Levi Hunt, Jane Gadd, Emanuel Hunt, and Phoebe Louisa Fellows

I got an e-mail the other day from a descendant of my 4th great grandfather, Levi Hunt, and his second wife, Phoebe Louisa Fellows. I was looking at the information I have about this family, and I found it very interesting. I typed it up to share with the relative that e-mailed me, so I thought I'd share it here too.

William Hunt and Mary Ann Holmes lived in England and had 11 children. Their 9th son was Emanuel Hunt, and their 10th son was Levi Hunt. William and Mary Ann and several of their children (including Emanuel and Levi) were baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints in England, and then came to the United States. Phoebe Louisa Fellows was born in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. After moving to Utah, Emanuel Hunt married Phoebe Louisa Fellows in March 1857. A year later, Emanuel’s younger brother, Levi Hunt, married Jane Gadd in June 1858. Jane was also a convert to the church who came from England. Levi Hunt and Jane Gadd had three sons: Joseph William, Levi Alderman, and Samuel Sylvester Hunt. And Emanuel and Phoebe had a daughter, Sally Maria Hunt (Talbot). Then Emanuel Hunt died in March 1863. Just 3 months later, in June 1863, Jane Gadd Hunt died (I am assuming that she possibly died of complications from childbirth, since she had her youngest son only 7 days before her death). So Phoebe Louisa Fellows Hunt was left a widow with a 5-year-old daughter, and she was pregnant at the time. Levi Hunt was left a widower with three boys, ages 3 years, 1 year, and 7 days old. Levi and Phoebe were married on 1 April 1863 in Nephi, Utah. 2 months after they were married, Levi’s youngest son, Samuel Sylvester Hunt, died when he was only 3 months and 4 days old. Then 3 months after the baby’s death, (after being married for 5 months), Phoebe had her second daughter from her first marriage to Emanuel, Phebe Ann Hunt (Hadden). Between 1864 and 1882 Levi and Phoebe had 8 more children: Samuel Isaac Hunt, Eliza Jane Hunt (Olds), Mary Ellen Hunt (Sheppard), Sara Susanna Hunt (Chidester), Amelia Emaline Hunt (Fredrieson) (Grundy), Alice Melinda Hunt (Nay), Rosetta Hunt (Talbot) (Harmon), and Wilford Hunt. Levi and Phoebe raised 13 children together (including baby Samuel who died). Levi and Phoebe both continued to live in Utah until their deaths in 1921 (Levi) and 1928 (Phoebe).