Hungate Family Papers, 1879-1949
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hungate family
- Title
- Hungate Family Papers
- Dates
- 1879-1949 (inclusive)18791949
- Quantity
- 0.6 linear feet, (2 manuscript boxes )
- Collection Number
- WCMss.292
- Summary
- The Hungate Family Papers houses the personal material of the Hungate family including photographs, financial records, titles and deeds to land, estate papers, and plans for a house in Walla Walla, Washington. Harrison Harden Hungate was a farmer and stock raiser and lived with his wife and six children in Walla Walla from 1873 until his death in 1916.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Harrison Harden Hungate was born on April 14, 1836 in Hancock County, Illinois. On August 20, 1857, he married Mary Caroline Duncan and together they lived in McDonough County, Illinois until they moved to Yolo County, California in the spring of 1864. After 9 years in California, they moved to Walla Walla, Washington in 1873. Duncan and Hungate had six children: Charles A. Hungate, Ella Hungate, Laura A. Hungate, Lulu G. Hungate, J.F. Cropp, and Elizabeth Gardner. In Walla Walla, Hungate worked as a farmer and raised livestock before his retirement in 1914. Hungate was a member of the Washington territorial legislature in 1883 and served as the county treasurer of Walla Walla from 1893 to 1894. He was also an active member of the First Baptist church and was one of its first trustees. Hungate died on December 24, 1916 in Walla Walla.
Content Description
The Hungate Family Papers houses the personal material of the Hungate family. This collection, which dates from 1879 to 1949, consists of photographs of family members, a photographic plate depicting H. H. Hungate, three journals of financial records, titles and deeds to land, mortgage records, plans for a house in Walla Walla, papers relating to the estates of H. H. and Mary Caroline Hungate, and other family records.
Administrative Information
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Geographical Names
- Walla Walla (Wash.)
