I got the genealogy bug from my Mother...and a distant cousin who had compiled a genealogical work for the IMUS family. "The Cunningham IMUS Family" works were an inspiration. Once I enrolled in Ancestry.com I have been able to branch out using the resources available to complete a great deal of work. I have found dead ends on my HUNT family side... having trouble with Thomas Hale HUNT. I am still trying to find documented information for Thomas Hale HUNT's parents... I have speculations but not documented facts, any persons who can document his parents are free to contact me at [email protected].

What I know and can document to date:

Thomas Hale HUNT served in the Mexican War and was wounded in Chihuaha, Mexico. He served in the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, Company B, under Captain Doniphan.
The pension request made was rejected due to his service being a "volunteer" status and thus not eligible for pension. Date of death as given in the pension request confirms 12 OCT 1890, death location: Los Angeles, CA.

Thomas Hale Hunt married Eleanor CRAWFORD on 22 JUN 1857, in Sacramento County, CA. Eleanor CRAWFORD HUNT was born on 31 JAN 1843 In LaFayett County, WI, [Louisianna Territory, present day MO] He [T.H.HUNT] received a Military Bounty Land Warrant, No. 93534, Act of 3 MAR 1855, issued to Thomas Hale HUNT, 23 MAY 1860, located in Stockton, CA. These are my gg-grand parents.

My GG Grandfather Peter B. Davis is a dead end as well. Peter Davis anscestors are difficult to trace. I have information they originated from Kentucky, but not proven to day.

Now the parts that can't be proven, documented or actually beleived, but I remain openmided.

There are other stories...I have a family story that states, "Thomas Hale HUNT was of Indian Blood [Cherokee] by his mother. His father was away at the time of the Indian Relocation [Trail of Tears] and his father "John HUNT" found him orphaned at the Oklahoma Territory holding areas. From there he was in his Father's care." This was the story told by my Aunt Dora Davis Sharp... she was a story teller and I seriouslydoubt the authenticity of this family tale to be anything other than Dora's vivid imagination. I can not confirm this story, and have not found anything of this nature that is confirmation of his Indian descent.

The BONNETT family traces back to the French Alpen regions of Italy...Tourin Italy. The family names are still alive and living in the same area of our beginnings. After spending hours on end at the Clayton Library in Houston Texas doing work on my Father's side of the family, that work was pre-internet days, I have to admit, the internet makes our research so much easier.

Feel free to make contact with me, I enjoy meeting and exchanging information.

One note: questions that come in need to have a little detail, I get a lot of questions that are being asked about collatoral descendents and without the upline or collatoral lines connecting them to me, it's really hard to answer your quesitions. So if you are asking me about a 4th cousin 3 times removed... give me a a bit of a map so I can figure out what you are talking about, a lot of questions go unanswered because the asker asumes I know who his/our cousin is off the top of my head... sorry bout that!

Rose Halpin

I got the genealogy bug from my Mother...and a distant cousin who had compiled a genealogical work for the IMUS family. "The Cunningham IMUS Family" works were an inspiration. Once I enrolled in Ancestry.com I have been able to branch out using the resources available to complete a great deal of work. I have found dead ends on my HUNT family side... having trouble with Thomas Hale HUNT. I am still trying to find documented information for Thomas Hale HUNT's parents... I have speculations but not documented facts, any persons who can document his parents are free to contact me at [email protected].

What I know and can document to date:

Thomas Hale HUNT served in the Mexican War and was wounded in Chihuaha, Mexico. He served in the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, Company B, under Captain Doniphan.
The pension request made was rejected due to his service being a "volunteer" status and thus not eligible for pension. Date of death as given in the pension request confirms 12 OCT 1890, death location: Los Angeles, CA.

Thomas Hale Hunt married Eleanor CRAWFORD on 22 JUN 1857, in Sacramento County, CA. Eleanor CRAWFORD HUNT was born on 31 JAN 1843 In LaFayett County, WI, [Louisianna Territory, present day MO] He [T.H.HUNT] received a Military Bounty Land Warrant, No. 93534, Act of 3 MAR 1855, issued to Thomas Hale HUNT, 23 MAY 1860, located in Stockton, CA. These are my gg-grand parents.

My GG Grandfather Peter B. Davis is a dead end as well. Peter Davis anscestors are difficult to trace. I have information they originated from Kentucky, but not proven to day.

Now the parts that can't be proven, documented or actually beleived, but I remain openmided.

There are other stories...I have a family story that states, "Thomas Hale HUNT was of Indian Blood [Cherokee] by his mother. His father was away at the time of the Indian Relocation [Trail of Tears] and his father "John HUNT" found him orphaned at the Oklahoma Territory holding areas. From there he was in his Father's care." This was the story told by my Aunt Dora Davis Sharp... she was a story teller and I seriouslydoubt the authenticity of this family tale to be anything other than Dora's vivid imagination. I can not confirm this story, and have not found anything of this nature that is confirmation of his Indian descent.

The BONNETT family traces back to the French Alpen regions of Italy...Tourin Italy. The family names are still alive and living in the same area of our beginnings. After spending hours on end at the Clayton Library in Houston Texas doing work on my Father's side of the family, that work was pre-internet days, I have to admit, the internet makes our research so much easier.

Feel free to make contact with me, I enjoy meeting and exchanging information.

One note: questions that come in need to have a little detail, I get a lot of questions that are being asked about collatoral descendents and without the upline or collatoral lines connecting them to me, it's really hard to answer your quesitions. So if you are asking me about a 4th cousin 3 times removed... give me a a bit of a map so I can figure out what you are talking about, a lot of questions go unanswered because the asker asumes I know who his/our cousin is off the top of my head... sorry bout that!

Rose Halpin