This may be a duplicate. Try this on for size for your MARCELLUS HUNT- . Nathan Hunt, b. 12 March 1801, purchased from agents of John Jay land in Jay, VT, in 1828 and settled there along with his brother Appleton and cousin Eli Hunt. They were among the first settlers of Jay before the town was organized on 29 March 1828 at which time Nathan was elected constable and collector, also hayward and petit juror. Nathan m. 1st 26 March 1832 Lydia Chapin of Westfield, VT, who died at Westfield in April 1853. He m. 2d 28 Feb 1863 Susan Barnes at Troy, VT, and died at Jay in 1878. No accurate record of his children has been found. The "Marcus" Hunt who m. Mary "Puchey" at Newport, VT, and had a son Luther M. Hunt, b. Stanstead, Que, abt 1874, is identified in Troy Town Records as son of Nathan Hunt. (Luther M. Hunt was a RR brakeman at Newport, VT, when he m. Edith M. Smith at Newport 11 Sept 1895 and had a dau. Jessie Edith Hunt b. at Newport 25 March 1900.) This "Marcus" was prob. the Marcellus (or Marseilles) Hunt, b. abt 1838, who enl. in the Civil War for Derby, VT, and was in Westfield, VT, in the 1860 census. Marcellus Hunt is shown by VT Civil War Records to have enl. at age "age 21" 22 April 1861 for Derby, VT, in Co. D, 3rd Regt., and re-enlisted 21 Dec. 1863, promoted corporal, promoted sergeant 14 May 1864, transferred to Co. E 25 July 1864, discharged 16 May 1865 for wounds received at Cold Harbor, VA 3 June 1864. He was in action during the major battles of the Civil War including Antietam, Fredericksburgh, Gettysburgh, Wilderness, until disabled at Cold Harbor. With such a distinguished history of Civil War service, it is surprising that so little can be found on Marcellus Hunt. In the 1860 census he is listed as Marseilles Hunt, living in Westfield, VT, with the Hodgekins family, along with a "Mascal" Hunt, age 15, who was prob. his brother. This Mascal Hunt is prob. the same shown as Maschil Hunt "of Troy" who enl. "at age 18" 1 Aug 1862 in Co. K, 10th Regt, promoted sergeant 12 Dec. 1862, wounded 19 Sept 1864, mustered out 22 June 1865. He went through the Wilderness campaign and was prob. wounded at Winchester, VA. Nothing further has been learned of this Maschil Hunt. There wer several Charles Richardson Hunts and I can't lay my hands on them but they both dropped their first names and were known as RICHARDSON. Sandy Hunt Lubbock TX