After arriving in Oregon in 1852 he then went to Washington to Washougal where he engaged in the saw milling business. In 1855 he secured a donation land claim of three hundred and twenty acres in Clarke county Washington and resided thereon for about eighteen years. After leaving there he removed to eastern Oregon and settled in Baker county where he has since lived.
In Clarke county, Washington, Mr. HUNSAKER was married to Maria STICE, the daughter of Peter STICE, who was a chair maker of Vancouver. Her brother, Peter J. STICE served in the Indian war of 1855-6 and ten or twelve years later was drowned in the Willamette river at Portland in an effort to rescue two ladies who had capsized their little boat. All three, however, were drowned.
Mrs. HUNSAKER had four sisters. Mrs. William MOFFET, Mrs. Robert ROCKET and Mrs. G. W. HART, are now deceased. The youngest was the wife of George PARKER and her second husband was a show man who fell from a trapeze and was killed. Her third husbands name was WHITLOCK. Mrs. WHITLOCK became very fleshy, weighing seven hundred and twenty pounds and was in Barnums museum for a time. She was also a snake charmer and handled rattlesnakes without any fear.
Unto Mr and Mrs. HUNSAKER were born six children namely, Francis Marion, born September 15, 1855; Hulda Catherine, born February 17, 1857; Malinda Jane, born July 12, 1860; Mary Lucinda, born December 2, 1862; William Sylvester, born May 11, 1865; and Anna Elizabeth, born June 27, 1868;
They lived to celebrate their golden wedding and two years later Mrs. HUNSAKER passed away, August 16, 1906.
After arriving in Oregon in 1852 he then went to Washington to Washougal where he engaged in the saw milling business. In 1855 he secured a donation land claim of three hundred and twenty acres in Clarke county Washington and resided thereon for about eighteen years. After leaving there he removed to eastern Oregon and settled in Baker county where he has since lived.
In Clarke county, Washington, Mr. HUNSAKER was married to Maria STICE, the daughter of Peter STICE, who was a chair maker of Vancouver. Her brother, Peter J. STICE served in the Indian war of 1855-6 and ten or twelve years later was drowned in the Willamette river at Portland in an effort to rescue two ladies who had capsized their little boat. All three, however, were drowned.
Mrs. HUNSAKER had four sisters. Mrs. William MOFFET, Mrs. Robert ROCKET and Mrs. G. W. HART, are now deceased. The youngest was the wife of George PARKER and her second husband was a show man who fell from a trapeze and was killed. Her third husbands name was WHITLOCK. Mrs. WHITLOCK became very fleshy, weighing seven hundred and twenty pounds and was in Barnums museum for a time. She was also a snake charmer and handled rattlesnakes without any fear.
Unto Mr and Mrs. HUNSAKER were born six children namely, Francis Marion, born September 15, 1855; Hulda Catherine, born February 17, 1857; Malinda Jane, born July 12, 1860; Mary Lucinda, born December 2, 1862; William Sylvester, born May 11, 1865; and Anna Elizabeth, born June 27, 1868;
They lived to celebrate their golden wedding and two years later Mrs. HUNSAKER passed away, August 16, 1906.
Family Members
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Mary Wilkison Hunsaker Clingingsmith
1817–1902
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Elizabeth Hunsaker Winget
1820–1889
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Hannah Hunsaker Inman
1822–1881
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Alexander Hunsaker
1824–1905
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Eva Jane Hunsaker Hoffman
1827–1870
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Andrew Jackson Hunsaker
1828–1915
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Hulda Hunsaker Kennedy
1830 – unknown
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Anna Elizabeth Hunsaker Winget Oakes
1834–1911
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John Hunsaker
1838–1918
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