When Francis Nelson Hunter was born on 15 November 1860, in Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel N. Hunter, was 40 and his mother, Mary Hilliard, was 40. He married Margaret Edith Haworth on 20 November 1884, in Beaver City, Furnas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Adams Township, Harper, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 16 December 1927, at the age of 67, and was buried in Willard Cemetery, Harper, Oklahoma, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Sumner, Kansas, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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