Ghost Residents  ·  No. 015  ·  Issue No. 1

An Airfield Carries His Name.
His Childhood Home
Carries No Marker.

Two census records. Ten years apart. Same address.

218 Gaston Street, Savannah, Georgia
Two Census Records Confirmed
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218 Gaston Street  ·  Savannah, Georgia

Two census records. Ten years apart. Same address. The 1900 census places Frank O'Driscoll Hunter at 218 Gaston Street as a six year old boy in his father's household. The 1910 census places him at the same address — now sixteen years old. That is the strongest form of confirmation available in genealogical research.

He left Savannah and went to war. Then he went to war again. By the time World War II was over Frank O'Driscoll Hunter had commanded the Eighth Air Force bomber groups in the European theater — some of the most dangerous military operations in American history. He rose to the rank of General.

When the United States Army named a new airfield in Savannah they named it after him. Hunter Army Airfield. It still bears his name today. Tens of thousands of Savannah residents drive past that name every year. Almost none of them know the General grew up at 218 Gaston Street.

Note: The direction East or West for this address is pending ground verification at 218 Gaston Street.

He commanded the Eighth Air Force over Nazi Germany. He rose to General. Hunter Army Airfield is named for him. His childhood home on Gaston Street has no marker at all.
General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter · Official U.S. Army Air Forces portrait
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General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter · Official U.S. Army Air Forces portrait
Public domain · U.S. Government official photograph · United States Army Air Forces
1900First census confirms him here at age 6
1910Second census confirms same address at age 16
0Markers on the childhood home of the man Hunter Army Airfield was named for
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1900 U.S. Census · ED 72 · Sheet 5B
HeadFrank T. Hunter
SonFrank — age 6
Address218 Gaston Street
EnumeratedJune 1, 1900
NoteDirection East or West pending verification
Primary Source Citation
1900 United States Census · Twelfth Census · Chatham County · ED 72 · Sheet 5B · Frank T. Hunter, Head · Frank, Son, age 6 · 218 Gaston Street · 1910 census same address confirmed · Direction pending · DEED History, April 2026
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