Descendants of George Kieffer and Ancestors of Craig Kieffer

Edward Hunt¹

• Birth: Edward Hunt was born on 21 August 1870 in Wabash, Indiana.¹
• Marriage: He married Minnie May Keefer, daughter of George H. Keefer and Mary Allerton, on 13 May 1897 in Huntington County, Indiana.²
• Census: The 1900 census listed Minnie and Edward Hunt in Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana. Their household at 30 Bent Street consisted of (all born in Indiana):
  1. Edward Hunt, born August 1870, 29, married 3 years, renting home
  2. Minnie Hunt, wife, born October 1875, 24, mother of 1 child, 1 child living
  3. Nova Hunt, daughter, born May 1898, 2.³
• Census: The 1910 census listed Edward and Minnie Hunt in Cambridge City, Jackson Township, Wayne County, Indiana. Their household consisted of (all born in Indiana):
  1. Edward W. Hunt, 39, carpenter for Penn Railroad
  2. Minnie R. Hunt, wife, 34
  3. Nova L. Hunt, daughter, 11
  4. Donald B. Hunt, son, 9.⁴
• Census: The 1920 census listed an Edward and Minnie Hunt renting a residence at 18 20th Street, Richmond City, Wayne County, Indiana. Their household consisted of:
  1. Edward I. Hunt, 52, birthplace Indiana, father's birthplace North Carolina, mother's birthplace Indiana, foundry superintendent
  2. Minnie Hunt, wife, 50, birthplace Indiana, father's birthplace Ohio, mother's birthplace Indiana
  3. M. Schisslar, female, boarder, 73, birthplace Pennsylvania, no occupation
  [This may or may not be Edward Hunt and Minnie (Keefer) Hunt, but the information is listed for future research.].⁵
• Census: The 1920 census listed Marie Correll with her parents in Huntington City, Huntington County, Indiana. The household consisted of (all born in Indiana):
  1. Henry Correll, 4_, renting residence, manager at ____
  2. Cora Correll, wife, 45, no occupation
  3. Marie Correll, daughter, 26, bookeeper at ____.⁶
• Census: The 1930 census listed Edward and Minne Hunt renting a residence at 1126 Middle Street, Wabash City, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana. Their household consisted of (all born in Indiana):
  1. Edward Hunt, 59, age 28 at first marriage, both parents born in Indiana, no occupation
  2. Minnie Hunt, wife, 54, age 32 at first marriage, both parents born in Indiana, no occupation
  3. Margaret Hunt, mother, 78, widow, age 19 at first marriage, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Indiana, no occupation.⁷
• Death: Edward Hunt died on 4 June 1948 in Andrews, Huntington County, Indiana, at age 77.¹
• Obituary: On 6 June 1948 Edward Hunt's obituary was published in Huntington County, Indiana: "Edward P. Hunt, 77, Andrews, died at 7 p. m. Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank Huston, Andrews, after a serious illness of three months during which he was bedfast. He had been in failing health for seven years. Mr. Hunt was born August 21, 1870, in Wabash, to Marion and Margaret Ridgway Hunt and was married to Miss Minnie Keefer of Huntington. Surviving are the widow, the daughter at whose home he died; a brother Rex Hunt, Atlanta, Ind., and five sisters, Mrs. Mary Gardner, Miami, Fla., Mrs. Mina Gerard and Mrs. Fred Gibson, Atlanta, Ind., Mrs. Bessie Donk, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Dorothy Dean, Richmond, Ind. Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death. Mr. Hunt was a member of the Christian church at Parker City, Ind. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Monday at the Metz funeral home in Andrews with the Rev. George Manley, pastor of the Andrews Methodist church officiating, and interment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery west of this city."¹
• Burial: He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Huntington County, Indiana.¹