Daniel Allen Claiborn 1839-1931

Daniel Allen Claiborn was born September 2, 1839 in Sumner County, Tennessee. At the time of his death, March 16, 1931, he was 91 years, six months and 14 days old. When he was two years old, his parents moved in an ox wagon from the place of his birth to the state of Missouri and finally located in Camden County. There he lived to manhood. When the cause of the Civil War arose, he enlisted with the Union Army and served until near the close of the war, when in the Battle of Vicksburg he received a wound in his right arm which necessitated its loss. On the 18th day of October, 1865, he was married to Jane E. Huffman and soon after his marriage moved to a homestead near Crocker on Bell's Creek in Pulaski County. He and his widow have lived on the same farm for the past 65 years.

To this union were born 11 children. Two died as children and Arthur died December 3, 1920. Surviving him are his widow, eight children: Ousley Claiborn and Dr. E.G. Claiborn of Decaturville, Missouri; H.A. Claiborne of Wister, Oklahoma; Dr. Drura Claiborn of Big Timber, Montana; Mrs. Belle Layman of Collinsville, Oklahoma; W.I. Claiborn, Mrs. Fannie Salveter and Mrs. Carrie Hamilton, all of Crocker, Missouri. He is also survived by one brother, Judge W.F. Claiborne of Decaturville, Missouri.
Mr. Claiborn, during his years of activity, served as a member of the Pulaski County Court for two terms. He taught one of the first schools ever taught in Pulaski County. He made many useful contributions to the social and community life during the time that he lived, and the power of his character will have its influence for good on generations yet to come. His passing away is a deep loss
felt by all who knew him. Let us believe that as he passed to the other side he felt upon his wasted brow the breath of eternal morning.

***Editor note: D.A. Claiborn is the son of Ousley Claiborne (1802-1891) and Frances Hunter Claiborne (1813-1892)

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Mrs. Lucy Helen (Hutchins) Hunter 1894-1947

Mrs. Lucy Helen Hunter passed away at her ranch home Tuesday morning, March 4, at 5:30 a.m. at the advanced age of 92 years last July 25th.

Mrs. Hunter made her home on the Hunter Hereford ranch with her son, Charles Hunter, and her daughters, Miss Myrtle Hunter and Miss Olive Hunter.

Born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1854, she moved with her parents when a young girl to Winslow, Ill. February 2, 1876, she was married to William Hunter at Orangeville, Ill. She also lived for a time in Clay County, Iowa, and then moved to Dixon, Missouri, where she resided until coming to Wyoming about 1915. The family then purchased the Alex Mashek place southeast of Lusk, where they have resided for the past 32 years and have built up a fine ranch and are the raisers of registered Hereford cattle.

In spite of her years, Mrs. Hunter was always active about the home and had an alert and keen mind.

The remains will be taken to her old home at Winslow, Ill., for burial and will be accompanied by her son, Charles, who will leave on Thursday. No funeral services will be held here.



Born in a large farm house near the shores of Lake Erie, in the State of Ohio, Lucy Helen Hunter (nee Hutchins) of New England parents, July 25, 1854. At a very early age she moved with her parents to Northern Illinois, then a comparatively new section, where she grew to young womanhood, attending the public schools and taking an active part in the social activities of the day.

At the age 18 she married William Leonard Hunter of that county.

Hearing of the homestead lands of Northwestern Iowa, they soon decided to venture out in the new land along with other young couples, moving out in the spring of 1873. They began a pioneer life that is history all its own.

In 1896 they moved to near Dixon, Mo., where the family built up a large fruit farm. Then in 1915 the family moved to near Lusk, Wyo., where she was engaged in stock raising, in which she took great interest and helped to build up what is now the Hunter Hereford Ranch.

She was a wise counselor, a great reader, a close observer, and a very acute memory, so possessed a great fund of information.

Living down through four war periods, she had a keen knowledge of human values, retaining her mental faculties until the very last passing away at her country home Tuesday morning, March 4, 1947, with her three children and the trained nurse, Mrs. Jane Geiser, who so kindly helped to care for her during her short illness.

She leaves to mourn her passing, one sister, Miss Olive Hutchins of Lynn Haven, Florida; one son, C. E. Hunter, and two daughters, Myrtle and Olive Hunter of Lusk; two grandsons, Charles Bryant of Riverton, Wyo., and Edward Bryant of Hawaii, and two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter, and many, many friends. Her husband and daughter Pearl preceded her in death.

Funeral services were conducted in the Congregational Church at Winslow, Ill., and she was laid to rest beside her husband in the family plot of the Winslow cemetery.