When Laura Clementine Hunter was born on 23 April 1860, in Wayne, Missouri, United States, her father, Robert Tate Hunter, was 28 and her mother, Caroline McGhee, was 19. She married George Fredrick Bennett on 29 February 1880, in Wayne, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Logan Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 14 July 1899, in Old Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Hickman Cemetery, St. Francois Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States.
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Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
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