After Union
Hunter was called in 1828 to serve as pastor of the Congregational Church of Fairfield, Connecticut. During his six-year tenure at Fairfield, he developed into a powerful preacher.
John Hunter married Julia Maria Judson in 1830. Julia was a well-educated member of a prominent Stratford, Connecticut, family. She was born on January 11, 1811 in Stratford to Daniel and Sarah Judson. Julia graduated from Troy Female Seminary in 1827. John and Julia Hunter had nine children, including Daniel Judson Hunter, Julia E. Hunter, Kate P. Hunter, James Hunter, and Mary H. Hunter and four others.
John Hart Hunter went on to serve as pastor of churches at West Springfield, Massachusetts, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Nanville, Kentucky.
In 1851, Hunter moved west to Missouri with his son James, age 19, in hopes of improving the financial situation of his growing family. They had hoped to profit from land that Hunter had bought several years earlier. Hunter put the land to work for industrial purposes rather than simple farming. He later traded the land in Missouri for deeds to land in Texas. John Hart Hunter died of Congestion of the Lungs on February 12, 1872, at City Hospital in Galveston, Texas. He was buried the next day, February 13, 1872 in Galveston's Potter's field which is known today as Municipal Cemetery located at 61st Street and Avenue T 1/2.
Julia Maria Judson Hunter died at the age of 95 on Saturday, October 14, 1905 at her home at 62 W 93rd Street in New York City. Prior to her death, Julia had been instrumental in campaigning for her late friend Emma Willard's induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. John and Julia's son Daniel Judson Hunter died at the age of 62 on February 2, 1907 at his home in New York.
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