Children of Jason Henderson Hunter

Jason Henderson Hunter's Children.

Jason Henderson Hunter's children are divided by several wives and lovers.   I will try to keep them in chronological order.

Jason Davis (abt 1839-1862) was an illegitimate son of Jason Henderson  Hunter and Catherine Davis.  Catherine sued Jason for Bastardy and won.  Jason Davis was born in 1839 and killed on the Battlefield of Manassa, Virginia,  25 March 1862.  He was about 23 years old.

Seth Davis (abt 1842 - ?  ) was also an illegitimate son of Jason Henderson Hunter and Catherine Davis.  Again,  Catherine sued for Jason for Bastardy and won.  Apparently Jason didn't learn a lesson the first time.  The fate of Seth is unknown.

William A. Trammell/Hunter.    William was the fruit of Jason Henderson Trammell/Hunter and  Rebecca Trammell.  William is an ancestor and has his own section.

Jason Henderson Hunter and his first wife had the following children:

Margaret Eunice J. Hunter (abt 1845 -   ?    ).   Is Margaret the same as the Margaret  that is the daughter of Emma the slave?

Andrew John Hunter (1846 - 1896).  John and his wife Amanda raised his late sister Mary's daughters Margaret and Ida Mae Julian.  They were considered very austere guardians.  Apparently, they could not accept Mary's late husband (John Julian) being Jewish.

     John Julian cultivated a ranch in Idaho.  Apparently, John Hunter kept the proceeds from the sale of the ranch after his brother-in-law died, not handing it down to the proper heirs Margaret and Ida Mae.  He lived about 50 years and is buried in the Gainesville City Cemetery, Gainesville, Greene County, Ar.

Clarissa E. Hunter (abt 1849 -   ?     ).  1870 Greenville County, AR, Census, under occupation she is listed as "Taking care of father".

Eliza A. Hunter (abt 1854 -     ?   ).   Born in Bollinger County, Missouri.

Mary F. Hunter (abt 1856 - abt 1881).  It is not known for sure which daughter of Jason and Elizabeth Hunter is Margaret Hunter's mother.  It is probably Mary, because of according to Gladys Warren Willis, Margaret's mother married early. There fore,it is likely that Margaret's mother is probablyMary.  Mary may be the most likely, because she was eighteen when Margaret was born.

     Margaret's mother died when Margaret was only six years old and her sister, Ida Mae was only four.  Margaret (and presumably also her sister Ida Mae) went to live with, and were raised by, her Uncle John and Aunt Amanda.

                     - David Willis, 1999

 Mary married John C. Julian.   John was born in Kentucky and apparently died in Idaho.   John was Jewish and owned a big ranch in Idaho.

They had two daughters:

Margaret Julian

Margaret Canzadia Julian (1874-abt 1957).  Margaret was born in Greene County, Ark and died in Corpus Christi, Texas.  She live about 83 years.  Margaret married Judd Peter Warren (1871-1948).  Judd was born in Illinois and died in Uvalde, Texas.  Judd worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad, the same as his brothers.   He lived 76 years.  They had one daughter.

Ida Mae Jullian

Ida Mae Julian (1876 - ?  ).  She was living in San Francisco the last the family heard from her.  She married Rozelle Julienne.  The surname is ironically close in sound and spelling as Ida Mae's.  They had one son.

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This is guesswork:  In 1845 Jason borrowed money from Nicolas Woofin of Buncombe County, North Carolina.  He had to put up belongings as collateral.  An agent came to Jason's home to list his property.  Included in his property were three slaves.  A dark-skinned woman named Emma, 27 years old and her child yellow complexion named John, 4 years old, and another child. 

Dark skin mother and a yellow complexion child?  Yellow complexion seems to insinuate that John had a white father.  And he was born in about 1841, which was just before Seth Davis and William A. Trammell was born.

And  another child name Margaret , age one.  No reference was made to Margaret's complexion, which I assume it was normally black, not "yellow".  Which is interesting because listed as one of Jason's children on the 1850 Census of Macon County, is a child named Margaret that was 5 years old at the time they were enumerated, which is very close to the age of Margaret, the daughter of Emma the Slave.

It is believed that Jason's second wife's  name was Mary.   They had  2 children:

James T. Hunter (1865-1919).  James was born in Arkansas and died in Osawatomie, , Kn, at age 54. He married Mary Nowell.  

Secondly, he married Mary E. Horn,  20 May 1888, in Greene County, Arkansas, he was age 23.  

They had one daughter.

Changed named to James T. Wright because RR strike in Osawatomie, Kansas.  He was fired as a striker with the name James T. Hunter.  He changed his name to James T. Wright and was hired again.  He raised his family using their surname as Wright also.

Osawatomie, Kansas, was home to John Brown who, with his sons, with their raids, were beleived partially responsible for the start of the Civil War.

One night in the early 1980s I got a phone call from a man staying at a motel in town and he wanted to see me about James T. Hunter changing is name to James T. Wright to keep his name because of the railway strike.  I went to his motel room.  He was an elderly tall man who looked  as if he worked hard farming the land all his life .  His had his wife and grandson with him.  He was James T. Hunter's great grandson.  He wanted to know if I knew why he changed his name other than what I had,: to get his job back.  No, I didn't.  He said when James T. changed his names he also left  his wife and started over with her.  A new name, a new beginning.  I told him I had to be at work in about an hour, I could drop by the next morning and talk some more.  He said no, they would be on their way to Florida by the time I got off..

William T. Hunter (1866 -     ?   ).  William was born in Arkansas and that is all I have.

Thirdly, Jason Henderson Hunter married Sarah Jordan.  I think Sarah's maiden name  Jordan, but that was her previous married name because he came in the marriage with a daughter with the last name Jordan.  She was born in Tennessee.

They had  5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter:

Jason Henderson "Samp" Hunter, Jr.  (abt 1873-1920).  He was born in Arkansas and died in Osawatomie, , Kansas.  He lived about 47 years.  Samp married Lizzy and they had 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Samp married a second time to Unknown (Unknown to us).

Minnie T. Hunter (1875 -      ?     ).  Minnie was born in Arkansas and we have no more information about her.

General Robert Lee Hunter (1876 - abt 1936).    I wonder what he went by?  General?  Robert? Bob? Lee?  He was born in Arkansas and about 60 years later he  died in Maldon, , Mo.  He married Vola Davis (abt 1880-1822.  Viola lived about 42 years. 

They had 4 sons.

Avis Johnson " Hop" Hunter (abt 1879 - abt 1954).  Hop was born in Arkansas and died in Craighead, Arkansas.  He and his unknown wife had one sone.

Andrew Miller Hunter (1881 - 1950 ).  This is the second son of Jason named Andrew.    Usually when I see a child named the same as a sibling it would mean the first child by that name has died.  Not so in this case, his brother Andrew was alive.  This Andrew lived about 69 years.  He married  Nora Emily Davis (1890 - 1972),  She lived about 82 years.  They are buried  at Oaklawn Cemetery, along with their daughter and grandchildren.  I found their plot.

They had one daughter.