Robert M. Hunt

Robert Menzo Hunt (1828 – July 15, 1902) was an American physician in the U.S. state of California. Hunt was the first physician to practice medicine in Nevada City.[1] For 44 years, he served as county physician of Nevada County, superintending the management of the county hospital. He was a charter member of the California Medical Society.[1][2]

Robert M. Hunt
Born	Robert Menzo Hunt 1828 Herkimer County, New York, US
Died	July 15, 1902 (aged 73–74) Nevada City, California, US
Alma mater	Geneva Medical College Castleton Medical College Albany Medical College
Occupation	Physician

Early years

Hunt was born in Herkimer County, New York, in 1828. He attended the common schools, and later worked in a machine shop. He also worked with a surveyor for three years. In 1847, he began to study medicine with his brother, Harvey Hunt, at Utica, New York, receiving his medical education at Geneva Medical College, Castleton Medical College, and Albany Medical College.[3]

Career

Immediately upon graduation, in 1850, he decided to go to California via the Isthmus of Panama, and upon arriving in California, he headed for the mines on an ox team from Sacramento to Nevada City, arriving about May 1, 1850. He was engaged in mining and lumbering for about two years, and then went into the drug store business. Since 1853, Hunt was in active practice. He was county physician from 1859, superintending the management of the Nevada County Hospital. During his long years of service he "officiated" at 2,800 cases of confinement.

Personal life

Hunt was married to Jennie Briggs whose sister, Susie, married Thomas Bard McFarland, also of Nevada City; McFarland was associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. Hunt was a director of Citizens Bank,[1] and a member of the Freemasons.[4] After he died at Nevada City, in 1902, his ashes were returned to Utica, and placed in the family vault.[3]

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lewis Publishing Company's "A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California: Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time" (1891)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Freemasons. Grand Lodge of California's "Proceedings of the M [three Dots in Triangular Formation̈ W [three Dots in Triangular Formation̈ Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at Its Annual Communication" (1899)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Albany, N.Y.'s "Albany medical annals. Albany, N.Y." (1902)

1. A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California: Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time (Public domain ed.). Lewis Publishing Company. 1891. pp. 488–. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
2. Bronson, Orval (2002). Nevada City. Nevada City, California: Nevada County Historical Society. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-915641-11-6. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
3. Albany medical annals. Albany, N.Y. (Public domain ed.). 1902. pp. 497–. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
4. Freemasons. Grand Lodge of California (1899). Proceedings of the M [three Dots in Triangular Formation̈ W [three Dots in Triangular Formation̈ Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at Its Annual Communication (Public domain ed.). pp. 327–. Retrieved 16 March 2013.