Abraham Hunsaker
Birth Date
On 1812 November 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1889 January 3 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois, United States
1812 November 29
Mother
Polly Luce
Father
Jacob Hunsaker
Date Details
Occurred On 1812 November 29
Married
Eliza Collins
1833 January 3 (Age 20)
Baptized by
David Evans
1840 November 15 (Age 27)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 33)
Members in Company
Rank
Fourth Sergeant
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 34)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company (1848)
1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Lewis Jones Hunsaker (Age 9)
Allen Collins Hunsaker (Age 7)
Sarah Vallum Hunsaker (Age 5)
Eliza Collins (Age 31)
Nephi Collings Hunsaker (Age 3)
Mary Jane Hunsaker (Age 12)
Elizabeth Collins Hunsaker (Age 10)
Abraham Hunsaker, Jr. (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 3
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Vernisha Beckstead
1850 November 15 (Age 37)
Married
Margaret Sweeten
1854 June 11 (Age 41)
Traveled in
Chester Loveland Company (1857)
1857 September 26 – November 1 (Age 44)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1857 September 26
Joined Company
Ended On 1857 November 1
Company Arrived
Married
Ane Catherine Jensen
1858 November 13 (Age 45)
Married
Mary Luckham
1863 March 14 (Age 50)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1874 October 10 – 1875 (Age 61)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
24th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Charles Coulson Rich
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1874 October 10
Set Apart
Ended Circa 1875
Released
Died in Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
1889 January 3 (Age 76)
Media
Abraham Hunsaker (1812 - 1889) Profile
Sources
Person
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877). Registry of the names of persons residing in the various wards, 1852: Page 51.
Deseret Evening News
"Brigham City Bits", Deseret Evening News, (16 January 1889), Page 9.
History of Abraham Hunsaker and His Family
History of Abraham Hunsaker and His Family.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1874, Vol. B, Page 29, Line 1130.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1894, Vol. A, Page 27, Line 1130.
Pioneer
Abraham Hunsaker reminiscences and journal, 1842-1859
Abraham Hunsaker reminiscences and journal, 1842-1859.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 19.
Historical Department office journal, 1844-2012
"Robert L. Campbell, Journal extracts", Historical Department office journal, 1844-2012, 11, 12, (3 July 1848), Page 93-117, 35-243.
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Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 180.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.