Bradford Hunsaker

1832 - 1917  (84 years)

• Name	Bradford Hunsaker
  Born	15 Aug 1832	Adams Co., Ill   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 May 1917	Baker Co., Ore   [2]
  Buried	16 May 1917	Baker, Baker Co., Oregon
  Person ID	I172	Paul's Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	John Brown Hunsaker,   b. 17 Dec 1794, Springhill Twp., Fayette Co., Pa. ,   d. 11 Jan 1889, Burton Twp., Adams Co., Ill  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Beggs,   b. Jan 1800, Butler Co., Ky ,   d. 20 Feb 1840, Knox Co., Mo.  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1816	Union Co., Ill.
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Maria Stice,   b. 12 Apr 1837, Clay, Missouri ,   d. 16 Aug 1906, Baker Co., Ore  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1854  [3]
  Children	1. John Hunsaker,   b. Abt 1854, Clark Co., Washington Territory ,   d. Bef 1870  (Age < 15 years)  [natural]   2. Francis Marion Hunsaker,   b. 15 Sep 1855, Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington Territory ,   d. 7 Dec 1927, Baker Co, Oregon  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   3. Hulda Catherine Hunsaker,   b. 17 Feb 1857, Washington Territory  [natural]   4. Malinda Jane Hunsaker,   b. 12 Jul 1860, Clark CO., Wa ,   d. 4 Mar 1924, Coos Co., Oregon  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   5. Mary Lucinda Hunsaker,   b. 2 Dec 1862, Washington Territory  [natural]   6. William Sylvester Hunsaker,   b. 11 May 1865, Baker Co, Oregon  [natural]   7. Anne Elizabeth Hunsaker,   b. 27 Jun 1868, Baker Co, Oregon ,   d. 4 May 1953, Baker Co, Oregon  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From "Book of Oregon Pioneers" Bradford Hunsaker, born Adams County, Illinois, 8/15/1832 German paternal line Parents: John and Annie, lived in Illinois and Missouri Came to Oregon in 1853 in 21st year. In sawmill business, farming, blacksmithing and carpentering 4/11/1852: crossed plains with 50 people led by cousin, Captain Joseph Hunsaker, no Indian trouble 1852: Washington on the Washougal, sawmilling 1855: Got claim of 320 acres in Clarke County, Wash, 18 years farming, then Baker County, Oregon, farming and stock raising. Served in Indian War, 1855-56, Captain Stouss Company Dunkard, became Baptist, Democrat Children: Francis Marion 9/15/1855 Hulda Catherine 2/17/1857 Malinda Jane 7/12/1860 Mary Lucinda 12/2/1862 Wm Sylvester 5/11/1865 Anna Elizabeth 6/27/1868 Died 5/14/1917, near Baker, Oregon, Survived by: Francis Marion Hunsaker, Baker Oregon William F Hunsaker, Fresno, California Mrs Jessie Stewart, North Bend, Oregon Mrs Anna Kinsey, Fayette, Idaho 1860 Census Clark Co., Wash Terr page 22 Bradford Hunsaker 32 MO Maria 28 MO John 6 WT Francis M 5 WT Catherine 3 WT L B Hunsaker 35 Ill Hereditary Insane Mary Ann 17 Ill Hereditary Insane 1870 Census Baker Co, OR Powder River Valley Page 10 Bradford Handsaker 37 MO Farmer Mariah 38 PA Frances M 14 WT Malinda I 9 WT Mary L 7 WT William P 5 WT Ann E 4 WT 1880 Census Baker Co, OR North Powder Page 4 Bradford Hunsaker 48 MO/US/US Maria 43 MO/Ger/KY Francis 25 WT/MO/MO Wm 15 WT/MO/MO Annie 12 WT/MO/MO 1900 census Baker Co, OR Baker Pct #1 Hunsaker, Bradford Head W M b. Aug 1832 age 67 married 46 years b. MO/KN/KN Farmer Maria A Wife W F b. Apr 1837 age 63 married 46 years b. MO/Ger/KN immigrated in 1842 lived in US 58 years age 82 1910 census home 240 family 257 North Bend pct., Coos County, Oregon ED 62 sheet 11A name given as Brandford Hunsaker, widower, living with daughter Jennie. BIOGRAPHY: from "Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912" by Joseph Gaston, published in 1912. Extraction of Vol 3, p. 911, sent be email from Velma Stice in 1998. BRADFORD HUNSAKER retired farmer, living in Baker. He was among the pioneers of 1852. He was born 15 August 1832 in Adams County, Illinois. His parents were John and Annie HUNSAKER and there were ten children, four sons and six daughter in the family with only three living now living. 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Bradford Hunsaker's Death Cert. [S99] Bradford Hunsaker's Death Cert. Baker, Baker Co., Oregon Bradford Hunsaker Male White Widower b. Aug 15, 1832 d. May 14, 1917 Age 84y 8m 29d Occupation: Farmer b. Ill Father: John Hunsaker, b. Ill Mother: Annie Beggs, b. Kentucky bur. Baker Ore, 5/16/1917 [S233] Stice Web Site on Rootsweb.