Hunt, John L. (John Laray), 1902-1998

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Biography

John L. Hunt (1902-1998) was a merchant in Arizona and Utah running trading posts.

John Laray Hunt, Jr. was born on August 25, 1902, in Fruitland, New Mexico to John Laray Hunt and Martha Hatch. He was the oldest of eleven children. He married Grace May Ellis on November 6, 1938, in Gallup, New Mexico. He was a merchant throughout Utah and Arizona with several trading posts. Hunt died on March 6, 1998, in San Juan, Utah.

Citation:

FamilySearch, Juine 26, 2024 (John Laray Hunt Jr.; b. August 25, 1902, in Fruitland, New Mexico; parents John Laray Hunt and Martha Hatch; oldest of eleven children; m. Grace May Ellis on November 6, 1938, in Gallup, New Mexico; merchant throughout Utah and Arizona with several trading posts; d. March 6, 1998, in San Juan, Utah)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John L. Hunt papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS SC 2076

Scope and Contents Collection includes correspondence, deeds, receipts, miscellaneous items, and typescripts of two oral histories. One interview was with John Hunt and was conducted by Mary Rusher for the Utah Historical Society Oral History Program on 16 July 1973. The other interview was with John Hunt and his wife, Grace, and was conducted by Samuel Moon on 17 July 1975. Most of the items deal primarily with John Hunt's business activities, while the oral histories relate to the history of the Blanding,...

Dates: 1936-1978

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Howard McGibbeny photographs of Navajo from Chilchinbito

Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233281986]

Identifier: MSS P 277

Scope and Contents

Collection includes five oversize photographs by J. H. McGibbony of Navajo from Chilchinbito collected by John L. Hunt. Materials dated 1930-1969.

Dates: approximately 1930-1969