FRANK HUNT
Frank Hunt, one of the substantial and enterprising men of Cass townshhip, was born in Grafton county, New Hampshire, on the 7th of July, 1832, and is the son of Nathan and Harriet Hunt. His father died at the old homestead in New Hampshire, in March, 1884, at the age of eighty-four years. Frank left his parental roof when twenty years of age, and made his way westward, first stopping in Story county, Iowa, where he worked at carpentering until 1862, when he came to Polk county, and was there engaged in selling merchandise through the country. He was employed in such pursuits about two years, when he became identified with Cass county, where he has since made his home. He drove the stage from Atlantic to Lewis for one year, and was then engaged in a general store at Lewis, for about two years. He was then employed in a drug store about one year, when the store burned, and Frank was again out of employment. But being eager to make a living, he established a livery stable, and did a flourishing business until 1870, when he began farming in Wright township, Pottawattamie county. He returned to Cass county in 1873, and has ever since followed the occupation of farming. In the spring of 1877 he bought eighty acres of land on section 26, Cass township, and has improved and cultivated it until he has one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Hunt was married in December 1870, to Miss Ellen L. Baxter, a daughter of C. and R. Baxter. They have been blessed with one child, Nathan Frank.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 525.
