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WARREN G. HUNT, of the firm of Hunt & Hallet, was born in Grafton county, New Hampshire, February 15, 1827. His father, Caleb Hunt, also a native of New Hampshire, was a mill owner and operator. He reared six sons and three daughters, and in 1854 died at the age of fifty-five years. Warren G. was the eldest of the family. He was educated at the common schools and learned the milling trade, as well as that of millwright. In 1856 he migrated to Vermont, and from there to New Haven, Connecticut, where he manufactured lumber seven or eight years. He subsequently located in New York city, and established a mahogany and rosewood business, and then returned to New Haven, whence, in 1865, he came to the oil regions. After a brief stay at President, where he was superintendent of the President Petroleum Company, he came to Oil City and for three years dealt successfully in lumber. At the end of that time the oil fever had fastened upon him, and betrayed him into its search through “wild cat” holes out of which came nothing but disappointment. Seven “dry holes “left him with one “dry” pocket-book, and the returned with increased wisdom unto lumber. Mr. Hunt is a Mason, and retains his membership in Hiram Lodge, No. 1, of Connecticut—the second established in the United States. He is also a member of the Baptist church. He was married in Monroe, New Hampshire, August 18, 1849, to a Miss Bennett, and has had four children: Irene, Mrs. J. C. Holmes; Etta, Mrs. T. H. Nicholson; Wealthy, Mrs. J. F. Hallett, and Warren G., Jr., who died at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1864.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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