Little is known of the
Hunsacker clan. The family patriarch, Daniel Hunsacker, immigrated
overland from Missouri in 1847 with his family, settling first in
Benicia and later in Contra Costa County.
Apparently, public service
ran in the family’s blood. Daniel served as county treasurer. Two of
his sons, Nicholas and James, served as sheriff, and a third son,
Harrison, served as a deputy.
Nicholas was a miner at
Park’s Bar in 1848 and a resident of San Diego in 1874.
James entered as an
apprentice into the Martinez Masonic Lodge in 1858.
