Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-28
VERMONT PHOENX OCTOBER 49, 1910
SAMUEL SHELLEY HuNr

Samuel Sbley Hunt. 72, prominently |
identified with the business life OF Brat
tleboro nearly 30 years, died very sud
denly early Tuesday evening. lie hau not
been feeling as well as usual several days
but had been at the factory Of the S. A.
smith company throughout each day as
had been his custom many years. HIS
death came without the slightest warn
ing and under circumstances Whlch
deeply affected his relatives and assoc
ciates Mr. Hunt drove regularly be-
tween his house and factory In his dally
trips He was seen shortly after
o'clock by two employees Of the factory
after he had harnessed his horse. lie
started to drive out Of the factory yard,
but probably feeling ndlsposed drove back
again. No one saw him after this, but he
undoubtedly sustained "a shock and fell
from his carriage. He frequently TOOK
| men from the factory to their homes, 80
! that his failure to reach home promptly
was not surprising for some time When
! Mrs Hunt became alarmed and sought
assistance there was some delay in find
! ing c. II. Boorn. a neighbor and employe
| at the factory and in reaching Frank l..
| Hunt by telephone. These two men
| started for the factory about the same
| time After some search they found MT
| Hunts horse and carriage in the upper
end Of the mill yard. few minutes
/ later the body OF Mr. Hunt was found
/ short distance from the automobile house
IT, p. Greene. who soon arrived, found
| that life had been extinct but a short
! time. The body was taken to Moran
Co.'S undertaking rooms and the follow
ing day was borne to the home on Green
street The funeral will be held IN the
home this afternoon a o'clock.
Mr. Hunt was one Of the five children
Of Hon. Samuel Lyman Hunt and Harriet
Sibley Hunt, and was born in Guilford
Centre August II. 1S3S His father, who
la NR
affairs and served in both branches OF
the Vermont legislature, died in Brattle-
boro April 3. 1892 and his mother died
in this town in May. 1858. Mr.. Hunt grew
to manhood in Guiford Centre. attend
ed the common and select schools Of his
native town and the high school in VIII
mlngton. After leaving school he as
sisted In the work on n farm which his
father owned He enlisted in Company
r Of the 10th Vermont regiment and
served nine months In the civil war. His
old comrades recall the courage which he
displayed when he insisted on leaving a
, sick bed to take his place with his com
| panv in the battle AZ Gettysburg. After
returning from the war MIR Hunt was
for some years engaged in the general
mercantile business I'm Guilford Centre as
partner with his uncle, the late 5. I.
Sibley. This was IT the period when the
Gulford mineral springs attracted health
seekers from all over the country and
the store Of tho FIRM did a thriving bust
b. ness In 1873 Mr. Hunt entered into a
partnership with his hrother-in-law. the
late $ A. smith. I'm Guilfori village,
where the latter had been manufa curing
! hahv carriages and tnvs several years.
/ The concern was an important one FOR
Guilford. employing about 30 hands. In
1881 tive business was moved from Gull
, ford to the sn-caled Rettng building on
Frost street en- Rraulehoro Here baby
b r7rriageS. rocking horses. TOW wagons,