Individual Notes
Note for: Charles H. Hunt, 23 APR 1862 - 1 MAR 1943
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Occupation: Hunter/Marshall/Tour Guide
Residence: Place: Directors' meeting place/above store
Event: Type: Arrived in Florida
Date: 1894
Event: Gordon Pass, Naples FL
Type: Koreshan survey
Date: 1897
Event: Type: Elected
Date: 1 SEP 1904
Place: Marshall
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1910
Date: 23 APR 1910
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1920
Date: 2 JAN 1920
Event: Tamiami Trail Blazer
Type: Trail Blazer
Date: BET 4 APR 1923 AND 21 ??? 1923
Event: Warranty Deed/ Lee Cty. Court House; Estero, FL
Type: Court Record
Date: 25 APR 1924
Event: Member of men's quartet, vocal soloist
Type: Music
Burial: Date: MAR 1943
Place: Estero, Lee, Florida
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: George H. Hunt; Born: 23 Apr 1862 in Iowa; arr. Estero 1894, Died: 1 Mar 1943.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Claude J. Rahn: Brothers. Charley was official hunter in the early days. George was captain of the Victoria. Both had good voices and sang at entertainments.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm No.: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: Charles H. Hunt; Sex: male; Race: white; Age 48; Marital status: divorced; Place of birth: Iowa; Place of birth of mother and father: Indiana; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Marshall; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff; December 1994: Charles H. Hunt; Relation to head of family: head; Place of residence: Directors' meeting place; Age 57; widower; Place of birth: Iowa; Place of birth of mother and father; Indiana; Occupation: Tour Guide/Estero.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Precinct 12; Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration Date: May 5, 1930; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff; January 2003: Charles H. Hunt; Relation to head of family: head; Radio set: none listed; Sex: Male; Color: White; Age at last birthday: 68; Marital condition: Widower; Age at first marriage: 25; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929: no; Whether able to read and write: yes; Place of birth: Iowa; Place of birth of father: Indiana; Place of birth of mother: Indiana; Whether able to speak English: yes; Occupation: hunter and guide; Industry: Guiding; Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day): yes; Veteran: no.
Brothers' Laundry List: Charles Hunt #75.
Court Record--Warranty Deed: 25 Apr 1924; Charles W.? Hunt; No. 26759; Deed Book 70; Page 209; Entry Number 1.
Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 36; Inscription: Chas. Hunt; 1862-Mar 43
ELECTED POSITION/Estero, Florida, 1 Sep 1904; Charles H. Hunt, Marshall
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: George and Charley Hunt, Jesse Putnam and Charley Faulkner were always popular as a singing quartet.--Page 83 Charley Hunt was the official hunter and brought in much of the wild game eaten.--Page 83. George Hunt played the organ or piano in the dining room and sang numerous songs and everyone would crowd around to listen.--Page 84 George Hunt rescued a sailing group.--Pages 84 and 85.
FLAMING SWORD, Vol.57, No.4, April 1943, p.10, Col.1 -- "Charles Hunt, who had been bedridden for ten years from paralysis, died on Monday, March 4. He was one of the oldest members of the Unity in point of residence, coming to Estero in 1894. Mr. Hunt was born in Delaware County, Iowa, April 21st, 1862, being nearly 81 years of age at the time of his death. With his brother, George, who died last June, he came to the Unity in Chicago from Oregon in 1893, having remained with the organization ever since. He was a great sportsman and in earlier years did a great deal of hunting in Lee County. He was a member of the Tamiami Trail Blazing expedition in 1923. So far as known, he left no near relatives, though there are many old friends who will miss him now that he has passed away. Burial was in the local cemetery.
Notes from Evelyn Horn: Brothers' George and Charlie Hunt Life-long members of the Koreshan Unity, joining in Chicago. They came with the Koreshan group to Estero in 1896. They were very strong believers in the teachings of Dr. Cyrus R. Teed, the founder. They both helped with the school in teaching the young boys and guiding them in Koresh's teachings. George did lectures on the scientific doctrine.
Charles was with the trail blazers in 1923-1928. They both were with the Koreshan survey at Gordon's Pass, Naples in 1897, proving the curvature of the earth with the rectilineator. The two Hunt brothers loved hunting, teaching the youth of the Unity how to hunt the Florida game, providing the Koreshan family with wild turkey, deer, wild fowl, duck, pond birds, and (curleu?). They often took large parties on hunting trips in the Everglades.
George clerked in the Koreshan Unity store and assisted at the Standard Oil Filling Station. They both participated in plays and readings at the Art Hall. George died June 16, 1942, at Tampa Municipal Hospital and was entered in the Koreshan cemetery. Charles died from a long illness March 4, 1943,--buried in K. U. cemetery. George served on the Koreshan Unity board for many years from 1909-?. The Hunt brothers were tall, and of medium build, brown hair, blue eyes and very neat in their person. They dressed in the everyday khaki work
clothes and wore boots. They lived above the old K. U. store building.
THE AMERICAN EAGLE; October 1990; Vol. 75; Page 5: Koreshans Made Trek; "On April 4, they picked up four men at Estero. They were: Koreshans Frank S. Lewis (the only Trail Blazer to keep a daily record of their cross-the-Everglades odessy), Alfred Christensen, Charles Hunt and Allen Andrews, editor of The American Eagle, the Koreshan newspaper.......