Levi Hunter

Male10 May 1834–31 December 1882

Brief Life History of Levi

When Levi Hunter was born on 10 May 1834, in Meigs, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Hunter, was 36 and his mother, Marina Blake, was 32. He lived in Logan Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 31 December 1882, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

William Hunter
1797–1877
Marina Blake
1802–1880
Anderson Hunter
1822–1849
Laura A Hunter
1824–1824
Elizabeth Hunter
1830–1830
William H. Hunter
1824–1861
William Walter Hunter
1826–1909
Robert Tate Hunter
1832–1863
Elijah Hunter
1834–1882
Levi Hunter
1834–1882
John H Hunter
1836–1917
Casper Hunter
1839–1862
Joseph Hunter
1841–1863
Sarah Jane Hunter
1844–1901

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World Events (6)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

Age 1

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 2

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 28

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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