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Hunter, Andrew

clergyman, was born in 1752 in Virginia. He was appointed a brigade chaplain in 1775, and served throughout the revolution, receiving the public thanks of Gen. Washington for valuable aid at the battle of Monmouth. In 1810 he became a chaplain in the navy. He died Feb. 24, 1823, in Washington, D. C.

Hunter, Edwin Gustavus

clergyman, missionary, journalist, was born Jan. 21, 1846, in Canada. This eminent clergyman is the editor of The Church Worker, a diocesan paper published in Indianapolis, Ind.

Hunter, Ellsworth M

journalist, was born April 11, 1861, in Hubbardton, Vt. He is the editor and owner of The Vermont Record of Fair Haven. He has been a member of the republican county committee; and for many years was judge of the police court.

Hunter, John

congressman, United States senator, was born about 1760 in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1793 to 1795; and a senator in congress from that state from 1795 to 1796.

Hunter, John Dunn

adventurer, author, was born about 1798 in Settlement west of the Mississippi. He was an adventurer whose Manners and Customs of the Indian Tribes West of the Mississippi once attracted much attention. He died in 1827 near Nacogdoches, Texas.

Hunter, John Ward

was born Oct.. 15, 1807, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1865 he accepted the position of secretary of a banking institution in Brooklyn; and in 1866 was elected, by a large majority, a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress.

Hunter, Lewis Boudinot

surgeon, was born Oct. 9, 1804, in Princeton, N. J.

He served during the Mexican war on the Saratoga, and during the civil war as fleet-surgeon of the North Atlantic squadron under Admiral Porter. In 1871 he was made medical director, with the rank of commodore, and retired. He died June 24, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa. as

Hunter, Naisworthy

congressman. He was a delegate in congress from the territory of Mississippi from 1801 to 1802. He died March 11, 1802.

Hunter, Robert

governor. In 1707 he was appointed colonial governor of Virginia; in 1710 was appointed governor of New York and of East and West. New Jersey. He died March 11, 1734.

Hunter, W. Godfrey

surgeon, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1841. He was a surgeon in the union army during the civil war. He was three times elected a member of the Kentucky legislature; and was a member of the fiftieth and fifty-fourth congresses.

Hunter, William

state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the state legislature in 1807 and 1809; a state counselor in 1809, 1814 and 1815; and was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1817 to 1819.

Hunter, William

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 26 1774, in Newport, R. I. In 1799 he was a representative in the general assembly of Rhode Island, and re-elected at different periods from that time to the year 1811, when he was chosen a senator in congress, and held his seat until 1821. He died Dec. 3, 1849, in Newport, R. I.