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Dr. Sanford Beebe Hunt, a Civil War surgeon, was born in Ithaca, New York in 1825 and studied at the medical college at Willoughby, Ohio. In 1855 he became Professor of Anatomy at the Buffalo Medical College, served as editor of two Buffalo newspapers, including the Buffalo Express, and was elected superintendent of Buffalo public schools in 1860. At the breaking out of the Civil War he volunteered his services and was made Surgeon at Fortress Monroe. Afterward he was attached to the medical staffs of various divisions and was then made Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of the South-West with headquarters at New Orleans, where he remained until the close of the war. After the close of the war, he worked for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and published a history of that organization. In 1866, he moved to Newark, New Jersey, where he edited the Newark Daily Advertiser until his death in 1884. http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0021#Biographical%20Note:> His only child, William Tallmadge Hunt (1854-1916), was also an editor of the Newark Sunday Call, the Sunday Call was served in various capacities by members of the Hunt family. Dr. Hunt’s father, Horace Hunt (1788-1868), was Publisher-editor American Bible Society (1840-?) and also served as corresponding secretary of the New York Bible Society (1850-1853). His Brother Rev. Horace B. Hunt (1816 - 185- ) was Licensed to preach, 1843.