Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 466.
 
WILLIAM H. HUNTER

     son of James and Sarah Ide Hunter, mine operator, office, 13-14 Jamieson
building, was born in Marquette county, Wisconsin, May 17, 1850. In 1856 the
family moved to Buffalo county, that state, and there Mr. Hunter resided until
1884, engaged, after he became old enough, in farming and stock raising. He gave
special attention to the rearing of fine cattle and was eminently successful in
that business. In 1884, however, he came to Spokane county, purchased a
one-hundred-and-sixty acre farm on Moran prairie, and began making improvements
and building a comfortable home for himself and family.  He set out forty acres
of fruit trees and erected a fine house, a splendid barn and other buildings,
but in 1898 he moved into Spokane for the purpose of trying his fortunes in the
real estate business. He became so interested in mining that in 1899 he
abandoned the real estate entirely, and concentrated all his energies upon that
industry. At the present time he is engaged in developing several very
promising properties in the mining region tributary to this city. Mr. Hunter is
a man of great energy and enterprise, and possesses a degree of determination
which insures success in anything he undertakes. His mining ventures will be
carried to a successful issue, if that is within the range of human possibility,
under the circumstances. He was married while in Mondovia, Wisconsin, to Miss
Martha Warren, who died in Spokane in 1889, leaving six children, Grace, wife of
H. C. Phillips; Minnie; Luella, wife of Edward Murphy; William; James and
Nellie. He was again married in this city in 1894 to Mrs. Anna Fisher, and they
have had one child, Genevieve, deceased. Mr. Hunter's parents are both living in
Portland, Oregon, though both are advanced in age.


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