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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 186]
         
         HON. J. HUNT, firm of S. S. Robby& Co., general store,
       Forest Junction. Born in Kennebec Co., Me., 1819. When 
       quite young he moved into Penobscot County. Here he at-
       tended school, and in 1840 went to Saginaw, Mich., then 
       to the Mississippi River, going south to New Orleans. 
       He returned, however, in 1843, and began farming in Fond
       du Lac County. In 1848, he went to Oconomowoc, and from 
       there to Menasha in 1850, where he helped build the first 
       house. In 1852, he went to California by the overland 
       route and returned by water. He came to Menasha again 
       and while there in 1864 he was sent to the Legislature.
       He was also Chairman of the Town Board and the first 
       Justice in Menasha, and held the office of Sheriff. In 
       1875, he entered this firm in Forest Junction as one of 
       the partners and managers of the business here, carrying 
       a stock of some $3,000 and doing a business of about
       $6,000. In 1848, he married Miss GATES. They had eight 
       children - LYDIA (now Mrs. WELLS), ALICE (now Mrs WILLIAMS), 
       NELLIE, EDNA and STEWART. Three have died.
       
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