HUNTER, William L. - 1914

HUNTER, SPAULDING, BIBBINS, HAMIEL

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

WILLIAM L. HUNTER.

William L. Hunter, a member of the well known firm of Snidecor & Company, dealers in furniture, hardware and implements, in Washta, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1870. He is a son of William and Elizabeth (Hunter) Hunter, natives of Omagh, Ireland. The father came to America in 1853 and located in Philadelphia, where he engaged in draying until 1875, when he moved to La Salle county, Illinois. There he bought a farm and improved and operated this land during the remainder of his life, dying June 14, 1891. His wife survives him and resides upon the homestead.

William L. Hunter was reared and educated in La Salle county, Illinois, and remained upon his fathers farm until he was twenty-three years of age. He then engaged in farming independently, remaining in La Salle county until 1898, when he moved to Iowa. He farmed in Ida county until the spring of 1909, when he came to Washta, and became associated with the firm of Snidecor & Company, with which he has since been connected. The firm carries full lines of hardware, furniture and implements and it controls a large and growing patronage, for its members are straightforward and honorable business men and have steadily adhered to a sound and reliable business policy.

On the 26th of September, 1893, Mr. Hunter was united in marriage to Miss E. Belle Spaulding, a daughter of George H. and Polly (Bibbins) Spaulding, natives of New York state. The father moved to La Salle county, Illinois, in 1850 and bought and improved a farm there, remaining upon this property until his death, which occurred in October, 1908. His wife passed away in February, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have become the parents of five children: Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Hamiel, of Washta; and Belle V., Ruth P., Grace A. and Ina W.

Mr. Hunter is one of the trustees in the Methodist church and he is connected fraternally with the Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen of America. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as mayor of Washta, proving a capable and discriminating executive. He is now connected with the management of one of the most important mercantile concerns in Washta and his success is the merited reward of his own labor.