{"id":15684,"date":"2018-10-13T18:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/?p=15684"},"modified":"2022-02-09T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T23:12:06","slug":"brick-walls-post-3-rev-isaac-c-hunter-1798-1842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/brick-walls-post-3-rev-isaac-c-hunter-1798-1842\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Solved It: Brick Walls Post #3\u2013Rev. Isaac C. Hunter 1798-1842"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sometimes you search high and low and you find lots of information about your ancestor, but no proof <\/em>about their ancestry. Such is the case—so far—of Rev. Isaac C. Hunter for Diane Gould Hall at Michigan Family Trails<\/a>. The Reverend was a traveling preacher in the emerging Ohio and Michigan territories. He left traces of his ministry, but little record of his parentage for Diane to follow. Here’s what she’s done to solve it so far. Do you have any other connections or suggestions for her?<\/p>\n

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Bio for Isaac C. Hunter<\/u><\/b>
\nRev. Isaac C. Hunter is my 3rd great grandfather on my mother\u2019s side.  From all accounts he was born 30 Aug 1798 in Bellefonte, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.  By 1828 he had moved to Lawrence County, Ohio where he married Emily GILLEN on 11 Sept 1828.  They had 5 children: Susan, James, Martha, Isaac C. Jr. and John E.  Isaac was an itinerant preacher in the Ohio and Michigan territories.  He died 27 Jun 1842 in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio at age 43.<\/p>\n

Finding any records in Pennsylvania in those early years is not easy.  I\u2019ve not yet made a trip to Mifflin County.  However, I have been in contact with their historical society volunteers and they were not able to find anything about Isaac C. Hunter\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

By the 1830 census we find Isaac C. Hunter living in Burlington, Lawrence, Ohio with his family.  In the 1840 census he and his family are in Perry, Pickaway, Ohio.
\nHere are those census records:
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Rev. Isaac C. Hunter was a Methodist Episcopal Preacher.<\/strong>
\nQuite a lot has been written about the Rev. Isaac C. Hunter and his ministry.  He seems to have been quite well respected.<\/p>\n

A history of his ministry:<\/p>\n