BIOGRAPHY: Timothy L. HUNT, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 46-7
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TIMOTHY L. HUNT, an old and highly respected citizen of Roxbury, was born in 
Yorkshire, England, November 14, 1827, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth 
(Cleminson) Hunt, natives of England. His parents came to this country in 1830, 
first locating at Pottsville, this State, but soon coming to Cambria county, 
where they settled and lived in East Taylor township, about six miles from 
Johnstown. Henry Hunt and his wife were both members of the Methodist church, 
and passed their lives on their farm, where he died in 1849, at fifty years of 
age, and she, surviving him for nearly half a century, passed away in June, 
1895, at the advanced age of eighty-six years.
     Timothy Hunt lived a life common to the majority of farmers' sons, and 
attended the early common schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he 
came of Johnstown and learned the trade of blacksmith with that old-time and 
well-known firm of Kinley & Gageby. After learning his trade Mr. Hunt opened a 
shop, which he has conducted successfully for nearly fifty years, being in a 
manner now retired from active business. In addition to his blacksmithing 
business on Haynes street, Johnstown, Mr. Hunt has carried on farming in East 
Taylor township, where he has owned a good farm for many years. He also owns 
some valuable property in the borough of Roxbury. He is a republican 
politically, and served as tax collector, besides holding other township offices 
before Roxbury was made a borough. A skilled workman, a good neighbor, and a 
reliable business man Mr. Hunt is highly respected and has a large circle of 
friends.
     On March 14, 1850, Mr. Timothy L. Hunt wedded Eleanor M. Kern of 
Greensburg, Westmoreland county, and they have three living children, one son 
and two daughters -- Margaretta E., who married Jeremiah Barnett, a resident of 
the borough of Roxbury, and a Union soldier of the late Civil War; Kittie A., 
wife of Julius Hoffman, of Johnstown, and Dr. George, a practicing dentist. Mrs. 
Hunt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as were also her parents, 
and her father, Joseph Kern, was born at "Little York," this State, and settled 
at Greensburg, the county seat of Westmoreland, where he died May 23, 1846, aged 
seventy-four years. Joseph Kern was a hatter by trade, and carried on hatting at 
Greensburg for many years before combined capital, improved machinery and 
specialized piece work drove the individual manufacturer from the market by 
cheaper but not better work. Mr. Kern was a man of foresight and judgment, and 
in the early years of Johnstown's history, perceiving its future importance, 
invested largely in real estate in what is now the Fifth ward, where his son 
George was the first settler. When buildings were erected and the town commenced 
to grow on his land it was named Kernville in honor of him, and continued to 
hold that name until it was made a part of Johnstown as the Fifth ward. Joseph 
Kern married Margaretta Stinebaugh, who died April 16, 1856, aged seventy-six 
years and nine months.
     The Hunt and Kern families are among the sturdy, substantial and useful 
families of Western Pennsylvania, although not so old or numerous as many other 
families west of the Alleghanies.