Eighth Generation

245. Jeptha Smith HUNT⁵⁶ was born on 8 August 1829 in IN.⁵⁶ He died on 10 November 1906 in Oakland, Douglas Co., OR.⁵⁶ He was living with his sister and her husband, Nicholas and Rebecca (Hunt) Smith in the 1850 census of Indiana. He moved to Oregon in 1852, returned to Richmond, IN to marry Nancy, then lived in Oakland, OR.

Jeptha Smith HUNT and Nancy Jane SHERRY were married on 6 November 1873 in Wayne Co., IN.⁵⁶ They⁵⁶ appeared in the census in 1880 in Calapooia, Douglas Co., OR.¹⁰⁴ Jeptha S. HUNT Self M M W 50 IN Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Nancy J. HUNT Wife F M W 39 IN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: IN
Walter S. HUNT Son M S W 2 OR Fa: IN Mo: IN
James L. HUNT Nephew M S W 26 IA Fa: IN Mo: IN Nancy Jane SHERRY was born in 1840.⁵⁶ She died in 1918 in Oakland, Douglas Co., OR.⁵⁶

Jeptha Smith HUNT and Nancy Jane SHERRY had the following children:

442	i.	Walter Sherry HUNT56 was born in 1877 in OR.56,104 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Calapooia, Douglas Co., OR.104 Walter S. HUNT Son M S W 2 OR Fa: IN Mo: IN He died in 1951.56 Never married.
443	ii.	Laura Ellen HUNT was born in OR.56
444	iii.	Chauncey Giles HUNT was born in OR.