Background
Hunter, Jay Tyler was born on July 21, 1873 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas and Corlin (Sloan) Hunter.
Hunter, Jay Tyler was born on July 21, 1873 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas and Corlin (Sloan) Hunter.
Student Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1892-1894. Studied law privately. Doctor of Philosophy, Bradley University, 1952.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1899, and since practiced in Peoria. Senior partner Hunter, Kavanagh & McLaughlin. Firm counsel for Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Commercial Solvents Corporation, Premier-Pabst Corporation and various insurance companies.
President Peoria Title & Trust Company.
Vice president Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad. Director Commercial Merchants National Bank & Trust Company (Peoria), et cetera
Member Peoria Board of Education (president 1913-1914). Served on Exemption board, World War. Member American, Illinois State and Peoria County Bar Associations, Phi Delta Theta.
Clubs: Creve Coeur, Peoria Country.
Married Elizabeth A. Oakford, May 6, 1952. Children: Thomas Oakford, Elizabeth Mary.