SIXTH GENERATION

32. Isaac HUNTER was born in 1804 in , Madison, Kentucky.

He was married to Malinda G. MARTIN (daughter of Henry MARTIN and Mary SULLIVAN) on 17 Apr 1835 in , Gibson, Indiana. Malinda G. MARTIN was born in 1815 in , Gibson, Indiana. Isaac HUNTER and Malinda G. MARTIN had the following children:

121 i. Henry H. HUNTER was born in 1837 in Columbia, Gibson, Indiana. He served in the military between 1861 and 1864. Co. F, 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Captured during the battle of Chickamauga, died at Andersonville Prison.
From Andersonville Prison Records:
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: F
Regiment: 42
State: IN
Branch of Service: INFANTRY
From regt. history online http://www.19thalabama.org/42ndind.html :
Chronology of Battles of the 42nd Indiana Volunteers
1861
Mustered-in Oct 9, Camp Vanderburg (Evansville, IN)
1862
Wartrace, TN
Perryville, KY
Murfreesboro, TN
1863
Elk River, TN
Chickamauga, GA
Lookout Mountain, GA
Missionary Ridge, GA
1864
Ringgold, GA
Rocky Face Ridge, GA
Resaca, GA
Altoona Mountains, GA
Kennesaw Mountain, GA
Chattahoochee River, GA
Peachtree Creek, GA
Atlanta, GA
Jonesboro, GA
1865
Savannah, GA
Charleston, SC
Averysboro, NC
Bentonville, NC
Mustered-out July 21,1865, Louisville, KY

The 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service on October 9, 1861 at Camp Vanderburg, near Evansville, IN. The regiment served in the XIVth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, from Kentucky to North Carolina and was in Sherman's "March to the Sea." The command was mustered out in Louisville, KY on July 21, 1865, having been in service 3 years, 8 months, and 11 days. From beginning service to muster-out, there were 1475 men in the rank and file of which 218 were discharged from time to time for disability, and 629 killed, wounded, or captured.

He died on 13 Sep 1864 in Andersonville, Macon, Georgia. Note from Andersonville Prison Records:
Code No.: 18681
Grave No.: 8681
Last Name: HUNTER
First Name: HENRY H.
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: F
Regiment: 42
State: IN
Branch of Service: INFANTRY
Date of Death: SEP. 13, 1864
Cause of Death: SCORBUTUS
Remarks: H. H. HUNTER [2]; H. HUNTER, p. 10 [3]
Reference:
Place Captured:
Date Captured:
Alternate Names:
More Information Available: NO
Unmarried.
122 ii. William M. HUNTER was born in 1839 in Columbia, Gibson, Indiana. He served in the military between 1861 and 1864. Civil War, Also in Company F, 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Died at Perryville, Kentucky of Typhoid while in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound received at the battle of Perryville. He died on 13 Sep 1864 in Perryville,, Kentucky.
123 iii. Mary Ann HUNTER was born in 1840 in Columbia, Gibson, Indiana.
124 iv. James Middleton HUNTER was born in 1842 in Columbia, Gibson, Indiana. He died on 4 Sep 1864 in Andersonville, Macon, Georgia. Note, source says all three sons died during the war. Their names are inscribed on a monument in Oakland, Indiana. This may be the James. M. Hunter that died at Andersonville. From Andersonville Prison Records:
Code No.: 17790
Grave No.: 7790
Last Name: HUNTER
First Name: JAMES M.
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: F
Regiment: 42
State: IN
Branch of Service: INFANTRY
Date of Death: SEP. 04, 1864
Cause of Death: DEBILITAS
Remarks: J. M. HUNTER [2][3]; p. 10 [3]
Reference:
Place Captured:
Date Captured:
Alternate Names:
More Information Available: NO

He was married to Sarah M. MOORE on 28 Jul 1847 in , Lawrence, Illinois. Sarah M. MOORE was born in 1829 in ,, Illinois. Isaac HUNTER and Sarah M. MOORE had the following children:

125 i. George HUNTER was born in 1848 in , Wabash, Illinois.
126 ii. Mary HUNTER was born in 1850 in , Wabash, Illinois.
127 iii. Nancy HUNTER was born in 1852 in , Wabash, Illinois.
128 iv. Emily HUNTER was born in 1854 in , Wabash, Illinois.
129 v. Harriet HUNTER was born in 1856 in , Wabash, Illinois.
130 vi. City M. HUNTER was born in 1858 in , Wabash, Illinois.
131 vii. Clara HUNTER was born in 1859 in , Wabash, Illinois.

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