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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
ton, New Jersey, and at Georgetown College,
Kentucky. Dr. Campbell, in his funeral
sermon, said he was "very brilliant, had
a good mind, was a fine writer and would
have made his mark as an author in the literary
world." He died at at the age of
twenty-one years. Captain George W. Hunt,
the eldest brother, was educated at Georgetown,
Kentucky, studied law, and after admission
to the bar practiced at Lexington
until after the late war. During that struggle
he was one of John Morgan's brigade
adjutant generals. He is a wonderful historian,
almost a " walking encyclopedia," is an
apt scholar and greatly devoted to books.
The subject of our sketch was educated in
the common and high school of Lexington,
Kentucky, and was reared to farm life. During
the late war the family was equally
divided on the national question, the father
espousing the Union side, although not a soldier,
while George W. and Albert joined the
Confederate army, and the subject of this
sketch and G. Drummond fought on the
Federal side. Albert, a Lieutenant in Colonel
Howard Smith's regiment, was captured
and taken prisoner, while with Morgan on
his raid through Ohio, but escaped from
Camp Douglas, at Chicago, and returned to
the Confederate service.
Our subject was appointed Major of his
regiment, in August, 1861, at Camp Dick
Robinson, which was the first Union camp
formed in Kentucky. This was organized
by General Nelson, who had authority from
the Government to enlist five regiments, the
Fourth Kentucky Infantry being one of the
five. Mr. Hunt's first service was at the
battle of Mills Springs, on January 19, 1862,
while marching to Nashville, Tennessee. The
Union forces, including the Fourth Kentucky
Infantry, followed Morgan, and had askirmish with him at Rolling Fork, Kentucky,
December 29, 1862. Mr. I-Iunt participated
in the battle of Chickatnauga, September
19, 1863, where he was seriously
wounded by being shot through the knee.
Of all the physicians, one only refused to consent
to the limb's amputation, and his judgment
prevailing, it was saved, to render Mr.
Hunt long and good service.
Mr. Hunt was then appointed LieutenantColonel
of his regiment, but in April, 1864,
he resigned from the army on account of
disability, and returned to his home, where
he remained until the close of the war. He
first engaged in the brokerage business; after
which, in 1866, he conducted a cotton plantation
in Mississippi. A year later he became
cashier of the Internal Revenue office,
at Lexington, Kentucky, and in 1874, was
appointed, by President Grant, Supervisor of
InternalRevenue for the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana,
which position he held until the office
was abolished, in 1876. In 1878 President
Hayes appointed him Indian Agent for
the Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas and Caddoes,
which position extended six months
into President Cleveland's administration. In
April, 1892, General Harrison appointed him
United States Marshal, which position the
Colonel now holds. After leaving the Indian
Agency, he retired to private life on his farm
in Miller Bend, Young county, Texas, where
he was identified with the best interests of
the people, in the upbuilding and improvement
of that locality. He resigned the position
of cashier of the First National Bank of
Graham, in the same county, to accept his
present position.
Colonel Hunt was married October 23,
1879, to Miss Margaret Scott Gallagher, a
beautiful and accomplished lady of New Or-
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/517/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.