Philip J. Hunter was born in
Luzerne County, Pa., Nov. 29, 1830, and came to Iowa in
1847, settling in Millville Township, where he resided a
number of years, then removed to Cassville, Wis.,
returning to Millville Township in four years. He resides
on section 25, where he owns a finely cultivated farm of
120 acres. He is the present Justice of the Peace, an
office he has held for six years. He has been a member of
the Masonic fraternity eighteen years, and in politics is
independent, voting for principle rather than party. He
was married in June, 1855, to Mary Leighty, who was born
in Pennsylvania, Sept. 4, 1832. They have nine children--
Louisa, born in 1857; Mary, in 1860; Amanda, in 1862;
Martha, in 1864; P.J., in 1867; Anna, in 1872; William
D., in 1874; Edith, in 1875, and Eva in 1877. Twelve
years of his life Mr. Hunter spent in Dubuque, Ia.,
engaged in manufacturing brick. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1015 |