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This
book centers attention on
the three Hunter brothers
who were associated
closely in business and by
mutual affections, Robert
Dickie Hunter, William
Hunter and David Hunter.
It was prompted by loss of
the Hunter name among
their descendants as only
one son was born among
them to die unmarried;
and, by the compiler's
affection for his Hunter
mother and fascination
with her stories of her
father, William Hunter,
and of his two respected
brothers
With
the exception of Elizabeth
Hunter, half-sister to the
three brothers, and her
husband, Silas B. Funk,
little was found about the
other brothers and sisters
that does not appear in
the unpublished manuscript
of Margaret Lothian (Mrs.
David) Hunter, which is
included in this book.
That is regretted but
unavoidable if the
accomplished research was
ever to reach the printer.
The
genealogical passages,
sometimes labored and
always in detail boring to
the unrelated reader,
hopefully have been
compensated for by the
historical content of
early day cattle drives,
ranching, prospecting and
cattle commission
companies, ranging from
New Mexico Territory and
Texas to Montana and from
Colorado to Illinois; and,
of the unique mining town
of Thurber, Texas
Wm.
Hunter McLean
Fort Worth, Texas
February, 1977
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