Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family

Tyler records: " Sister Celia Hunt who often took nourishment and said comforting words to Joseph (17 year old, Mormon Battalion musician suffering from the ague, Joseph William Richards, brother of Apostle Franklin Dewey Richards), giving him the last food he ever ate, a few hours before his death, speaks of him as among the most noble young men she ever knew. Joseph never complained of his lot, he died November 21, 1846, four days after Captain Brown's company entered Pueblo. His death saddened the camp .(See Ricketts, page 29, 237)

These four days since their arrival had also been filled with "greetings which occured between comrades and old friends." Captain Higgins' company had been separated from the Battalion on September 16 at the Arkansas River, before the desert march into Santa Fe. Celia was pleased to meet William Decatur Kartchner and his wife Margaret Jane Casteel Kartchner with their infant daghter Sarah Ann Kartchner, who proved to be the first white child born in Colorado. From them she learned of the sad death of Milton Kelley, which occurred November 4, 1846, a little more than two weeks previous to their arrival. This was a blow to the Hunt family for Milton was their cousin. He was the son of Jefferson's older sister Jane Catherine Hunt Kelley, and had been the only one of Jefferson's people to accept the Gospel message he had taken them. His death was due to pneumonia taken from over exposure on a hunting expedition. Celia lost no time ging to the grief-stricken wife and being with her when she gave birth to her baby, soon after her husband's death."

Gilbert Hunt

Born: 11 April 1825

Married: Lydia Ardelicia Elinor Gibson on 23 April 1847 at Fort Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado

Died: 14 November 1858 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah

Nancy Ann Hunt

Born: 10 August 1827 at Springville, near Albion, Edwards, Illinois

Married: Edward B. Daley on 24 July 1846 at Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois

Died: December 26, 1920 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California

Marshall Hunt

Born: 12 April 1829 near Albion, Edwards, Illinois

Married: Sarah Ann Runyon 15 March 1851 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah

Died: 25 Jan 1915 at Taylor, Navajo, Arizona

Jane "Julia" Hunt

Born: 1 October 1831 Near Albion, Edwards, Illinois

Married: Sheldon Stoddard on March 1851 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Died: December 26, 1899 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California

John Hunt

Born: 9 March 1833 near Albion, Edwards, Illinois

Married: Lois Barnes Pratt on July 4, 1857 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California

Died: June 1, 1917 at Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona

Harriet Hunt

Born: 9 February 1835 near Albion, Edwards, Illinois

Married: John Mayfield on Jul 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Died: 10 April 1918 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California

Joseph Hunt

Born: 7 May 1837 at Far West< Caldwell, Missouri

Married: (1) Catherine Ann Connover 8 August 1857 (div) (Moroni Brown is her br-in-l); (2) Cynthia Adelaide Hammer Brown on 2 Nov 1879

Died: 2 Sep 1916 at Monticello, San Juan, Utah

Jefferson Hunt

Born: 1839

Infant

Died:

Hyrum Hunt

Born: 7 October 1840 near Far West, Adams County, Illinois

Married: (1) Emily Knowles Spring of 1858 Oxford, Bannock, Idaho; (2) Sarah Elizabeth Henderson early 1870 Oxford, Idaho

Died: December 25, 1880 at Oxford, Bannock, Idaho

Mary Hunt

Born: 12 July 1845 -twin at Bear Creek, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Married: George David Black Jr. 16 Feb 1861 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

Died: 29 September 1930 at Snake River Valley, Wilford, Fremont, Idaho

Parley Hunt

Born: 12 July 1845 -twin at Bear Creek, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Infant

Died: 1 January 1847 at Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado

Sources:

PAF - Archer files = Captain James Brown + (6) Mary McRee married first husband George David Black Sr. > George David Black Jr. + Mary Hunt < Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt + Celia Mounts or Mounce

Photos and some information from "Captain Jefferson Hunt of the Mormon Battalion" by Pauline Udall Smith, assisted by Alison Cornish Thorne, Ph.D. The Nicholas G. Morgan, Sr., Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1958. There exists a short sketch of each of Celia's children and each of their families within this book. If there is a call for them I will endeavor to add them to this site.

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, “The Mormon Battalion, U.S, Army of the West, 1846-1848”, 1996. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah. Page 29-30, 32, 233, 237, 344.

See "The History of Louisa Barnes Pratt- Mormon Missionary Widow and Pioneer" edited by S. George Ellsworth. This book was the winner of the Mormon History Association 1999 Best Documentary Award. Louisa is the mother-in-law of John Hunt above; also Louisa was a good friend of Abigail Smith Abbott Brown.

Additions, bold, [bracketed], some photos, etc., added by Lucy Brown Archer

Celia Mounts Hunt

Children of Captain Charles Jefferson Hunt and Celia Mounts Hunt

Gilbert Hunt

Nancy Ann Hunt

Marshall Hunt

Jane "Julia" Hunt

John Hunt

Harriet Hunt

Joseph Hunt

Jefferson Hunt

Hyrum Hunt

Mary Hunt

Parley Hunt

ORSON PRATT BROWN FAMILY UPDATES

ORSON PRATT BROWN 1863-1946

ORSON'S JOURNALS AND BIOGRAPHIES

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S PARENTS
- Captain James Brown 1801-1863

- Phebe Abbott Brown Fife 1831-1915

- Colonel William Nicol Fife - Stepfather 1831-1915

ORSON'S GRANDPARENTS

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S 5 WIVES

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S 35 CHILDREN

ORSON'S SIBLINGS from MOTHER PHEBE

ORSON'S 28 SIBLINGS from JAMES BROWN

ORSON'S 17 SIBLINGS from STEPFATHER FIFE

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S IN-LAWS

INDEX OF MORMON COLONIES IN MEXICO

INDEX OF MORMON MEXICAN MISSION

INDEX TO POLYGAMY IN UTAH, ARIZONA, MEXICO

INDEX TO MEX. REVOLUTION & THE MORMON EXODUS

INDEX OF SURNAMES

MAPS OF THE MEXICAN COLONIES

BROWN FAMILY MAYFLOWER CONNECTION 1620

BROWN's in AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783

BROWN's in AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

BROWN's in WARS AFTER 1865

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