Henry Hunter (1816-1875) was born in Sheffield.  His early life is unknown, but he made table knives – the same speciality as Alfred Hunter and Michael Hunter – though no evidence has been found that he was related.   Hunter’s wife was Ann (1809-1891) – presumably Miss Ann Radford, who married Henry Hunter, ‘cutler’, at Sheffield parish church in 1836 (Sheffield Independent, 9 April 1836).  Within a year, a son, Thomas, was born.   Henry and his family were not enumerated in the Census in Sheffield in 1841, probably because they had emigrated to the USA.   A daughter, Sarah A., was born in America in 1843.  The US Census (1850) enumerated  the family in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where Henry continued to ply his trade as a cutler.   Henry  moved to Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.  In 1855, he won an award for his cutlery at the State Fair.  

Henry advertised table cutlery, shoe and butcher knives – ‘tempered on philosophical principles’ – in a Richmond directory.  His manufactory was 1½ miles north-east of Richmond.  In the Census (1860), he was a manufacturer of cutlery in Richmond, with a personal estate of $3,500 and owning real estate valued at $8,000.   By 1865, he had retired and apparently left the business to Thomas and his other sons.   By 1871, the firm had become ‘Henry Hunter & Sons’, makers of table knives and forks, butchers’ knives, and ‘fine cutlery’.   Henry died at Richmond on 19 January 1875, aged 59.  His gravestone can be seen at Hoover-Bulla Cemetery at Richmond.  Ann was listed as a widow in a Richmond city directory in 1885.   She died on 2 September 1891, aged 82.  The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, published a belated obituary notice on 19 December 1891.