Henry Jackson Hunt (Mayor of Detroit)
| Henry Jackson Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Detroit | |
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In office 1826–1826 | |
| Preceded by | John R. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Kearsley |
| Personal details | |
| Died |
1826 Detroit, Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Ann MacIntosh |
Henry Jackson Hunt (frequently called "Henry I. Hunt")[1] was a politician and businessman from Detroit, Michigan.
Henry Jackson Hunt was born in New York, the first son of American Revolutionary War colonel Thomas Hunt.[1] He arrived in Detroit around 1800 and went into the mercantile and[1] real estate business, in some cases in partnership with Lewis Cass.[2] In 1811,[2] he married Ann MacIntosh, daughter of Angus MacIntosh, a well-to-do fur trader[3] and "Earl of Moy."[2] The couple had no children,[4] but Hunt's brother Samuel named his son after Henry.[5] The younger Henry Jackson Hunt went on to become a brigadier general in the American Civil War.
The elder Henry Jackson Hunt held various political offices in the city, including Colonel of the militia (1800- 1815), County Court Judge (1815), City Assessor (1817), Trustee of the University of Michigan (1821), and in 1826 Mayor of Detroit.[1] Hunt died while in office, on September 15, 1826.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Silas Farmer (1889), THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN, p. 1032
- 1 2 3 William Stocking; Gordon K. Miller (1922), Clarence Monroe Burton, ed., The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 2, The S. J. Clarke publishing company, pp. 1382, 1444
- ↑ Robert B. Ross (1907), The early bench and bar of Detroit from 1805 to the end of 1850, p. 10
- ↑ Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan (1884), Pioneer collections, Volume 5, The Society, p. 558
- ↑ "Henry Jackson Hunt". FindAGrave.com. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ↑ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical, 1907, p. 28
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by John R. Williams |
Mayor of Detroit 1826 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Kearsley |
