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Alice Underwood Hunt

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Alice Underwood Hunt

Birth
Death
4 May 1920
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8799333, Longitude: -76.9798667
Plot
Range 82 site 313
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The Evening Star, May 6, 1920, p. 2
Mrs. Alice U. Hunt Dies
Mrs. Alice Underwood Hunt, widow of Alexander Hunt, former Governor of Colorado, died Tuesday at her home, 815 15th street, after a brief illness. She was seventy years old.

Mrs. Hunt was for many years interested in charitable work in Washington. She was the founder of the Home for the Blind in Georgetown, and was instrumental in having opened in the Library of Congress a reading room for the blind.

Her father was Judge Charles C. Underwood of Alexandria, Va. It was in Judge Underwood's court that Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, was arraigned. Her husband after he served a term as Governor of Colorado, was elected more than forty years ago to a seat in the Senate.

Eighteen months ago Mrs. Hunt buried her daughter, Miss Gloria Hunt.

Services were held today at Speare's undertaking establishment and interment was in Congressional cemetery.
The Evening Star, May 6, 1920, p. 2
Mrs. Alice U. Hunt Dies
Mrs. Alice Underwood Hunt, widow of Alexander Hunt, former Governor of Colorado, died Tuesday at her home, 815 15th street, after a brief illness. She was seventy years old.

Mrs. Hunt was for many years interested in charitable work in Washington. She was the founder of the Home for the Blind in Georgetown, and was instrumental in having opened in the Library of Congress a reading room for the blind.

Her father was Judge Charles C. Underwood of Alexandria, Va. It was in Judge Underwood's court that Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, was arraigned. Her husband after he served a term as Governor of Colorado, was elected more than forty years ago to a seat in the Senate.

Eighteen months ago Mrs. Hunt buried her daughter, Miss Gloria Hunt.

Services were held today at Speare's undertaking establishment and interment was in Congressional cemetery.


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