Cumberland County, Maine - Daniel W. Lunt
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Biography
Daniel W. Lunt
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 666-667


Daniel W. Lunt, of Falmouth, who has for many years been successfully engaged in
educational work, was born in this town on December 22, 1858, son of Benjamin
and Lucy (McIntire) Lunt.

Mr. Lunt's great-grandfather, Benjamin Lunt, was a native of Newburyport, Mass.
His home was on the banks of the Squidragussett Creek, and the Indians often
passed his house in their canoes on their way to points above or below. He was
the father of four children, all of whom have passed away. One of these
children, Daniel Lunt, settled in Falmouth, where he purchased a farm and
engaged in agriculture, living there till his death at the advanced age of
eighty-nine years. During the Revolutionary War he was in the service of his
country. He married Miss Mollie Rolfe, of Westbrook; and they reared a family of
eight children, all of whom have now passed from earth. In political views he
was a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Congregational church in
Falmouth, Me.

Benjamin Lunt was born in Falmouth in 1812. He learned the trade of a carpenter,
which he followed in connection with farming throughout his life. He succeeded
his father in the ownership of the old homestead, where he died in 1864 at
fifty-two years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Lucy McIntire, bore him
five children, three of whom are still living, namely: Royal W., residing in
Falmouth; Daniel W., of this sketch; and Flora M., the wife of Lewis A. Conant,
of Falmouth, Me. The father was an attendant of the First Parish Congregational
Church and a member of the choir. In his early years he voted the Republican
ticket, but during the last few years of his life he affiliated with the
Democratic Party.

Daniel W. Lunt acquired a good common and high school education in his native
town. On completing his course of study he engaged in teaching in Peru, Oxford
County, where he remained for ten years, the greater part of that time as a
teacher in the common schools and three terms in the high school. Following that
he taught two terms in Baldwin, Me.; and he has since been an instructor in the
schools of Falmouth. He resides on the old Lunt homestead, which has been
occupied by the family for three generations. On June 16, 1885, he was married
to Miss Minnie E. Dunn, a daughter of Valmore and Atilda Dunn, of Bethel, Me.
They have no children of their own, but within a year have adopted a son -
Arthur V.

In politics Mr. Lunt is a Republican. He has served on the Board of Selectmen of
Falmouth for the past three years. For a similar period he has been a member of
the superintending School Committee, and he is the present superintendent of
that Board. Fraternally, he is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 91,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Falmouth, Me. He is a communicant of the
First Congregational Church of Falmouth, in which he holds the office of Deacon.