FOURTH GENERATION

123. Melville Cox Hunter was born on 9 Jul 1838 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He appeared on the census on 23 Aug 1850 in District #1, Todd County, Kentucky. ⁽⁴⁵²⁾ He appeared on the census on 27 Jul 1870 in Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky. He appeared on the census on 2 Jun 1880 in District #5, Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.⁽⁴⁵³⁾ He appeared on the census on 26 Jun 1900 in District #5, Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky. ⁽⁴⁵⁴⁾ He appeared on the census on 3 Apr 1910 in District #5, Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky. ⁽⁴⁵⁵⁾ He appeared on the census on 3 Jan 1920 in District #1, Montgomery County, Tennessee. He died on 26 Jun 1921 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. ⁽²²¹⁾ He was buried in Randle Cemetery, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, Page 325. (Trenton Precinct)

MELVILLE C. HUNTER, Trenton, Ky., is a native of Robinson County, Tenn., where he was born July 9, 1838, and removed to Todd County, Ky., in 1848, and has since retained his residence here. He is the son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Moody) Hunter; the former died in 1848, and the latter in 1849, in Montgomery County, Tenn. Their offspring are: Melville C., as above, Virginia (Carnall), Medora (Gossitt) and Benjamin F. Hunter. October 23, 1861, Mr. Melville C. Hunter was married to Miss Izetta, daughter of Thomas and Fannie (Stout) McQuary, of Todd County, Ky., and to them have been born: William W., Frank and James S. Mr. Hunter by vocation is a farmer, owning ninety-seven acres of good and valuable land, in fine condition, which he is successfully cultivating in the staple crops of the country. In religion he is a Methodist.

He was married to Izetta McQuary (daughter of Thomas Baines McQuary and Francis "Fannie" Stout) on 13 Oct 1860 in Todd County, Kentucky. Izetta McQuary was born in 1836 in Kentucky. She died about 1881. Melville Cox Hunter and Izetta McQuary had the following children:

507 i. William W. Hunter was born on 18 Aug 1861 in Kentucky. He appeared on the census on 20 Apr 1910 in District #5, Todd County, Kentucky. ⁽⁴⁵⁶⁾ He appeared on the census on 13 Jan 1920 in District #5, Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.⁽⁴⁵⁷⁾ He died on 13 May 1935 in Christian County, Kentucky.⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ He was buried in McCreary Farm Cemetery, Todd County, Kentucky.
508 ii. Frank Hunter was born in 1863 in Kentucky. He appeared on the census on 2 Jun 1880 in Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.
+509 iii. James S. Hunter.

He was married to Jennie Dow Robinson (daughter of James R. Robinson and Julia A. Taylor) on 20 Jan 1883 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Jennie Dow Robinson was born on 29 Nov 1863 in Todd County, Kentucky. She died on 12 Jan 1890.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Randle (daughter of Henry Randle and Gabrella Harrison) on 14 Jan 1891. Mary Elizabeth Randle was born on 29 Nov 1852 in Kentucky. She appeared on the census on 4 Apr 1930 in District #1, Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died on 13 Dec 1935 in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ She was buried in Randle Cemetery, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Melville Cox Hunter and Mary Elizabeth Randle had the following children:

+510 i. Una Elizabeth Hunter.
+511 ii. Joseph Melville Hunter.