Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• WWI Veteran
• Deceased
• QR Code
• US Army Air Corps or Forces
• Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
• RTF #1 (TVHOF: Remember Them Forever)
• Cemetery: Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
• PVT (Private)
• Victory Medal (WW I)
• 1-Alpha List

Bio:

Amos Levi Hunter

Personal information
Name: Amos Levi Hunter

Birth: 21 August 1895 (alternate dates: 25 August 1895, 23 August 1895)
Coryell, Coryell County, Texas

1900 – lived at Purdy, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, with parents and 3 siblings
1910 – lived in Young County, Texas, with parents and six siblings
1916 – 1918 – lived at Bradley, Grady County, Oklahoma
1929 – lived at Blanchard, Grady County, Oklahoma
1960 – lived at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Death: 05 March 1960 (alternate date: 05 April 1960)
Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Family: Parents: James Samuel Hunter [1869-1911, born Illinois]
and Minerva Moore (Burr) [1871-1972, born Texas]
Spouse: (1) Lula May White (Stuart) [1897-1929]; married
15 November 1916, Grady County, Oklahoma
(2) Bessie Jathina Martin [1907-2000]; married
12 November 1924, Jackson, Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma;
(3) Viola Iola Anderson [1912-1994]; married 14 March
1929, Blanchard, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Children: Neomi Ruth, Yvonne Von, L. V. Graham

Military Service
Military Branch: Army Air Force

Era/Service: World War I

Dates: Enlisted 19 September 1917
Discharged 28 May 1919
Private, Service Number R-2234883

Assignments: Headquarters Company, 327th Infantry
Departed Boston, Massachusetts, 01 May 1918, ship Grampian

Description: Tall, medium frame, brown hair, gray eyes

Civilian Life
Education: Literate

Sources:

1) 1900 U.S. Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, population schedule, Purdy, dwelling 268, family 268, Sam Hunter and Menera Hunter, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

2) 1910 U.S. Census, Young County, Texas, population schedule, Enumeration District 0269, G. Sam Hunter and Mynerva Hunter, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

3) Amos Levi Hunter, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #12771938 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy

4) Denton Record-Chronicle, obituary, Amos Levi Hunter (1960), Denton, Texas, publication date 09 March 1960; Ancestry.com (online database)

5) Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Index, Yvonne Hunter (1927), Ancestry.com (online database)

6) Oklahoma County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, Amos Levi Hunter and Bessie Martin (1924), Jackson, Ancestry.com (online database)

7) Oklahoma County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, Levi Hunter and Viola Anderson (1929), Blanchard, Ancestry.com (online database)

8) U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Levi Hunter, (1917), Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

9) U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, Levie Hunter (1918), Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

10) U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, Amos Levi Hunter (1960), Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC



Author Information:

Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Cemetery
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 23 July 2023