San Francisco County
Biographies
DENIS D. HUNT
DENIS D. HUNT, A druggist of San Francisco,
who has achieved the highest success, was born in Utica, New
York, in 1843, and is a son of Dr. Harvey Hunt, who was also a
native of the Empire State.
The father immigrated to California in 1850 and
practiced his profession in Nevada City
until 1860, when he came to San Francisco.
After a few years his health failed and he returned to the East, where he died
in 1869. His wife, whose maiden name was Catharine Clapsaddle,
was a native of New York, and belonged to one of the oldest Families of that
State. Denis D. is the second of a family of five children, three of whom still
survive. He was educated in the common schools of Utica,
and at the age of sixteen years he came to California
with his parents. He assisted his father in their drug store in Nevada
City until he became of age, when
he embarked in the same business on his own account. In 1863 he was united in
marriage to Miss Helen Gage, a native of New York City.
They had three children born to them. In 1880 Mrs. Hunt died, and in 1882 Mr.
Hunt was married to Miss. Margarita Bevell, of San
Francisco; two children have been born to this union.
It
was in 1879 that Mr. Hunt established his business on Fifth
Street near Folsom. He is now (1891) about to
remove to more commodious quarters, which his large patronage demands, at the
northeast corner of fifth and Folsom streets; here he will have every facility
for supplying the wants of his customers, and we bespeak for him a continuance
of the prosperity which has attended his every
undertaking.
He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the American order of Foresters;
he has recently represented the latter lodge at the Grand Lodge held in the
east. In Politics he is an ardent Republican, and in 1890 he was elected a City
Supervisor from his ward, a position he still fills. He is Chairman of the
Building Committee, is a member of the Hospital, Police, and the Water
Committee, and is doing all in his power to render valuable service to the
city. He is a man of the highest business qualifications, and a zealous
supporter of all home industries.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 520, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Kim Buck.
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