age 19, in hopes of improving the financial situation of his growing family. They had hoped to profit from land that Hunter had bought several years earlier. Hunter put the land to work for industrial purposes rather than simple farming. He later traded the land in Missouri for deeds to land in Texas. John Hart Hunter died of Congestion of the Lungs on February 12, 1872, at City Hospital in Galveston, Texas. He was buried the next day, February 13, 1872, in Galveston's Potter's field which is known today as Municipal Cemetery located at 61st Street and Avenue T 1/2. Julia Maria Judson Hunter died at the age of 95 on Saturday, October 14, 1905, at her home at 62 W 93rd Street in New York City. Prior to her death, Julia had been instrumental in campaigning for her late friend Emma Willard's induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. John and Julia's son Daniel Judson Hunter died at the age of 62 on February 2, 1907, at his home in New York. References External links 1872 deaths College fraternity founders 1807 births Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Union College (New York) alumni People from Fairfield, Connecticut Kappa Alpha Society