Sanford B. Hunt, MD, Surgeon-In-Chief of the Army of the Southwest.

Following from the NEW YORK TIMES  April 28, 1884.
     
Sanford B. Hunt M.D., editor of the Newark Advertiser, died at his
residence at Irvington, Essex County, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
after an illness of severalweeks. 

Dr. Hunt was born Dec 25, 1825 at Ithaca NY and was graduated from 
Willoughby College, Ohio, when  20 years of age. He subsequently removed to
Buffalo and was made Professor of Anatomy in the Buffalo Medical College,
besides holding editorial positions on several local papers. At the breaking
out of the war he volunteered his services and was made Surgeon at Fortress
Monroe. Afterward he was attached to the medical staffs of various divisions
and was then made Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of the South-West, with 
headquarters at New Orleans, where he remained until the close of the war. 
In   1866 he assumed editorial charge of the NEWARK Advertiser, where he 
remained until his death. He leaves a widow and one son. (William Tallmadge 
Hunt).

From: "SANFORD B HUNT" <SBH3@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:20:07 -0500