Hunt, Roy Sims
(1895-1982)



Birth: August 7, 1895, Dublin Township, Mercer County, OH
Death: December 5, 1982, Portland, Jay County, IN
Parents: Orion and Almyra (Sims) Hunt
Spouse: Miriam Elizabeth Stolz, married July 21, 1923, New Corydon, IN
Second Spouse: Mildred VanMatre
Known Children: by Miriam: Paul Robert Hunt (Bob) and Thomas Edward Hunt
Family Photographers: son Tom took over business
Other Occupations While Photographer: opened gift shop business in 1965
Other Occupations:
Individual Number: 2656


Known Dates
(* indicates verified
start/end date)
 Studio, Employer,
Name Used		 Worker Type Studio Location or
Place Worked		 Studio Address
Alternate Address
1916 Unknown Studio owner Jay County
1916 Unknown Photographer Bryant, Jay County, IN
1925*- Roy Hunt Studio owner Portland, Jay County, IN upstairs, bldg that housed Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in 1986
1930 Roy Hunt Studio owner Portland, Jay County, IN


















Raw Data - E_Person 

ID: 2489
CATNUM: 2656
IsPhotographer: True
IsArchitect: 
NameFirst: Hunt ~Roy
NameLast: Hunt
NameMiddle: Sims
NameMaiden: 
NameUsed: 
NameNewFirst: Roy
PersonHonorificTypeID: 
PersonSuffixTypeID: 
PersonStatusTypeID: 4
PersonSexTypeID: 1
PersonColorTypeID: 
BirthMonth: 8
BirthDay: 7
BirthYear: 1895
BirthCA: 
OriginalBirthCity: Dublin Township
OriginalBirthState: OH
OriginalBirthCounty: Mercer
OriginalBirthNation: USA
DeathMonth: 12
DeathDay: 5
DeathYear: 1982
DeathCA: 
DeathCause: 
OriginalDeathCity: Portland
OriginalDeathState: IN
OriginalDeathCounty: Jay
OriginalDeathNation: USA
Parents: Orion and Almyra (Sims) Hunt
Children: by Miriam: Paul Robert Hunt (Bob) and Thomas Edward Hunt
Spouse1Name: Miriam Elizabeth Stolz
Spouse1StartMonth: 7
Spouse1StartDay: 21
Spouse1StartYear: 1923
Spouse1StartCA: 
Spouse1EndMonth: 
Spouse1EndDay: 
Spouse1EndYear: 
Spouse1EndCA: 
Spouse1MarriedCity: New Corydon
Spouse1MarriedCounty: 
Spouse1MarriedState: IN
Spouse1MarriedCountry: USA
Spouse2Name: Mildred VanMatre
Spouse2StartMonth: 
Spouse2StartDay: 
Spouse2StartYear: 
Spouse2StartCA: 
Spouse2EndMonth: 
Spouse2EndDay: 
Spouse2EndYear: 
Spouse2EndCA: 
Spouse2MarriedCity: 
Spouse2MarriedCounty: 
Spouse2MarriedState: 
Spouse2MarriedCountry: 
Spouse3Name: 
Spouse3StartMonth: 
Spouse3StartDay: 
Spouse3StartYear: 
Spouse3StartCA: 
Spouse3EndMonth: 
Spouse3EndDay: 
Spouse3EndYear: 
Spouse3EndCA: 
Spouse3MarriedCity: 
Spouse3MarriedCounty: 
Spouse3MarriedState: 
Spouse3MarriedCountry: 
Spouse4Name: 
Spouse4StartMonth: 
Spouse4StartDay: 
Spouse4StartYear: 
Spouse4StartCA: 
Spouse4EndMonth: 
Spouse4EndDay: 
Spouse4EndYear: 
Spouse4EndCA: 
Spouse4MarriedCity: 
Spouse4MarriedCounty: 
Spouse4MarriedState: 
Spouse4MarriedCountry: 
LastLivedCity: 
LastLivedCounty: 
LastLivedState: 
LastLivedCountry: 
Biography: 
MilitaryEvent: 
Output: True
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:58 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:58 PM
ModifiedBy: sa
Raw Data - E_CareerPhotographer 
ID: 2489
PersonID: 2489
StartMonth: 
StartDay: 
StartYear: 
StartCA: 
EndMonth: 
EndDay: 
EndYear: 
EndCA: 
KnownMonth: 
KnownDay: 
KnownYear: 
KnownCA: 
EducationCareer: attended Illinois College of Photography at Effingham, IL
FamilyInPhotography: son Tom took over business
OriginalNotes: Indiana Death Certificates (ancestry.com)
Roy S. Hunt, born August 7, 1895, photographer & store / studio, resident of 326 East Race Street, son of Orion and Alimra (Sims) Hunt; died December 5, 1982, buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Portland

EDUCATION: attended Illinois College of Photography at Effingham, IL

Portland Commercial-Review, 17 Apr. 1986, "Jay faces captured by Hunt," features portrait of Hunt with camera, article about his career.

1920 Census, Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana
Orian Hunt, rents, 47, b. Ohio, farmer
Almira, wife, 43, b. Ohio
Roy Hunt, son, 24, single, b. Ohio, photographer, own account
Henry, son, 22, b. Ohio
Raymond, son, 18, b. Indiana
Ethel, dau. 4 1/12, b. Indiana
Tru?, son, 2/1/12, b. Indiana

1930 Census, Portland, Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana, East Walnut St.
Roy S. Hunt, head, 33, age 25 when married, b. Ohio, photographer, own studio, owns home
Miriam, wife, 31, b. Ohio
Paul R., son, 6 b. Indiana
Thomas, son 11/12, b. Indiana
OriginalWorkerTypes: photographer, gallery owner
OriginalProcesses: 
OriginalFormats: postcard
OriginalOccupation: 
OriginalCombination: opened gift shop business in 1965
OriginalSources: 
SeeAlsoPhotographer: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:58 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:58 PM
ModifiedBy:
Raw Data - E_Location, E_Studio 
PersonID: 2489
CATNUM: 2656
NameFirst: Hunt ~Roy
NameLast: Hunt
LocationID: 82
Address1: 
Address2: 
City: 
State: IN
StudioID: 82
----------------------------------
ID: 82
StudioName: [b5b32594-e1d8-441d-a364-e043e9eab713]
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoPeople: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:49:55 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
ModifiedBy: sa

----------------------------------
Name: [b5b32594-e1d8-441d-a364-e043e9eab713]
Alternate Studio Names: 
StartMonth: 
StartDay: 
StartYear: 
StartCA: 
EndMonth: 
EndYear: 
EndDay: 
EndCA: 
KnownMonth: 
KnownDay: 
KnownYear: 
KnownCA: 
StudioLocationID: 82
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
SeeAlsoPerson: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
County: Jay
Country: USA
Longitude: 0
Latitude: 0
NameNewFirst: Roy
KnownDates: 1916
OriginalLocationNotes: 
OutputStartMonth: 
OutputStartYear: 1916
OutputEndMonth: 
OutputEndYear: 
OutputStartStar: 
OutputEndStar: 
OutputStartS: 
OutputEndS: 
NameMiddle: Sims
NameMaiden: 
PersonHonorificTypeID: 
OriginalSource: 1920 Census, Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana
Roy Hunt, son, 24, single, b. Ohio, photographer, photography, own account
[Lives with parents and siblings on rented farm; towns in Wabash Township are Jay City, New Corydon, and Trinity]
OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner
PersonSexTypeID: 1
PersonColorTypeID: 
PersonStudioLocationID: 82




PersonID: 2489
CATNUM: 2656
NameFirst: Hunt ~Roy
NameLast: Hunt
LocationID: 274
Address1: 
Address2: 
City: Bryant
State: IN
StudioID: 274
----------------------------------
ID: 274
StudioName: [0d0c893e-5512-49c8-9c4f-a223a347151c]
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoPeople: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:50:09 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
ModifiedBy: sa

----------------------------------
Name: [0d0c893e-5512-49c8-9c4f-a223a347151c]
Alternate Studio Names: 
StartMonth: 
StartDay: 
StartYear: 
StartCA: 
EndMonth: 
EndYear: 
EndDay: 
EndCA: 
KnownMonth: 
KnownDay: 
KnownYear: 
KnownCA: 
StudioLocationID: 274
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
SeeAlsoPerson: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
County: Jay
Country: USA
Longitude: 0
Latitude: 0
NameNewFirst: Roy
KnownDates: 1916
OriginalLocationNotes: 
OutputStartMonth: 
OutputStartYear: 1916
OutputEndMonth: 
OutputEndYear: 
OutputStartStar: 
OutputEndStar: 
OutputStartS: 
OutputEndS: 
NameMiddle: Sims
NameMaiden: 
PersonHonorificTypeID: 
OriginalSource: 1916 Farm Journal Directory of Jay County, Indiana (Portland, Indiana: Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1916), p. 114 - Roy S. Hunt, photographer, Own home & lot, R1 Bryant, Wabash Township, [not listed under photographers in business directory]
OriginalWorkerType: Photographer
PersonSexTypeID: 1
PersonColorTypeID: 
PersonStudioLocationID: 274




PersonID: 2489
CATNUM: 2656
NameFirst: Hunt ~Roy
NameLast: Hunt
LocationID: 4406
Address1: upstairs, bldg that housed Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in 1986
Address2: 
City: Portland
State: IN
StudioID: 5256
----------------------------------
ID: 5256
StudioName: Roy Hunt
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoPeople: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 6:04:05 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
ModifiedBy: sa

----------------------------------
Name: Roy Hunt
Alternate Studio Names: 
StartMonth: 
StartDay: 
StartYear: 1925
StartCA: 
EndMonth: 
EndYear: 
EndDay: 
EndCA: 
KnownMonth: 
KnownDay: 
KnownYear: 
KnownCA: 
StudioLocationID: 7893
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
SeeAlsoPerson: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
County: Jay
Country: USA
Longitude: 
Latitude: 
NameNewFirst: Roy
KnownDates: 1925
OriginalLocationNotes: 
OutputStartMonth: 
OutputStartYear: 1925
OutputEndMonth: 
OutputEndYear: 
OutputStartStar: *
OutputEndStar: 
OutputStartS: 
OutputEndS: 
NameMiddle: Sims
NameMaiden: 
PersonHonorificTypeID: 
OriginalSource: Portland Commercial-Review, 17 Apr. 1986, "Jay faces captured by Hunt," Hunt came to Jay County in 1925 and bought the old Harris Studio, a photographic portrait business located upstairs in the building that houses the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home.
OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner
PersonSexTypeID: 1
PersonColorTypeID: 
PersonStudioLocationID: 8354




PersonID: 2489
CATNUM: 2656
NameFirst: Hunt ~Roy
NameLast: Hunt
LocationID: 7326
Address1: 
Address2: 
City: Portland
State: IN
StudioID: 5256
----------------------------------
ID: 5256
StudioName: Roy Hunt
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoPeople: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 6:04:05 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
ModifiedBy: sa

----------------------------------
Name: Roy Hunt
Alternate Studio Names: 
StartMonth: 
StartDay: 
StartYear: 
StartCA: 
EndMonth: 
EndYear: 
EndDay: 
EndCA: 
KnownMonth: 
KnownDay: 
KnownYear: 
KnownCA: 
StudioLocationID: 7892
SeeAlso: 
SeeAlsoStudio: 
SeeAlsoPerson: 
StudioSummary: 
Sources: 
Output: False
County: Jay
Country: USA
Longitude: 0
Latitude: 0
NameNewFirst: Roy
KnownDates: 1930
OriginalLocationNotes: 
OutputStartMonth: 
OutputStartYear: 1930
OutputEndMonth: 
OutputEndYear: 
OutputStartStar: 
OutputEndStar: 
OutputStartS: 
OutputEndS: 
NameMiddle: Sims
NameMaiden: 
PersonHonorificTypeID: 
OriginalSource: 1930 Census, Portland, Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana, East Walnut St.
Roy S. Hunt, head, 33, age 25 when married, b. Ohio, photographer, own studio, owns home
OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner
PersonSexTypeID: 1
PersonColorTypeID: 
PersonStudioLocationID: 8353



Copyright © 2021 The Indiana Album Inc.

How to cite this directory:
Hostetler, Joan E. Directory of Indiana Photographers. The Indiana Album Inc., 2021
(http://www.indianaalbum.com/photographers : accessed ).