Hunter, D.L.

HUNTER, BURDEN, CLOSSON, SMILEY

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Date: 5/19/2009 at 12:30:39

History of Hamilton County, Iowa, Vol. II, p.34

D. L. HUNTER

D. L. Hunter, the vice president and manager of the Freeman-Tribune Publishing Company of Webster City, was born at West Unity, Ohio, May 27, 1854. In his boyhood, however, he came with his parents to Iowa and continued his education in the high school here. He made his initial step in business as a clerk in a clothing store and later entered his father's newspaper office. In 1872 he was appointed assistant postmaster, which position he continued to fill for sixteen years. Since 1892 he has devoted his time continuously to newspaper publication and is now vice president and manager of the Freeman- Tribune Company, owners of one of the oldest newspapers in this part of the state. He is careful and systematic in the management of the business affairs of the company and, like his brother, holds to high standards in giving to the public that which is most interesting concerning local affairs and matters of state and national importance.

In 1875 Mr. Hunter was united in marriage to Miss Lunetta Burden, a daughter of G. W. Burden, at that time proprietor of the Willson Hotel in Webster City. They have become parents of three children: Litta, who is the wife of Richard Closson and resides at Sholes, Nebraska; Margery Belle, the wife of T. M. Smiley, of Washington, D. C., by whom she has one son; and John D., who was born in 1896 and is still with his parents. The family residence is at No. 626 First street, Webster City.

Mr. Hunter is a member of the Modern Woodmen Camp, the Legion of Honor and the Webster City Commercial League. He is a progressive and public-spirited man, interested in all that pertains to the general welfare and his ideas concerning progress and improvement are of a practical character.