Hunter, John H. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 660, Farmers' Township
John H. Hunter, merchant, emigrated from Kentucky to this State in 1836; learned the saddle and harness-maker’s trade with his father when a boy; when of age he clerked in a drug store, in which he remained 5 years; he then engaged in the dry-goods business for about 12 years. He entered the army as a substitute for Lemuel Lindsay, who was drafted, in Co. F, 31st Ill. He joined the regiment Nov. 15, 1864, the day Sherman began his noted march; was an entire stranger to the regiment, and on Jan. 4, ’65, he was appointed Sergeant, and on July 2, was commissioned First lieutenant of the Co. and acting Adjutant of the regiment; in which capacity he acted until the close of the war. For the truth of this statement we have only to examine the Adjutant General’s Report. Mr. Hunter was married Jan. 21, 1875, to Essie Bradfield, daughter of Samuel Bradfield, of Bushnell. This union has been blessed with two little boys, Johnnie and Freddie. Our subject is a successful merchant at Table Grove. He carries a stock of $3,000 in g4eneral merchandising. He first established a drug and hardware store here in 1875, in company with Mr. Theodore Wright. He sold his interest to Mr. Wright in 1878, and in 1879 bought the store originally owned by Mr. H. Smither, and is now building up a large trade.