Larkin Wesley Hunt



Contributed by: G. & L.M Vanwijnsberghe-Hunt






My ggrandfather was Larkin Wesley Hunt,  he was born at Louisiana, Mo Oct. 18, 1836, the son of Melissa 
Callaway and Wesley Hunt. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a surgeon in the Confederate 
Army and served with Cap. Dave Craig of Callaway Co., Mo., under the command of Gen. John B. Clark. 
Dr. Hunt was in the Battle of Moore's Mill, Callaway Co., Mo., on Aug. 28, 1862, and attended the wounded 
for four days and nights without sleep or rest. On Nov. 4, 1862, he was wounded and relieved of his duties 
by Gen. Clark.". Following the 1860 census, Larkin lived in Callaway County  Mo. in 1860 in Calwood,  the 
site of the Moore's Mill battle. Maybe he took care of the wounded there near his house.

I found this information in "Some Kindred of Daniel Boone of St-Charles Co" by Lilian Oliver-Hays, page  185

Does anyone have further information on him?










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