- Gender
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Hunter, Edward
Biography
22 June 1793–16 Oct. 1883. Farmer, currier, surveyor, merchant. Born at Newtown Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Edward Hunter and Hannah Maris. Volunteer cavalryman in Delaware Co. militia, 1822–1829. Served as Delaware Co. commissioner. Moved to West Nantmeal Township (later Wallace Township), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, 1827. Married Ann Standley, 30 Sept. 1830, at Chester Co. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Hyde, 8 Oct. 1840, at West Nantmeal Township. Appointed herald and armor bearer in Nauvoo Legion, Sept. 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, summer 1842. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Housed JS secretly, Sept. 1842. Member of Nauvoo City Council. Regent of University of Nauvoo, 1844–1846. Following murder of JS in Carthage, Hancock Co., 1844, escorted bodies of JS and Hyrum Smith into Nauvoo and helped bury them privately. Ordained a high priest by Brigham Young, before Nov. 1844, at Nauvoo. Served as bishop of Nauvoo Fifth Ward, 1844–1846. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake City, 1847. Served as presiding bishop of church, 1851–1883. Died at Salt Lake City.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appointments of Shadrach Roundy and Others, 9 September 1842, Draft
- Bill from George W. Harris and Others, circa 30 January 1843
- Bill, 8 February 1845–A
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Deed from Edward and Ann Standley Hunter, 17 February 1843
- Deed to Edward Hunter, 13 September 1842
- Deed to Edward Hunter, 18 September 1841
- Deed to Edward Hunter, 23 September 1843
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Tubbs
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 May 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 24 April 1843
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 August 1841
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter to Editor, 22 January 1840
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 21 December 1841
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 26 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letterbook 2
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointments of Edward Hunter and Others, 1 June 1843
- Minute Entry, Motion, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 1 June 1843
- Minutes, 1 June 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 10 June 1843
- Minutes, 10 June 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 12 March 1842
- Minutes, 12 October 1844
- Minutes, 12 October 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 November 1842
- Minutes, 14 October 1843
- Minutes, 29 April 1844
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 July 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, 9 September 1842
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 1843]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Oath from Edward Hunter, 8 June 1843
- Oath from Joseph Young and Edward Hunter, 26 September 1842
- Pay Order to Edward Hunter for Mr. More, 11 January 1844
- Pay Order to Edward Hunter, 1 August 1842
- Promissory Note to Edward Hunter, 10 April 1843
- Promissory Note to Edward Hunter, 13 May 1843
- Promissory Note to Edward Hunter, 30 August 1843
- Receipt to Edward Hunter, 26 October 1841
- Receipt to Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841–A
- Receipt to Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841–B
- Receipt to Edward Hunter, 28 October 1841–A
- Report of Committee, 29 September 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 29 September 1842–B
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843