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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 468-469]

    H. E. HUNTSINGER is one of the progressive and enterprising citizens
    of Silver Township.  He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania,
    December 27, 1840.  His parents were CHARLES and MARY (EPLER) HUNT-
    SINGER, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively.  He was
    seven years old when his parents removed to Sullivan County, Penn-
    sylvania, where they lived for ten years.  He then went to Lycoming
    County, in the same State.  The early life of our subject was spent
    in the lumber districts, and at work in saw-mills.  When there was
    a call for men to go to the defense of this country, he enlisted in
    the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Com-
    pany K, and served three years.  He took an active part in the battle
    of Chancelorsville, and at Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the
    thigh by a piece of shell, which confined him to the hospital for
    four weeks.  He was in the campaign of 1864, in the battle of the
    Wilderness, and was again wounded at North Anna by a gun-shot wound
    in the left foot.  This compelled him to remain in the hospital for
    six months.  He was discharged as Corporal, July 8, 1865.  Mr. HUNT-
    SINGER was united in marriage in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania,
    September 26, 1865, to Miss RACHEL R. PAYNE, who was born in Bradford
    County, Pennsylvania.  She is a daughter of JACOB and SARAH (SHERMAN)
    PAYNE, natives of Pennsylvania.  In 1867 Mr. HUNTSINGER came to
    Cherokee County, and took out a homestead in Pilot Township. He went
    with an ox team to Sioux City to file his claim.  The first house on
    the way was a tavern kept by one Mr. McDERMOTT.  There Mr. HUNTSINGER
    took dinner, and on asking for his bill he was told that the regular
    price for a meal was 50 cents, but as he was a neighbor he would be
    charged only 25 cents.  In 1876 he sold his first farm and bought a
    portion of his present place.  He now owns 240 acres of superior land.
    His residence was erected in 1887, at a cost of $1,200. It is built
    in modern style, and is one of the best in the neighborhood.  A fine
    grove of eleven acres adds very materially to the value of the farm.
    Mr. and Mrs. HUNTSINGER are the parents of seven children: CLADIUS E.,
    ASA RUSSELL, MARTHA ELLEN, ETTA, EVA, ANNA and MARY.  Mr. HUNTSINGER
    is a strong adherent to the principles of the Republican party.  He
    has served his township as trustee for twelve years, has been a mem-
    ber of the School Board, and is the present assessor.  He is a char-
    ter member of the General Custer Post, No. 25, G. A. R., and is also
    a member of the I.O.O.F., Lodge No. 490, at Holstein, Iowa. He is a
    man of great integrity of character, and is one of the most highly
    esteemed citizens of the township.


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