Transcribed by Peggy Hooper
This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm
Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176
HENRY HUNSAKER. One of the oldest of the settlers in Tulare county, Henry Hunsaker is held in the highest esteem for the many qualities which have distinguished his long residence in this part of the state. A native of Adams county, Illinois, he was born seven miles from Quincy November 13, 1835.
His father, Isaac Hunsaker, was a native of Kentucky, and the descendant of an old Kentucky family whose first American ancestors came originally from Germany. Isaac Hunsaker engaged in farming in Adams county until 1837, in which year he removed to Platte County, Missouri. That location remained his home until 1846, when he became a resident of Fremont county, Iowa. Daniel Hunsaker, a brother, was a participant in the Black Hawk- war and became a pioneer of California in 1848, crossing the plains and locating in Contra Costa county, first at Benicia, Solano county, and afterward at Martinez. He died at Woodville, Tulare county, in June, 1897.
Isaac Hunsaker crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1850, locating first in Taylor valley, near Martinez, Contra Costa county, where he engaged in farming for about eight years. In 1858 he came to Tulare county and bought lands on the Tule river and Elk bayou, making his home five miles north of Woodville until his death in 1885, at the age of seventy- eight years. In early life he had been a member of the Baptist Church, but was later associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His wife, formerly Sarah King, a native of Kentucky, died in Fremont county, Iowa, leaving a family of four sons and one daughter, of whom three sons are now living, as follows : Henry, of this review ; George, a dentist in San Luis Obispo; and William, located on the Tule river. Of his second marriage, to Mary Walker, three children are living: Clara E., Elizabeth, wife of James Daley, of Contra Costa county, living on the old homestead, and Dr. H. W. Hunsaker of San Francisco. Henry Hunsaker was eleven years old when he was left motherless. He was reared in Mis- souri and Iowa, attending the public schools of each state in the vicinity of his home.
With his father he crossed the plains in 1850, driving loose stock. The journey was made by way of Sublett's Cut-off, and Humboldt and Carson route, and the party arrived in Hangtown September 1, and September 29 of the same year, arrived in Martinez.
For a time Henry remained on his father's farm in Contra Costa county, attending the public schools, and shortly afterward became a student in McMinnville Baptist College, in McMinnville, Ore., where he remained two years. Returning to California, he began stock-raising.
In 1862 he located in Tulare county and engaged in stock-raising on the Tule river until 1873, when the railroad was put through the county and the town of Tulare was established. He then entered into agricultural pursuits, farming from one thousand to five thousand acres of land on the Tule river and the Terra Bella country, using in his work thirteen eight-horse teams. He continued in this extensive farming until 1902, when he sold his homestead of about ten hundred and fifty-eight acres five miles north of Woodville, retaining three hundred and twenty acres twelve miles south of Portersville.
At present his family is located in Tulare and he is engaged in farming about eight hundred acres. Mr. Hunsaker has been twice married, the first ceremony being performed in San Rafael and uniting him with Mary F. Shuey, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Samuel D. Shuey, who came to California in 1852. Her death occurred September 7, 1880. She left a family of six children, namely : Carrie, the wife of Henry Roth, of Visalia ; Charles H., on the home ranch ; Harry, the manager of Travelers' Insurance Company of San Francisco; Kittie, the wife of W. H. Williams, of Los Angeles county ; Mattie Jewell, who died in infancy ; and Walter S., representing the Travelers' Insurance Company in Tulare.
Mrs. Mary F. Hunsaker and her daughter Mattie Jewell lie buried in the Tulare Cemetery, where a monument to their memory towers above their graves.
By his second marriage Mr. Hunsaker was united with Mrs. Frances C. (Hunsaker) Hastings, a native of Marion county, Missouri, and the daughter of Enoch Hunsaker, of Kentucky.
Enoch Hunsaker crossed the plains in 1850 and located first in Sacramento county, and later in Contra Costa county. Subsequently he removed to Tulare county and in 1864 engaged as a stock- man, his death occurring in this locality in 1878. His wife, Emily Hunsaker, died in Sacramento in 1852.
Mrs. Hunsaker was first married in Martinez to Lyman H. Hastings, a native of Ohio, who in 1849 came across the plains to California. He first conducted a meat market in Martinez, in 1870 removing to Tulare county, where he engaged in stock-raising until his death in 1874.
Mr. and Mrs. Hastings were the parents of six children, namely : Warren W., a farmer at Terra Bella; Leslie L., who died February 7, 1880, at nineteen years of age ; Lyman F.. of Modesto, a civil engineer and superintendent of the Turlock Irrigation District ; Ulysses G., in Fairbanks, Alaska, engaged in mining; Ada, the wife of R. F. Roth, of Visalia ; and Herbert J., represent- ing the Remington Typewriter Company in San Francisco.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hunsaker was born one child, Gyneth.
In his political affiliations Mr. Hunsaker is a staunch Democrat and is now a member of the county central committee, and is on the executive board. He has served one term as supervisor of the Fifth district. Fraternally he was made a Mason in Martinez and in 1864 was demitted to the Visalia Lodge, where he is still a member. He is a member of the Tulare County Pioneer Society, of which he served for three years as commander, holding office until September, 1904. when he refused longer service. He is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Woodville, which he helped materially to build. He serves as trustee and steward of the same, and for many years acted as superintendent of the Sunday School.
Married
In San Rafael-24th Inst. Mr. Henry Hunsaker of this county(contra Costa), to Miss Fanny Shuey of San Rafael
Contra Costa Gazette-February 28, 1863
Transcribed by Peggy Hooper
This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm
Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176
HENRY HUNSAKER. One of the oldest of the settlers in Tulare county, Henry Hunsaker is held in the highest esteem for the many qualities which have distinguished his long residence in this part of the state. A native of Adams county, Illinois, he was born seven miles from Quincy November 13, 1835.
His father, Isaac Hunsaker, was a native of Kentucky, and the descendant of an old Kentucky family whose first American ancestors came originally from Germany. Isaac Hunsaker engaged in farming in Adams county until 1837, in which year he removed to Platte County, Missouri. That location remained his home until 1846, when he became a resident of Fremont county, Iowa. Daniel Hunsaker, a brother, was a participant in the Black Hawk- war and became a pioneer of California in 1848, crossing the plains and locating in Contra Costa county, first at Benicia, Solano county, and afterward at Martinez. He died at Woodville, Tulare county, in June, 1897.
Isaac Hunsaker crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1850, locating first in Taylor valley, near Martinez, Contra Costa county, where he engaged in farming for about eight years. In 1858 he came to Tulare county and bought lands on the Tule river and Elk bayou, making his home five miles north of Woodville until his death in 1885, at the age of seventy- eight years. In early life he had been a member of the Baptist Church, but was later associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His wife, formerly Sarah King, a native of Kentucky, died in Fremont county, Iowa, leaving a family of four sons and one daughter, of whom three sons are now living, as follows : Henry, of this review ; George, a dentist in San Luis Obispo; and William, located on the Tule river. Of his second marriage, to Mary Walker, three children are living: Clara E., Elizabeth, wife of James Daley, of Contra Costa county, living on the old homestead, and Dr. H. W. Hunsaker of San Francisco. Henry Hunsaker was eleven years old when he was left motherless. He was reared in Mis- souri and Iowa, attending the public schools of each state in the vicinity of his home.
With his father he crossed the plains in 1850, driving loose stock. The journey was made by way of Sublett's Cut-off, and Humboldt and Carson route, and the party arrived in Hangtown September 1, and September 29 of the same year, arrived in Martinez.
For a time Henry remained on his father's farm in Contra Costa county, attending the public schools, and shortly afterward became a student in McMinnville Baptist College, in McMinnville, Ore., where he remained two years. Returning to California, he began stock-raising.
In 1862 he located in Tulare county and engaged in stock-raising on the Tule river until 1873, when the railroad was put through the county and the town of Tulare was established. He then entered into agricultural pursuits, farming from one thousand to five thousand acres of land on the Tule river and the Terra Bella country, using in his work thirteen eight-horse teams. He continued in this extensive farming until 1902, when he sold his homestead of about ten hundred and fifty-eight acres five miles north of Woodville, retaining three hundred and twenty acres twelve miles south of Portersville.
At present his family is located in Tulare and he is engaged in farming about eight hundred acres. Mr. Hunsaker has been twice married, the first ceremony being performed in San Rafael and uniting him with Mary F. Shuey, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Samuel D. Shuey, who came to California in 1852. Her death occurred September 7, 1880. She left a family of six children, namely : Carrie, the wife of Henry Roth, of Visalia ; Charles H., on the home ranch ; Harry, the manager of Travelers' Insurance Company of San Francisco; Kittie, the wife of W. H. Williams, of Los Angeles county ; Mattie Jewell, who died in infancy ; and Walter S., representing the Travelers' Insurance Company in Tulare.
Mrs. Mary F. Hunsaker and her daughter Mattie Jewell lie buried in the Tulare Cemetery, where a monument to their memory towers above their graves.
By his second marriage Mr. Hunsaker was united with Mrs. Frances C. (Hunsaker) Hastings, a native of Marion county, Missouri, and the daughter of Enoch Hunsaker, of Kentucky.
Enoch Hunsaker crossed the plains in 1850 and located first in Sacramento county, and later in Contra Costa county. Subsequently he removed to Tulare county and in 1864 engaged as a stock- man, his death occurring in this locality in 1878. His wife, Emily Hunsaker, died in Sacramento in 1852.
Mrs. Hunsaker was first married in Martinez to Lyman H. Hastings, a native of Ohio, who in 1849 came across the plains to California. He first conducted a meat market in Martinez, in 1870 removing to Tulare county, where he engaged in stock-raising until his death in 1874.
Mr. and Mrs. Hastings were the parents of six children, namely : Warren W., a farmer at Terra Bella; Leslie L., who died February 7, 1880, at nineteen years of age ; Lyman F.. of Modesto, a civil engineer and superintendent of the Turlock Irrigation District ; Ulysses G., in Fairbanks, Alaska, engaged in mining; Ada, the wife of R. F. Roth, of Visalia ; and Herbert J., represent- ing the Remington Typewriter Company in San Francisco.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hunsaker was born one child, Gyneth.
In his political affiliations Mr. Hunsaker is a staunch Democrat and is now a member of the county central committee, and is on the executive board. He has served one term as supervisor of the Fifth district. Fraternally he was made a Mason in Martinez and in 1864 was demitted to the Visalia Lodge, where he is still a member. He is a member of the Tulare County Pioneer Society, of which he served for three years as commander, holding office until September, 1904. when he refused longer service. He is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Woodville, which he helped materially to build. He serves as trustee and steward of the same, and for many years acted as superintendent of the Sunday School.
Married
In San Rafael-24th Inst. Mr. Henry Hunsaker of this county(contra Costa), to Miss Fanny Shuey of San Rafael
Contra Costa Gazette-February 28, 1863
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