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Name: HUNT, Horace James
Birth Date: 1858 Hampton, Middlesex, bapt. 2 Jan 1859
Death Date: 14.11.1890 Usambiro, fever
First Date: 1889
Last Date: 1890
Profession: Church Missionary Society missionary recruit who joined when Bishop Tucker came out in 1890. He had been employed by the IBEA Co.
Area: Usambiro
Book Reference: Tucker, EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, EAHB 1906, CMS, EAHB 1904
School: Dulwich Coll.
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 2nd October 1889
North - Resigned from IBEA Co. and CMS engagement in local connection sanctioned 15/6/1890; Joined the Bishop A.R. Tucker 1890 party to Uganda as lay missionary; d. 14/11/1890, Usambiro at south end of Lake Victoria
CMS 1890 - Dulwich Coll. In service of IB East Africa Co. at Mombasa. Resigned his position to join Bp. Tucker's party for the interior. 1890, July 15, engagement in local connexion sanctioned. Died at Usambiro on the journey to the Lake, Nov 14, 1890
- a good man and true. Died late in 1890 after six days of fever on the way to the Lake near Usambiro