Son of Abraham Hunsaker and Harriet Vernisha Beckstead

Married Julianne Christine Josephine Victoria Hansen, 1 Feb 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Abraham La Von Hunsaker, James Clarence Hunsaker, Gertrude Victoria Hunsaker, Verda Melvina Hunsaker, Vessie Hortense Hunsaker, Amos Ernest Hunsaker, Hyrum Ora Hunsaker, Parley Lorenzo Hunsaker

Beckstead and Abraham Hunsaker, was born on 12 March 1855 at West Jordan, Utah. The following year the family moved to
Carson Valley, Nevada. After returning to Utah later, Hyrum helped his father graze cattle and sheep north of Brigham, in the vicinity of what is now Honeyville. In 1874 Hyrum's mother moved to Honeyville to live permanently.

In 1869, just previous to this move, Hyrum, his father and mother, and some of Hyrum's older brothers, went to Little Mountain where they worked on the grading of the transcontinental railroad. They lived in a cave while there, and Hyrum was present at the driving of the golden spike.

In 1875, Hyrum was called to help settle the Little Colorado River in Arizona. He returned to Utah in 1876 and freighted supplies by wagon train to Montana from the railroad at Corinne.

On 1 February 1878, Hyrum married Julianne Victoria Hansen in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. The trip to Salt Lake City and back to Honeyville required a seven days' journey. Hyrum and Julianne lived in Honeyville for a while, and then moved to Arizona to help colonize that area. They spent over four months on the journey to Arizona, and the hardships they endured were almost unbearable. They finally arrived in Arizona in September 1884. They first settled at Mesa, and later moved to Snowflake.

Hyrum's health was not good in Arizona, and they returned to Honeyville in 1887. The return journey, which took only two months and 20 days, was much easier than the journey going south.

After his return to Utah, Hyrum farmed at Honeyville. Part of the time he did contract work for others and also operated a threshing machine. In the spring of 1893, Hyrum, and others of Abraham's family, homesteaded land at Blue Creek, Utah. This 130 Abraham Hunsaker and his family land was very difficult to farm, and although Hyrum proved up on his homestead, he traded his land there and moved farther northward into Pocatello Valley and took up land there.

As time went on, however, Hyrum spent more and more time in Honeyville, where he was active in Church affairs. Hyrum died on 11 November 1933, at Honeyville.

He was buried in the Honeyville Cemetery. - Written by Hyrum Ora Hunsaker