George Coolidge Hunting


George Coolidge Hunting was missionary bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada 1914 to 1924.

Biography

Hunting was born on March 22, 1871 in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was elected Missionary Bishop of Nevada in 1914. During his episcopacy he revived a number of churches in the mining towns of Eureka, Nevada, Virginia City, Nevada, and Austin, Nevada. He acquired property for missions in promising agricultural areas. He married Mary Grace in 1894. He was also cousin of President Calvin Coolidge. Hunting succumbed to pneumonia and died on November 2, 1924.