Leigh S. J. Hunt
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An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 346
LEIGH S. J. HUNT, Leigh Smith James Hunt proprietor of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was born on a farm near Columbia City, Indiana, in August, 1855. His parents, Franklin and Martha (Long) Hunt, were natives of the same State. After completing his education in 1879 he went to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and engaged in teaching school, subsequently becoming Principal. There his reputation as an educator was established, and some time later he was engaged as Superintendent of the Schools at Mount Pleasant, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa and still later as President of the State Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa now the University of Iowa. In 1886 he came to Seattle and engaged in a business career. He has since been identified with the interests of this city.
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