Nicholas Hunsaker (August 7, 1825 – September 13, 1913) was sheriff of Contra Costa County, California, from 1851 to 1853 and from 1855 to 1857[1][2] and the 10th sheriff of San Diego County from 1875 to 1876.[3][4]
Nicholas Hunsaker was born in Alexander County, Illinois, the son of Daniel and Charlotte (King) Hunsaker. Hunsaker descended from Mennonites expelled from Switzerland and emigrated to Pennsylvania.[5] Nicholas settled in California in 1847, where he farmed and raised stock under the T5 brand, as well as serving as sheriff. Nicholas married Lois E. Hastings. Lois's uncle was Lansford W. Hastings. Nicholas Hunsaker moved his family to San Diego in 1869. In September 1875, Nicholas Hunsaker was involved in enforcing eviction papers, evicting Luiseño from ancestral lands on Rancho Temecula.[6][7] Nicholas' son, William, became a well-known politician and attorney in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Nicholas Hunsaker died in San Diego on September 13, 1913 from injuries he received after being struck by a streetcar.[8]
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- ^ McGroarty, John Steven (1921). Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea. Vol. 2. Chicago: American Historical Society. p. 221. LCCN 21003908. OL 13489763M. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ Munro-Fraser, J. P., ed. (1882). History of Contra Costa County, California. San Francisco, CA: W. A. Slocum & CO. pp. 240–242. ISBN 0914418017. Retrieved June 14, 2013. See Table showing the Officers of Contra Costa County, as compiled from the Records of the Court of Sessions and Boards of Supervisors, from 1850 to 1882 inclusive. Re-print Brooks-Sterling Company, 1974, Oakland
- ^ Lummis, Charles Fletcher; Moody, Charles Amadon, eds. (1909), "Makers of Los Angeles", Out West, vol. 30, Los Angeles, CA: Out West Magazine Co, p. 365, ISBN 9781153075565, retrieved June 14, 2013 Alt URL
- ^ "Deposition of Nicholas Hunsaker". The United States Vs. Andres Castillero: "New Almaden" - Transcript of the Record. Vol. 4. San Francisco, CA: United States District Court, Northern District of California. 1861. pp. 2776–2778. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
My name is Nicholas Hunsaker; my age is thirty-five years, and I reside in La Fayette, Contra Costa county. *** My occupation is that of farming and stock-raising; I have been sheriff of the county two terms, from 1851 to 1853, and from 1855 to 1857.
- ^ Page, Daniel E. (2003). The descendants of Hartmann Hunsaker : born 1689/90, of Canton Bern, Switzerland. Arkoma, OK. ASIN B0006S6BDG. OCLC 866204748.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Phillips, George Harwood (2014). Chiefs and Challengers: Indian Resistance and Cooperation in Southern California, 1769–1906. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9780806147581. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ "History". Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. Temecula, CA. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
After the establishment of the state of California in 1850, a group of Temecula Valley Ranchers petitioned the District Court in San Francisco for a Decree of Ejection of Indians living on the land in Temecula Valley, to which the Temeekuyam could show no clear written title on April 15, 1869. The court later granted the decree in 1873. Several attempts by the Temeekuyam captains to stay the decree were unsuccessful, and our fate was sealed. In 1875 a posse led by the sheriff of San Diego County, Mr. Hunsaker, began three days worth of evictions.
- ^ "Dies of Injuries". Los Angeles Times. San Diego. September 15, 1913. p. 11. Retrieved March 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.