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G. W. Hunt

                                                         Winfield, Kansas.
[Note to File: Had set Hunt up years ago as a Winfield Leader. Have revamped file so that I could concentrate on addresses used by Hunt, etc. Have placed him in Winfield file as a tailor. MAW]
Winfield 1873: G. W. Hunt, 45; spouse, Nancy H., 38.
Kansas 1875 Census, Tisdale Township, Cowley County, March 1, 1875.
Name                           age sex color    Place/birth Where from
G. W. Hunt                  47  m     w      Iowa                Iowa
N. H. Hunt             41    f      w      Ohio                 Iowa
W. Hunt                       21  m     w      Iowa                Iowa
A. M. Hunt             18  m     w      Iowa                Iowa
G. Hunt                          9  m     w      Iowa                Iowa
A. Hunt                          7  m     w      Iowa                Iowa
Tisdale Township 1878 or 1879: G. W. Hunt, 52; spouse, N. H., 43.
Winfield 1880: G. W. Hunt, 52; spouse, Nancy H., 43.
Winfield Directory 1880.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
HUNT, G. W., 9th avenue, between Main and Millington.
STAUFFENBERG, J. H., Main, e. s. between 10th and 11th avenues.
TIMME, T. R., over Post Office.
Winfield Directory 1885.
Hunt G W, merchant tailor, 120½ e 9th, res 719 e 4th.
                                               FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.
Winfield Messenger, July 26, 1872.
See G. W. Hunt’s advertisement in this issue. Mr. Hunt is a good workman, and should be liberally patronized. [Could not find ad.]
[G. W. Hunt was located one door south of Maris & Co. in November 1872. It appears that Maris & Co. were located at “No. 171 Main Street,” located on the corner of Main and 8th Avenue about this time.]
Winfield Messenger, November 1, 1872. Front Page.
TAILORING. The undersigned having permanently located in Winfield, one door south of Maris & Co.’s, is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line, in a manner and at prices that cannot fail to give Satisfaction. G. W. HUNT.
[G. W. Hunt moved in 1874 to 9th Avenue, two doors east of Mr. Saffold’s Office. In 1872 R. B. Saffold, attorney, was a partner of J. M. Alexander. They kept their office in the stone building on Ninth Avenue east of Main Street.]
Winfield Courier, May 15, 1874.
Hunt, the tailor, has moved his shop to 9th avenue two doors east of Mr. Saffold’s office.
Winfield Courier, January 6, 1876.
HUNT, G. W., is the best tailor in town.
Winfield Courier, September 26, 1878.

Notice the “ad” of G. W. Hunt, merchant tailor, in another column. Mr. Hunt keeps on hand the best assortment of samples in the city and is a good tailor.
G. W. HUNT, MERCHANT TAILOR, NINTH AVENUE, WINFIELD, KANSAS.
Keeps constantly on hand a full line of Samples. All persons desiring work done in the line will do well to call on him at his place of business, three doors east of post office.
Cutting done on short notice.
[COURIER ADVERTISERS.]
Winfield Courier, January 2, 1879.
HUNT, G. W., is a tailor who knows how to make a fit. He is one of the industrious men of this city and is always on hand and to be depended upon.
G. W. HUNT. MERCHANT TAILOR. Ninth Ave., Winfield, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, March 13, 1879.
    G. W. HUNT, MERCHANT TAILOR. NINTH AVENUE, WINFIELD, KANSAS.
Winfield Courier, May 6, 1880.
       G. W. HUNT, MERCHANT TAILOR, NINTH AVENUE, WINFIELD, KANSAS.
TWO DOORS EAST OF KADAU’S SHOE SHOP.
Winfield Courier, March 29, 1883.
G. W. HUNT, MERCHANT TAILOR, Ninth Ave., Winfield. Keeps constantly on hand a full line of samples. All persons desiring work done in his line will do well to call on him at his place of business, two doors east of Kadau’s shoe shop. Cutting done on short notice.
Winfield Courier, August 28, 1884.
G. W. HUNT, MERCHANT TAILOR, Ninth Ave., Winfield. Keeps constantly on hand a full line of samples. All persons desiring work done in his line will do well to call on him at his place of business, two doors east of Kadau’s shoe shop. Cutting done on short notice.
[John Osborne, shoemaker, takes over shop of G. W. Hunt, tailor. Hunt starts working for J. J. Carson & Co. Winfield Directory 1885: Carson J J & Co, clothing and gent’s furnishing, 812 Main.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 11, 1886.
John Osborne, the shoemaker, has moved his shop into the shop formerly occupied by Mr. Hunt, the tailor, next to J. J. Plank’s gunshop. Mr. Hunt is now with J. J. Carson & Co.

 

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