Joseph Bede Huntoon and Lucy Richardson
My own information on the Hollister and Huntoon sides of the family was sparse. Thanks to my third cousin Elaine Seehafer for filling out some of the story for me and providing the photograph of Joseph, and to my second cousin Ann Hollister for adding to it.
Judging only by the
census, Joseph Bede Huntoon was a remarkable man. He is listed
variously as an attorney, a bookkeeper, and a lumberman, and was the
census taker for the 1880 census, signing the page his family appears
on. He married at least three times. Though he lived most of his life
in Marathon County, Wisconsin, he evidently went elsewhere to die since
no
record has been found of his death.
Joseph Bede Huntoon was born in Orleans County, Vermont, in 1831,
the son of Hannah Bede and John Brocklebank Huntoon, descendent of the
Phillip Huntoon who originated the family name in the United States in
the early 1700s.
Not much is known about Lucy H. Richardson. She is believed to
have been
born in Wisconsin about 1837.
Judging by the birth of their first child, James Harvey Huntoon,
on
26 May 1859, in Weston, Marathon County, Wisconsin, Joseph probably
married
Lucy about 1858. Their son was followed by a daughter, Eva Hannah Huntoon,
born on 31 March 1867 in Dubuque, Iowa, according to her death
certificate but more likely born on that date in 1863 or 1864. 
I've found no
evidence that Joseph served during the Civil War, though
the family is rich in military service history dating back to the
American
Revolution and the War of 1812.
Lucy died before 1876, possibly in Minnesota, and Joseph married
his cousin, Lavila Huntoon, on 8 October 1876. The marriage was not a
happy one and ended in divorce in 1883. His last marriage was to Lucy
Elizabeth Bushie Gage on 30 April 1886 in Kelly, Marthon County,
Wisconsin. The date and place of his death remains a
mystery.
Gabrielle David is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph & Lucy Huntoon.
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