Martha
Wilson and Henry Hunter
and their descendents
contributed by Pat Nelson
Martha Wilson was probably
born to Henry and Dicy Wilson on 25
December 1848; however, according to her death certificate, she was
born in
Nashville in 1843.
Martha married Henry Hunter on
18 November 1869 in
Greene County,
Tennessee; their marriage license stated that
they were “freedmen.” According to information pieced
together from various censuses, Henry Hunter was a mulatto, born in
Nashville,
Tennessee in February, about 1845.
His father was born in
Ohio; his mother was born in
Tennessee.
As a young man, Henry Hunter
earned his living as a farm laborer. In 1870, his personal
estate had a value of about $750. In 1900, Henry gave his
occupation as being a steward to a private family. In 1910,
Martha worked as a cook. Henry worked as a gardener for a
private family on both the 1910 and 1920 censuses.
Martha and Henry Hunter moved
several times:
1870
Greeneville Post Office, Civil District #24, Greene County,
Tennessee
1880
District 3, Precinct 5,
Collin
County,
Texas
1900
72 B
Avenue,
Coronado
City, San Diego
County,
California
1910
B
Avenue,
Coronado
City, San Diego
County,
California
1920
2067 Julian Avenue, San Diego
City,
San Diego County,
California
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On the 1880 census, Martha and
Henry Hunter had a son named Charley (Charles A.) Hunter, who was born in
February of 1873 or 1874 in
Tennessee; however, Charles’death
certificate gave the date as 3 February
1872. On the 1900 census, Martha and Henry stated that they had only
one child, and that child was still living.
Charley Hunter married
Elizabeth A. / Libbie Lowe on 17
September 1896. Libbie was born in
Detroit,
Michigan, in March of 1873 or 1874.
Henry Hunter died
1 November 1920; he was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery on 4 November
1920.
On the 1930 census, Martha
Hunter, widowed, was living with her son Charles A. Hunter and his wife
Elizabeth at 839 E. 38th Street,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
California.
Martha Hunter died at home on
5 May 1935, and was buried in
Mt.
Hope
Cemetery, San
Diego, California, on
8 May 1935. Her address at the time of her death
was
771 East 38th Street
in Los Angeles, California.
The informant was Robert H. McElroy, who resided at the same address.
The death certificate said Martha Wilson Hunter had resided in
California since 1895.
However, her son Charles Hunter’s death certificate said the family had
lived in
California since 1885.
Charles A. Hunter died
25 July 1937. He was buried
28 July 1937 in
Evergreen
Cemetery in Los
Angeles.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Martha Wilson & Henry Hunter,"
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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