ROBERT HUNT
Robert Hunt is a well known stock-raiser of the
county and his farm of three hundred and
ninety acres on section 33, Bremen township, is one of the valuable and
well kept up properties in that township. He was born in Bremen
township, December 7, 1865, a son of James
and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Hunt, both natives of England, whence the father
was brought by his parents to this country when but seven years of age. The
family lived in
James Hunt bought his first land from the
government, paying a dollar and a quarter per acre for a quarter section, and
from time to time added to his holdings until at the time of his death he owned
about eighteen hundred and twenty acres. He passed away on the 16th of
February, 1889, and was laid to rest in the Fairview cemetery at Earlville. His
widow subsequently married Thomas Cousins, who has also been called to his reward.
She now makes her home in Earlville and attends personally to her extensive
business interests.
Robert Hunt was reared under the parental
roof and learned from his father the best methods of farming, so that when he
started out in life for himself he was well prepared to engage in agriculture
independently. He owns three hundred and ninety acres of fine land, situated
three miles from Earlville and five miles
from Dyersville, the closeness of these towns affording him convenient markets
for his stock and grain. He specializes in the raising of graded stock and
finds animal husbandry a lucrative phase of farming. He is energetic and
industrious and as he studies the markets carefully, thus being enabled to sell
to the greatest advantage, he realizes a handsome profit for his labors.
Mr. Hunt was married January 15, 1890, to Miss
May Sperring, a daughter of Sylvester and Ellen (Day) Sperring, both natives of
England. The father came to this country in 1846 and located at Dyersville and
the mother emigrated to the new world in the same year. Both are now living at
Thompson, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were born seventeen children, sixteen of
whom survive: Leroy, at home; Ruth, the wife of Albert F. March, a farmer of
Bremen township; Stella, who married Charles
Robinson and resides in North Fork township; and James, Olive, Esther,
John, Edith, Ethel, Ernest, Charles, Nellie, Gertrude, Harold, Ralph and Elva,
all at home.
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Fraternally Mr. Hunt is
a member of the Mystic Workers. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party and at one time he was road supervisor, while for the past
four years he has been a school director. His life of probity and fair dealing
to all justly entitles him to the high place which he holds in the estimation of those who have been brought in contact with
him.
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