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OBITUARY OF MARTHA HORTENSE BALDWIN HUNT 1862 - 1955 from the Erie Record, December 1955, a newspaper published in Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas. Found in the personal papers of her late granddaughter and namesake, Martha E. Hunt Carroll.

"MARTHA H. HUNT . . . Mrs. Martha Hortense Hunt, 93, a resident of this area for almost 80 years, passed away December 12, 1955 at Mercy Hospital, Parsons, following an illness of a year. She had been in a critical condition a month before her death.

Mrs. Hunt was born Martha Hortense BALDWIN at Montpelier, Ind., July 30, 1862, the daughter of Henry and Louisa Amanda Rose BALDWIN. At the age of 15 years she moved to Kansas with her family and they settled on a farm about seven miles south of Erie, where the present Excelsior Methodist Church is now located.

She was married June 22, 1882, to John A. Hunt in the Centerville community and they made their home there until 1900, where they moved to a farm six miles south of Galesburg, where they lived until 1916, when they moved to Galesburg. Mr. Hunt preceded his wife in death April 25, 1932. Mrs. Hunt had made her home in Parsons the past 16 years.

Before her marriage Mrs. Hunt taught in the rural schools of Neosho County, including Excelsior, Sand Hill, and Hazel Dell districts.

Surviving the deceased are two daughters, Mrs. Clara McMillan, Wapanucka, Okla., and Mrs. Hazel McElwee, of Parsons; four sons, Ray E. of Fayetteville, Ark., Harry C. of Erie, Walter T. of Riley and Ralph of Pomona. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Winifred BALDWIN Clark of ElDorado; one brother. W.L. Baldwin of Pittsburg; 22 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. One daughter, Ruth, preceded her mother in death in 1941.

Mrs Hunt was active in church affairs and held her membership in the Central Avenue Christian church at Parsons at the time of her death.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Galesburg Christian church, with the Rev. Arthur Fleming, pastor of Central Avenue Christian church in Parsons officiating, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Regis of Galesburg, and the Rev. A.W. Swanson, pastor of the Erie Christian church.

Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery at Galesburg with the Pierce Funeral Home of Erie in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Doug Springer, Ralph Magner, Glen Reed, Harold Lambertson, Everett Allen and Rolla Hughes. Dave Womeldorff accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Everett Allen sang, " No Tears in Paradise" and they sang in duet "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "God Will Take Care of You," accompanied by Mrs. J. F. Regis. Flower bearers were Mrs. Doug Springer, Mrs. Ralph Magner, Mrs. Keith Naff and Mrs. Clifford McClure."
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MATTIE'S MARBLE TOP DRESSER, by Anna Louise (Schultheis)
Bertram
My great-grandmother, Martha Hortense (Baldwin) Hunt, was often called Mattie by her family. She was quite pretty, far prettier than her name sounds to us today. I suppose her name was grand sounding to her parents or they would have named her something else. She was a school teacher in rural Kansas as a young woman in the19th century. A female educator was always single in that time and place and was called a "School Marm". Their career always ended if they married. It was also the custom for them to live with a family that had children in the school. The family furnished room and board free of charge as part of her salary. The place of abode changed each school term. The teacher was expected to furnish her own dresser and trunk, both of which went with them from house to house. Mattie's dresser was hand made in Kansas to her specifications by a local carpenter about 1878, probably following a picture from a newspaper or catalog from back east. It has a grey half marble top, two locking valuables boxes, inlaid burled wood on the drawers, candle stands on each side of the tilting mirror, and is topped with a carved sheaf of wheat design. The original handcarved pulls contain images of fruit in relief. The originals are currently stored inside the dresser but have temporarily been replaced with sturdier square wooden knobs for utility puposes. It is a handsome piece that would have been considered exceptionally fine in the early days of Kansas. The dresser went to Mattie's son, Harry Clay Hunt, while he lived in Erie, Neosho County, Kansas. Harry was my maternal grandfather. All the years I was growing up I admired the dresser where it was stored in the semi-finished attic where I usually slept while visiting my grandparents. My dolls and other toys I left at my granparents between visits were stored in the drawers. The finish was dark and crazed, the mirror very dim, but I still thought it was wonderful. Eventually my mother, Martha Esther (Hunt) Schultheis, was given the dresser. She stripped and refinished it beautifully to use in her guest bedroom. She replaced the old mirror but tried to keep everything as close to the original as possible. I became the happy recipient of the dresser I had always loved when Mother downsized to move to Tennessee about 1989, over 100 years after it was crafted. I plan to pass it on to my daughter at some point in the future.

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Notes for JOHN ASBURY HUNT:
1900 Neosho Co., Kansas; Centerville Township; Page 25-A; S.D. 3; E.D. 148; Sheet 3-B;
June 9th; Line 80; Household and Visit # 57-58: HUNT, John A., head, white, male, born June 1858, age 41, married 17 years, born in Missouri, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia, farmer; Martha H., wife, white, female, July 1862, age 37, married 17 years, 7 children born - 7 children still living, born in Indiana, father born in Vermont, mother born in Virginia; Ray E., son, white, male, March 1884, age 16, single, born in Kansas, father born in MO, mother born in Indiana; Clara B., daughter, white, female, July 1886, age 17, KS MO IN; Harry C., white, male, born June 1888, KS MO IN; Walter T., son, white, male, born April 1890, age 10, KS MO IN; Ralph, son, white, male, born April 1892, age 8, KS MO IN; Hazel, white, female, born Nov. 1885, age 4, KS MO IN; Ruth, daughter, white, female, born Feb. 1900, 3/12 or 3 months; SLAUGHTER, Rachel, mother, white, female, born November 1835, age 64, widow, 5 children born - 4 children living, born in Virginia, father born in Virginia,
mother born in North Carolina The following obituary appeared on the front page of THE ERIE RECORD, Erie, Neosho Co.,
Kansas on April 29, 1932.
"A REAL PIONEER PASSES AWAY . . . John A. Hunt, Galesburg Resident, Came
to Kansas In 1869. John Asbury Hunt, son of John R. and Rachel Hunt was born in Cass County, Missouri, June 7, 1858, departed this life April 25, 1932 at Galesburg at the age of 74 years, 10 months, and 18 days. He came to Kansas with his mother and step-father, J.M. Slaughter in the fall of 1869."
"He united with the Christian Church at Centerville School house March 6, 1879. He placed his membership with the church at Galesburg on Sept. 14, 1887. He lived a faithful Christian life to the end. For a good many years he was an elder of the congregation." "June 22, 1882, he was married to Martha H. Baldwin. To this union were born seven children, four sons and three daughters: Ray E. of Lincoln, Nebr.; Harry C. of Cherokee, Okla.; Walter T. of Herrington, Ks; and Ralph of Greely, Ks; Mrs. Clara B. McMillan of Newkirk, Ok; Mrs. Hazel McElwee, Parsons, Ks; and Ruth Sharp of Erie." "Besides his wife and children there is left to mourn their loss two sisters, Mrs. Julia Scranton of Pacific Grove, Calif., and Mrs. Mettie A. Wohlam, Los Angeles, Calif.; a step-sister, Mrs. A.W. Craig, Bend, Ore; nineteen grandchildren, several nephews and nieces and a host of friends."
(The "sisters" were half-sisters and the daughters of Rachel Collins Hunt by her second marriage to Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. The "step-sister" was a daughter of Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter by an earlier marriage.)
"Funeral services held Tuesday at Galesburg Christian Church and burial made in Galesburg cemetery."
In a 1991 telephone interview with his granddaughter, Jaunita Faye (HUNT) MOODY, John Asbury and Martha Hortense HUNT were very strictly religious. As a child she went with her parents and siblings to their home every other Sunday. On alternate Sundays the family visited her other grandparents, who were very fun loving. She used to dread the Sundays with her Dad's parents because of the strict adherence to keeping the Sabbath. They could sit on the front porch, but could not go off it into the yard. They could not read except Sunday School papers or the Bible. A very meager meal was served. Maybe the meal was just bread and butter and only one of Grandma's wonderful sugar cookies.
More About JOHN ASBURY HUNT:
Burial: 1932, Mt. Hope Cem., Galesburg, Neosho Co., Kansas39
Census: 1900, Centerville Twsp., Neosho Co., Kansas