Sons of W. W. and Lou Hunter:

(1) Enoch, born May 20, 1873 (see Enoch Hunter).

(2) William M., born February 9, 1890, died August 9, 1970.  Married Margaret E. Davis in 1934.  He served in the famous Texas 36th Division in France in World War I.  He and his wife, Margaret, born October 21, 1897, died August 16, 1965, are buried in Santa Anna.

(3) Earnest, April 6, 1897 - May 29, 1969.  Unwed.  Buried in Santa Anna.

(4) Bryan, born in 1899, married Lillie Mae Campbell January 9, 1918 in Coleman County.  Bryan went to New Mexico and worked for Harmon Lowe, the husband of his sister, Nettie.  He is buried in Pampa, Texas.

(5) Jack, 1902 - 1971.  On December 5, 1922 he wed Miss Mabel Hibbetts.  Jack is buried in Santa Anna.

Daughters of W. W. and Lou Hunter:

(1) Nancy Lucinda, December 15, 1875 - October 23, 1880.

(2) Salena, January 14, 1879 - June 8, 1881.  Salena and Nancy Lucinda are buried at Mud Creek.

(3) Clistie, born in 1880, married, Wrice C. Collins on June 22, 1896.  He was a cousin of Etna Adams, who married Clistie’s brother, Enoch Hunter.  Their daughters: Eula Mae (Mrs. J. F.) Davis of Lovington; Audie, who lives in Lampasas; Mildred, who is deceased; and one son, Raymond Collins.  Clistie and her son, Raymond, are buried in Ballinger.

(4) Effie J., March 25, 1882 - April 22, 1922.  On January 12, 1902 she married J. Burton Howington (see John Burton Howington).

(5) Destia M. was born March 29, 1884, died September 24, 1950.  Destia married James Major Baker, son of Dr. Baker of Brownwood, for whom Baker street was named. J. M. “Jim” Baker died May 5, 1922.  They are buried in Green Leaf Cemetery in Brownwood.  Their daughters: Gladys, born October 2, 1905, died July 15, 1978, married Gordy William Morrison January 10, 1932.  He died May 5, 1960.  Edith Baker was born February 9, 1908, died January 15, 1951, married William Jennings Sutton.  Edith is buried in Green Leaf Cemetery next to her Mother.

(6) Lillie Pearl, February 3, 1866 - April 28, 1963, married Oscar G. Curry (1886 - 1957) on January 29, 1905.  They moved to California during WWII, buried in San Diego.  Their children: Valeta (Mrs. W. L.) Thigpen (see William F. Thigpen); Clyde; Lucille (Mrs. N. S.) Christy, who lives in Brownwood; Jewel Guest of California; Mildred (Mrs. T. L.) Christy of Lubbock; and Erlene who is deceased.

(7) Ivy M., April 20, 1888 - February 3, 1961.  On December 8, 1907 she married General N. Lawrence, who was the sixth child of Jack and Nancy (Beasley) Lawrence (see John A. Lawrence).  They moved to New Mexico where they engaged in farming.  Ivy and General are buried in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

(8) Nettie, April 25, 1892 - July 31, 1956, is buried in Lubbock, married Harmon Lowe on March 13, 1912 (see Lowe).  They moved with two of their children, Vora Victoria and Howard, to Lea County, New Mexico, settling on the 640 acres allowed a family under the 1916 Homestead Act.  They farmed and ranched for several years.  The Lowes moved into Lovington, when Harmon opened an automobile agency.  Harmon bought mineral rights and land, and his astute business ability is evidenced in the vast farm, ranch, and oil holdings in New Mexico and West Texas.  Nettie and Harmon moved to Lubbock so that their children would be near a university.  Harmon established the Lowe Land Company to administer his myriad investments.  His children: Vora Hartley, Coy, Brady, and Odell are presently an active part of the company, but Harmon, at 90, is the “Patriarch of the Clan.”

(9) Ruth, September 26, 1900 - August 22, 1965, is buried in Longview, married Mark Byrd on September 18, 1919 (see J. M. Byrd).

W. W. remembered:

“The family learning to live on the wild game that covered the rolling prairies; deer, antelope, wild turkey, and the ubiquitous buffalo.  Climbing to the top of the bluff overlooking the Jim Ned Creek to see the prairies black with 1000’s of the big beasts.  The hunting trip with his father when they stopped their horses on a knoll south of their house and looked at hundreds of buffalo on every side, his Father saying, “We will call this place Buffalo.” “

“As a lad of eleven going with his dad to Camp Colorado and General E. Kirby Smith, Camp Commander, giving them a steel hand mill, which they nailed to a tree at their home on the Jim Ned, and neighbors coming to grind their corn.”

“The day he went to his sister’s house, Louisa who had married Isaac Blackwell, and lived down the Jim Ned Creek at a place called Blackwell’s Crossing, and Indians tried to steal horses from the nearby pasture.”

“He was one of the volunteers who followed Ike Mullins in pursuit of Indians who had killed Mrs. Bill Williams and her son, in Brown County, and taken the young daughter captive.  They rode hard for two days and one night and found the body of the girl.”

“And, in 1873, William drove 320 head of cattle through Sherman, Texas, into what was then Indian territory, and selling them.”

“In 1875 hauling his corn crop, a thousand bushels, to Fort Concho, and sold it to the commissary for $2.50 per bushel.”

“W. W. and his older brother, John, kept the stage stand on his place on Mud Creek.  The Pony Express was the only through transporation and the stage line ran from Fort Worth, Texas, to Yuma, Arizona, with a stand every twenty miles, where they stopped twice a day and changed horses.  The stage would blow a horn when within hearing distance, and the Hunter boys would have four horses harnessed and ready for them when they stopped.  This stand was the nearest stop to Camp Colorado, the location of the only Post Office in Coleman County, and the Hunter boys would carry the mail on to the Camp.”

“They were charter members of Eureka Baptist Church, and the Coleman County Deed Records, Volume 47; page 521, under date of March 9, 1901, reads, “By W. W. Hunter and wife, 1 ½ acres to Trustees, Robert Rainey and L. L. Baker, for as long as it is used for church purposes, land will revert back to W. W. Hunter when it ceases to be a church site.”  ”

W. W. told his daughter Clistie shortly before his death, “I do not want one tear shed when I am gone, I want you children to have only pleasant memories of the last time you will all ever be together.”  W. W. died April 27, 1936, and was buried in Santa Anna Cemetery beside Louisa, who preceded him in death, April 5, 1926.