 7 of Rusk County. The J. P. office was located in Pine Hill, Texas.
Sam Hunt was the "Rusk County Land Surveyor" for approximately eighteen years and was responsible for any and all land surveying projects in Rusk County. While in this capacity, he and some members of his family continued to live at their home in the Patrick Community until 1924.
In 1925, after terminating his services as County Surveyor, Hunt was instrumental in forming with other associates the Land Abstract Company and maintained an office in Henderson.
During his lifetime Sam was a member of churches in both the Wood Glenn and the Pine Grove communities.
Sam Hunt died on March 3, 1928 at the age of sixty-nine and was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Rusk County, Texas. Alice Hunt died in 1954 and was also buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Submitted by William Elton Hunt
From newspaper obituary: "...He had been confined to his bed for only a few days and his death came as a surprise to his friends. He passed away at the home of his daughter in Henderson. He was born in Rusk County, in what is now known as the Wood Glen community, October 28th 1859, where he resided continuously until moving to Henderson a short time ago. ...of this splendid man now rest beneath the Pines in the old Pine Grove Cemetery east of Henderson." March 27, 1928
The following bio was taken from page 251 of the book entitled "Rusk County History" compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Brimley Mayfield, Cemeteries of Texas
Samuel Houston Hunt was born October 28, 1859 in Rusk County, Texas to William and Martha Jimmerson Newman Hunt. He was the first of three children. His formal education consisted of one year of schooling which was in a one-room schoolhouse in an area six or seven miles southeast of Henderson. Sam, at approximately the age of twenty, began a "self-study" course in mathematics at home that eventually led him to an outstanding career in civil engineering. Obviously there was a strong family interest in land surveying and civil engineering work because other family members had been land surveyors back in Tennessee, and oldest son, Arthur, was also a land surveyor.
In 1880, at the age of twenty-one, Sam Hunt married Mary Alice Kellum. She was eighteen and the daughter of Henry Kellum, Sr. and Julia Hallum Kellum. At the time of marriage, Sam was living near the Wood Glenn Community, and Alice was living in an area east of Henderson, Texas, known as the Hall Community. Following their marriage, they moved to Chapman, Texas.
To this marriage nine children were born between the years 1882 and 1905. These children were: Arthur Hunt (1882-1939), Edward Hunt (1885-1934), William Hunt (1887-1965), Delia Hunt Collins (1891-1976), Horace Hunt (1895-1957), Roy Hunt (1900-1969), Delmer Hunt (1905-not known), infant (1890-1890), infant (1894-1894). Alice devoted her entire married life to being a homemaker and providing for her family. Sam and Alice bought their first home, which was in the Patrick Community located between Brachfield and Pine Hill, Texas, and lived in this home until 1924.
In early 1900, Sam Hunt became associated with Mr. Wolf Ragley, who was a prominent timber man in East Texas. Some of his duties with Mr. Ragley consisted of surveying timberland, scaling timber, and surveying roadways into the timber areas.
Also in 1907, Sam Hunt, in association with others, contributed to the surveying of a railroad from Timpson to Pine Hill with spur lines going into timber camps. The railroad was later completed to Henderson, and the golden spike denoting the completion of the T & H Railroad was driven in 1909 on Sam Hunt's fiftieth birthday.
Other interests that he pursued during his lifetime involved being Justice of the Peace, Rusk County Land Surveyor, and an associate in the Land Abstract Company.
During the time that he was working in the timber industry, Sam Hunt also held the office of Justice of the Peace. For twelve years he was the presiding Judge of Precinct No. 7 of Rusk County. The J. P. office was located in Pine Hill, Texas.
Sam Hunt was the "Rusk County Land Surveyor" for approximately eighteen years and was responsible for any and all land surveying projects in Rusk County. While in this capacity, he and some members of his family continued to live at their home in the Patrick Community until 1924.
In 1925, after terminating his services as County Surveyor, Hunt was instrumental in forming with other associates the Land Abstract Company and maintained an office in Henderson.
During his lifetime Sam was a member of churches in both the Wood Glenn and the Pine Grove communities.
Sam Hunt died on March 3, 1928 at the age of sixty-nine and was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Rusk County, Texas. Alice Hunt died in 1954 and was also buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Submitted by William Elton Hunt
From newspaper obituary: "...He had been confined to his bed for only a few days and his death came as a surprise to his friends. He passed away at the home of his daughter in Henderson. He was born in Rusk County, in what is now known as the Wood Glen community, October 28th 1859, where he resided continuously until moving to Henderson a short time ago. ...of this splendid man now rest beneath the Pines in the old Pine Grove Cemetery east of Henderson." March 27, 1928
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