Henry Jackson Hunt (politician)
Henry Jackson Hunt (frequently called "Henry I. Hunt")[1] was a politician and businessman from Detroit, Michigan.
Henry Jackson Hunt | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Detroit, second charter | |
| In office 1826–1826 | |
| Preceded by | John R. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Kearsley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1786 Watertown, New York |
| Died | September 15, 1826 Detroit, Michigan |
| Spouse | Ann MacIntosh |
Henry Jackson Hunt was born in Watertown, New York, in 1786, the first son of American Revolutionary War colonel Thomas Hunt.[2][1] He arrived in Detroit around 1800 and went into the mercantile and[1] real estate business, in some cases in partnership with Lewis Cass.[3] In 1811,[3] he married Ann MacIntosh, daughter of Angus MacIntosh, a well-to-do fur trader[4] and "Earl of Moy."[3] The couple had no children,[5] but Hunt's brother Samuel named his son after Henry.[6] The younger Henry Jackson Hunt went on to become a brigadier general in the American Civil War.
The elder Henry Jackson Hunt held various political offices in the city, including Colonel of the militia (1800- 1815), County Court Judge (1815), City Assessor (1817), Trustee of the University of Michigan (1821), and in 1826 Mayor of Detroit.[1] Hunt died while in office, on September 15, 1826.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Silas Farmer (1889), THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN, p. 1032
- ^ John Elliott Hunt (1978), The John Hunt Memoirs: Early Years of the Maumee Basin, 1812-1835, Maumee Valley Historical Society, p. 55
- ^ a b c William Stocking; Gordon K. Miller (1922), Clarence Monroe Burton (ed.), The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 2, The S. J. Clarke publishing company, pp. 1382, 1444
- ^ Robert B. Ross (1907), The early bench and bar of Detroit from 1805 to the end of 1850, p. 10
- ^ Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan (1884), Pioneer collections, Volume 5, The Society, p. 558
- ^ "Henry Jackson Hunt". FindAGrave.com. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical, 1907, p. 28, ISBN 9780598455529