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ALFRED A. HUNT
Well known in the commercial circles of the southwest and a man who could always be counted upon to use his influence for the moral uplift of his community was the late A. A. Hunt, of Los Angeles. He was born on July 12, 1862, in Douglasville, Texas, a son of William Henry Dickinson and Alice (Rose) Hunt, both of whom were natives of Georgia. William H. D. Hunt was married in Georgia and when a young man moved into Texas where he became owner of a large plantation and had many slaves to operate the property. He became one of the wealthy men of the south as wel as a large farmer and wielded a strong influence for good in his state. He enlisted as a captain in the Confederate army at the time of the war between the north and south. Both he and his wife died in Douglasville.
A. A. Hunt attended the public schools in Texas and a business college in St. Louis, Missouri. Upon his return from school he entered into business in Paris, Texas. Mr. Hunt was anxious to enlarge his acquaintance and he later entered the employ of a large wholesale grocery firm of Fort Worth, Texas, as a traveling salesman. As his acquaintanceship grew and he had accumulated some money, he left the road and entered into the general merchandise business on his own account in Fort Worth, Texas, purchasing the interest of one of his employers. With the passing of the years his business grew in proportions until it was recognized as one of the largest concerns of its kind in that part of Texas and he gave employment to a large number of people in the various departments until Mr. Hunt disposed of his interests to organize the Hunt-Hawes Wholesale Grocery Company, continuing until 1913, when he sold out to locate in Los Angeles. Soon after settling here he resumed the wholesale grocery business under the name of the Stetson-Barrett Company, and continued to develop a very successful enterprise until 1921, when he retired to private life.
On April 30, 1902, A. A. Hunt was united in marriage to Gladys Adele Steinfeldt, a native of Texas and a daughter of Henry and Charlotte (Fodde) Steinfeldt. Her father was born in Germany and when a lad in his teens accompanied an uncle to America. They made the trip from Germany in a sailing vessel and he soon joined a brother in California. He eventually settled in St. Louis, Missouri, and still later in Fort Worth, Texas, where he established a cold storage plant. He died in 1906. The mother died in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1926. Mrs. Hunt was educated in the Fort Worth public schools and attended Forest Park University in St. Louis, Missouri. She was reared and married in Fort Worth. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt there is one son, Alfred Henry Hunt, who was born August 9, 1904. He makes his home with his mother. He was educated in the public schools in Fort worth and Los Angeles and was graduated from the Harvard Military School of the latter place, and also from the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Science and his Master of Arts degrees. He later was a student in the University of Virginia and studied law at Stanford University. A. A. Hunt was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks lodges, was a democrat in his political convictions, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. While he never neglected the duties of citizenship his happiest hours were passed at the family fireside with his wife and son and a few intimate friends. The family home is 351 South Serrano avenue, Los Angeles.
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10-11-12 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: California
of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 361-362,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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