George Purdy Hunt

George Purdy Hunt was born around 1836 in England. He eventually immigrated to America and settled in New York City. He earned a living as a machinist. He attended the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and an official there reported that he “passed regularly his examinations in the classes in Mechanical Drawing & Mathemat[ics].”

He joined the United States Navy during the Civil War, receiving an appointment as a 3^rd assistant engineer in July 1861. He was promoted to 2^nd assistant engineer in 1863 and then to 1^st assistant engineer in 1866. His commanders praised the “faithfulness and the attitudes which [he] displayed in the performance of [his] duties while under sudden & trying emergencies.”

He married Cordelia Eames on December 11, 1865, and they had at least three children: Alice, born around 1867; Francis, born on May 23, 1870; and George, born on December 10, 1876. They lived in Charleston, Massachusetts, until the 1870s, when they moved to New Jersey and then to Erie, Pennsylvania. He remained in the navy, and he eventually earned a promotion to chief engineer. He died of gastralgia on board the steamship Catalonia on April 5, 1887, en route from Liverpool, England, to Boston, Massachusetts.

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Hunt, George Purdy

1836

1887-04-05

Conflict Side: Union
Role: Sailor
Rank in: 3rd Assistant Engineer
Rank out: 1st Assistant Engineer
Rank highest: 1st Assistant Engineer
Gender: Male
Race: White

Documents - Records: 72

(11557) [associated with, writer] ~ George P. Hunt Letters of Recommendation, May 1861
(11558) [recipient] ~ Gideon Welles to George P. Hunt, 3 July 1861
(11559) [recipient] ~ Gideon Welles to George P. Hunt, 20 January 1862
(11560) [recipient] ~ Hiram Paulding to George P. Hunt, 12 January 1864
(11561) [recipient] ~ Stephen B. Luce to George P. Hunt, 16 December 1876
(11562) [recipient] ~ Richard W. Thompson to George P. Hunt, 8 November 1880
(11563) [recipient] ~ John W. Philip to George P. Hunt, 21 January 1882
(11564) [recipient] ~ Thornton A. Jenkins to George P. Hunt, 18 November 1865
(11565) [recipient] ~ William A. Morgan to George P. Hunt, 20 November 1876
(11566) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 17 January 1881
(11567) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 29 November 1880
(11568) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Francis E. Hunt, 27 March 1881
(11569) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 29 March 1881
(11570) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 4 July 1881
(11571) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 13 July 1881
(11572) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 13 August 1881
(11573) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 29 August 1878
(11574) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 9 October 1881
(11575) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 19 October 1881
(11576) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 23 November 1881
(11577) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 25 November 1881
(11578) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 26 November 1881
(11579) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 1881
(11580) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 31 December 1881
(11581) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 5 March 1882
(11582) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 13 April 1882
(11583) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 9 May 1882
(11584) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 10 May 1882
(11585) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 20 May 1882
(11611) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt Diary
(11612) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to John W. Philip, 26 April 1882
(11613) [recipient] ~ William E. Chandler to George P. Hunt, 1 June 1882
(11614) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 5 September 1882
(11615) [recipient] ~ George (?) to George P. Hunt, 6 October 1882
(11616) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 21 October 1882
(11617) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 15 November 1882
(11618) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 25 November 1882
(11619) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Child, 15 December 1882
(11620) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 23 December 1882
(11621) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 26 December 1882
(11622) [associated with] ~ William E. Chandler to Unknown, 19 February 1883
(11623) [associated with] ~ William E. Chandler to Unknown, 19 February 1883
(11624) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 9 March 1883
(11625) [recipient] ~ Richard W. Thompson to George P. Hunt, 9 June 1877
(11626) [recipient] ~ John G. Walker to George P. Hunt, 13 March 1883
(11627) [recipient] ~ William D. Whiting to George P. Hunt, 9 November 1880
(11628) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 24 March 1883
(11629) [recipient] ~ John G. Walker to George P. Hunt, 6 April 1883
(11630) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 13 February 1884
(11633) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 8 October 1884
(11634) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 8 December 1884
(11635) [recipient] ~ Charles M. Shelley to George P. Hunt, 18 July 1885
(11636) [recipient] ~ George P. Hunt Receipt, 19 March 1886
(11637) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., undated
(11638) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 3 August 1886
(11639) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 22 August 1886
(11640) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 24 August 1886
(11641) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 10 September 1886
(11642) [associated with] ~ "Westward Ho," 20 September 1886
(11643) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 10 October 1886
(11644) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 27 September 1886
(11645) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 26 October 1886
(11646) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 27 October 1886
(11647) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to George P. Hunt Jr., 28 October 1886
(11648) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 21 November 1886
(11649) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Alice M. Hunt, 26 November 1886
(11650) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 26 November 1886
(11651) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 9 December 1886
(11652) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 22 December 1886
(11653) [writer] ~ George P. Hunt to Cordelia Eames, 29 December 1886
(11654) [recipient] ~ George T. Davis to George P. Hunt, 5 February 1887
(11655) [recipient] ~ Unknown to George P. Hunt, 1 November 1892

People - Records: 5

(4156) Hunt, George Purdy is the [parent of] (4165) Hunt, Alice M.
(4156) Hunt, George Purdy is the [parent of] (4166) Hunt, Francis E.
(4156) Hunt, George Purdy is the [parent of] (4167) Hunt, George Purdy Jr.

(4186) Eames, Cordelia is the [wife of] (4156) Hunt, George Purdy
(5587) Eames, Mehitable is the [parent-in-law of] (4156) Hunt, George Purdy

Places - Records: 1

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SOURCES

1870 and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, available from Ancestry.com; Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Boston (MA) Post, 11 April 1887; George P. Hunt Diary, DOT0172.009

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