RobertHunterII

and most popular men in Atchison County.\\

Source:
The History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri,

Robert Hunter\\
Male\\
Dec 21, 1841 (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada) - ?\\
Father: [[James Hunter]]\\
Mother: [[Elizabeth McKay]]\\
Married [[Charlotte E Buckham]] in 1868.\\
Daughter: [[Ella Hunter]]\\
Daughter: [[Drusa V Hunter]]\\
Daughter: [[Lula R Hunter]]\\
Daughter: [[May Hunter]]\\
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Settled in Atchison County, MO with his parents in 1847 and attended a log cabin school.\\
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Opened a general store in Rock Port with E.L. Clark in 1864 and became one of the wealthiest\\
and most popular men in Atchison County.\\
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Owned a home with 170 acres in Rock Port which was one of the largest houses in town, built\\
for a cost of eleven thousand dollars.\\
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He did not attend church services.\\
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In 1867 he was made a Master Mason in North Star Lodge, No. 157, in Rock Port.\\
Was also a member of Zerubbabel Royal Arch Chapter.\\
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Was a life long Republican and liberal, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.\\
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Source: The History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri,
National Historical Company, 1882, p. 696-697.