Background
Hunt, James Winford was born on July 9, 1875 in Kaw Agency, Indiana Ty. Son of William (Government physician) and Elizabeth (Pruitt) H.
Hunt, James Winford was born on July 9, 1875 in Kaw Agency, Indiana Ty. Son of William (Government physician) and Elizabeth (Pruitt) H.
Graduate Central Plains Academy, Estacado, Texas, 1893. Doctor of Divinity, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1927. Doctor of Laws, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1931.
Circuit rider, 1903-1906. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1906. Pastor successively Dumas, Channing Dalhart, Snyder, Saint Paul’s Church, Abilene, Texas, until 1916.
President Stamford (Texas) College, 1916-1918.
Again pastor Saint Paul’s Church, 1918-1921. Founder, and president McMurry College, Abilene, since 1921.
Mason.
Married Mary Anthony, 1906. Children: Anthony, Elizabeth, Julian, Margaret, David Glenn.