Shasta County Biographies DANIEL GRANVIL HUNT This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Daniel Granvil Hunt was born in Huntsville, Missouri. His father, Nathan Hunt, moved from Kentucky and founded the community where in 1823 he married Isabella Wright and they became Daniel's parents. Gold was discovered in 1848 and in 1849 Daniel joined the wagon train his brothers, James and Jonathon, were leading to California and the gold mines. They arrived in Hangtown (Placerville) in August of 1850. His prospecting must have taken him over much of Northern California and he had some success in mining because he bought land for his cattle ranch in Shasta County before he went home to Missouri by sea. In 1861 he was wagon master on his wagon train and brought more family members to Shasta County. While he was living alone he heard from an Indian boy whom he had befriended that Indians were planning an attack. He and eleven friends withstood that attack by a large group of Indians. Sarah Martha Heryford was born in Missouri April 10, 1848 to Clemens Reed and Nancy Ann Chambers Heryford. They crossed the plains with a family group -- her grandfather died shortly after they arrived at their ranch on Clover Creek and her grandmother returned to Missouri. Sarah was nine when she crossed the plains and she left a small account of this adventure. Sarah tells of gathering wild fruit to make pies and buffalo chips for the fire to cook them. Occasionally, they could get supplies at a trading post. She, also, tells of crossing the Missouri on a "flatboat" and swimming the oxen across the Platte. On December 24, 1865 Dan and Sarah were married and settled on Dan's Oak Run ranch which totaled between six and seven thousand acres to run their cattle. The couple had eleven children: Hattie; b. Jan 31, 1867; d. Mar 9, 1883 William; b. Sept 26, 1868; d. Janl6, 1922; m. Octavia Atkins; m. Flora Irene Atkins John; b. Mar 14. 1870; d. July 13, 1924; m. Annie Middleton Nathan; b. Nov 12, 1871; d. Feb 2, 1895 Nellie; b. Oct 24, 1873; d. Sept 24, 1875 Dora; b. Sept 18, 1876; d. Sept 6, 1936; m. Joseph Harold Girdner Clemans; b. Jan 1, 1879; d. Mar 6, 1966; m. Effie Webber (known by middle name, Reid) Lottie; b. Nov 27, 1881; d. Sept 21, 1964; m. Orison Perkins Haley Baby Boy; b. May 31, 1885; d. May 31, 1885 Gracie; b. May 31, 1885; d. Apr 21, 1898 Sadie; b. Apr 6, 1887; d. Dec 9, 1938 Dan and Sarah lived on their ranch until September 1894 when they moved to Millville. They were sturdy people; Dan was 91 when he died, June 25, 1921, a few months after a paralytic stroke. He had survived five of their children. Sarah lived in their home in Millville another eleven years until her death October l4, 1932; she had survived all but four of their children. Both are buried in the Hunt Family Cemetery near the family home. Source: Shasta Historical Society - Aug 2000 Daniel Granvil Hunt was born in Millville March 31, 1894, the first son of William Harrison (Harry) and Octavia Hunt. After the death of his mother Octavia, his father married her twin sister Flora. The family moved to Oak Run, where Daniel grew up. He worked on the ranch, graduated from Heald's Business College, served in the U.S. Army during World War 1. When the war ended he returned home to his own ranch on Clover Creek, near Millville. Beatrice Marie Eddy was born August 13,1904 in Morro, Oregon to Joe and Dora Brock Eddy. After her husband deserted the family, Dora could not support her family so, she gave Beatrice to William and Christena Bogue. The Bogues immediately moved to Canada. There sometime later her brother Jewett was left in a basket on the road in front of their home. Her parents carried Jewett in and said "this is your brother." Beatrice's early memories of Oregon, Washington and Canada, included a pet bear who tore up things in the house when he got loose, and the Indians who brought them salmon, dropping them on the table without a word, then grunted and walked out. The family lived on a homestead in Canada from 1910 until a few days before the war broke out. The family returned to the U.S the day war was declared. They lived in Los Angeles where her father worked in the oil fields. In 1920 they bought a small farm in Palo Cedro. Beatrice attended Bell School (now North Cow Creek) and Shasta High School until she married Daniel on January 16, 1924. They lived on Daniel's Clover Creek Ranch. They had eight children born between Nov. 1924 and Dec. 1935. Daniel Wiliam, Flora Nelda, Elsie Marie, Harry Clemens, John Ehemen, Vivian Martha, Nathaniel, Arthur After the death of her last two children, Beatrice moved with her six children to Palo Cedro and then to Millville, where she lived until her death. She died in her own home, on August 10, 1994. Beatrice was very independent, usually working two jobs to support herself. She loved her home, yard and cat. Beatrice climbed Mt. Lassen on her birthday every 10th year (the last time when she was 80.) Some of her grandchildren made the climb on her 90th birthday as a tribute to her memory. After the divorce Daniel sold his ranches. He married Nellie Holden in 1947, and then worked on the W.H. Hunt Estate until age 65, when he retired. He and Nellie moved to their new home in Palo Cedro. After Nellie died in 1976, Dan sold their home and moved to Millville to live with his daughter Flora and her husband, Tom Pearson. Dan died on July 14, 1977. Source: Shasta Historical Society - Feb 2001