History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ;;^/A^^^,,. L ^/-^^^ UNIONTOWN BOROUGH. 3fil have been a man of marked characteristics, strongcommon sense, and, though not tall or large in stature,a man of great physical strength and courage, and,though of quiet temperament, admiringly knownamong his compeers as plucky Ike Hunt. How heWHS esteemed by his contemporaries may be under-stood by the fact that he was twice selected by largemajorities, county commissioner at the time when thecaucus system was not so much in vogue and so
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ;;^/A^^^,,. L ^/-^^^ UNIONTOWN BOROUGH. 3fil have been a man of marked characteristics, strongcommon sense, and, though not tall or large in stature,a man of great physical strength and courage, and,though of quiet temperament, admiringly knownamong his compeers as plucky Ike Hunt. How heWHS esteemed by his contemporaries may be under-stood by the fact that he was twice selected by largemajorities, county commissioner at the time when thecaucus system was not so much in vogue and so dom-inant as now and every one stood upon his merits. William was born in Dunbar township, AVhiteSchool District, Feb. 2,1836, some eight months beforeliis fathers death, and is the youngest of eight chil-dren. His mother, with the children, moved toUniontown, April, 1845, where she still (1882) residesat the age of eighty-seven. William attended thecommon school, and for a while Madison College,leaving which he entered upon learning the .jewelersand watch-repairers trade in 1850 as an apprentice ofHenry , o
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