Individual Details

Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of To-day and Also of the Past, Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago, 1905, Posted at U. S. Gen Web site for Des Moines County, Iowa. Ellison Smith was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Hunt, daughter of Jesse and Delinda (Kirkpatrick) Hunt. The father of Mrs. Smith was born June 20, 1807, at Knoxville, Tenn., whence he removed with his parents to Illinois when only five years of age. The family located in Bond county, where they engaged in farming, and where the young son was educated in the public school. Later he was employed upon the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, at which time his marriage took place, and he began independent farming operations in Illinois. This he continued until 1834, when he removed to Iowa, choosing a location at what was then known as Flint Hills, and is now included within the corporate limits of the city of Burlington. There he purchased the farm which is at present occupied by his only son, John B., and there he resided continuously until his death, which occurred July 16, 1893.

Evansville Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana, Wednesday, July 19, 1893, Page 3, Col. 3: Jesse Hunt, one of southeastern Iowa's oldest pioneers and a wealthy farmer of Des Moines county, died at the age of 86, leaving many relatives in Iowa and Illinois.

Birth	20 Jun 1807	Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee
Marriage	8 Apr 1829	Bond Co., Illinois - Sarah Delinda Kirkpatrick
Death	16 Jul 1893	Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa
Burial		Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa

Spouse

Sarah Delinda Kirkpatrick (1808 - 1871)