From another contributor:
I found this bio at usgwarchives within his son-in-law's and thought you might want to use some of it. Of course his birth & death dates are quite different.
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John T. Hurt was born October 14, 1786, in North Carolina, and removed from that State to West Virginia with his parents at the age of eight years. Two years later he moved with his parents to East Tennessee, his father settling where Nashville now stands. He emigrated from Tennessee back to West Virginia, and there John T. was married, in 1811, in Russell County, to Miss Sarah Howard. He died March 21, 1860. Miss Sarah Howard was born in West Virginia October 15, 1807, and grew to womanhood in her native State. She died in February, 1858. She was the mother of ten children, three now living, and Mrs. Koch being the sixth in order of birth. The paternal grandfather, Garland Hurt, was born about 1750, in North
Carolina, and grew to manhood in that State. He married Miss
Martishia Thurston, in North Carolina, in 1793, and died in West
Virginia about 1840. The paternal grandmother was born about 1760, and died a number of years before the death of her husband. They were the parents of ten children. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Hurt, Larkin Howard, was born about 1780, in North Carolina, and grew to manhood there. When about twenty-one years of age he emigrated to West Virginia, and about four years later returned to North Carolina, and was there married in 1800 or 1801. Soon after marriage he returned to West Virginia, but later emigrated to Indiana, and there died about 1829, a few months after reaching that State. The paternal grandmother, Miss Rachel Herndon, was born in England in 1785, and emigrated with her parents to America when about nine or ten years of age. In their family were ten children. She died in Indiana about 1855. The paternal great-grandfather was originally from England, and died in North Carolina about 1770, and was a grand-nephew of the Princess Rachel Howard, a descendant of the house of Stuarts. The paternal great-grandmother was a Miss Nancy Taylor, who died in North Carolina. The maternal great-grandfather, Edward Herndon, was born in England, and was married in that country to Miss Hawkins. Mr. Koch is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R.
[Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Charles KOCH
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri published by Goodspeed, 1889, Pgs. 666, 667]

Not sure what to make of the birth and death date differences. Hopefully I can research it further at the library soon. The Hurt/Larkin/Howard families are very difficult to research because of all the intermarriages. I will research this family again soon. The cemetery is very run down and sits on the edge of a creek under trees.
Gravesite Details
Aged 68y 4m 27d. Husband of Sarah Howard. Son of Garland & Martisha Thurston Hurt.
On Find A Grave.

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(1) Papers of Mekin Spencer Hurt II.
(2) The Early Hurts of VA, Oscar Hurt, pg 15.
(3) FHL# 1553934
(4) Information from William "Gene" Hurt on 5 Mar 1997. B. date listed as 1797. D. date; Marr. date & Spouse's name. Marriage date given as 1824.
(5) Sep 2000: RootsWeb WorldConnect East Kentucky Connections Ken Burke
(6) Ancestral File.

(1) Information from William "Gene" Hurt received on 5 Mar 1997.
(2) Sep 2000: RootsWeb WorldConnect East Kentucky Connections Ken Burke
(3) Ancestral File.