George Sweeten Hunsaker

Cenotaph Marker is found in the Brigham City Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah

Son of Abraham Hunsaker and Margaret Sweeten

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 3

From the biographical sketch of Abraham Hunsaker: At the April conference, 1856, Bro. Hunsaker was called to settle in Carson Valley (now in Nevada) which mission he filled and returned in time to participate in the Echo Canyon expedition in the fall of 1857.

Journal Entry - May 28, 1858 - We landed in Pontown, Utah Valley on 28 May with all of our family as [well as] stock-sheep, cattle and horses. Margaret has not bin with us in this moove. She went a few weeks ahead of us to tak care of hir Mother as she was very sick even on hir death bed. We overtak hir here at Spanish fork just after the death of hir Mother a few minutes. She was sick several years with consumption and was expecting to depart this life [a] while before she did. When I beheld Margaret she was standing by hir Mother as she had just deceased. A lady was holding hir boy George, and I did not know him for he had taken sick a few days previous with his death sickness. We proceeded to get [a] coffin to bury Margaret's Mother. We buried hir and took Margaret and hir children tot he waggons with us, but hir boy was very sick with high fever, the same disease that caused Nephi death. We allso did all we could to raise [him] from his sickness, as we allso done all we could for Nephi, but nothing gave them ease, and finily we had to gave him up to go behind the veil for a while.

Journal Entry - June 12, 1858 — George Hunsaker Sweeten [George Sweeten Hunsaker] departed this life June 12, 1858 in the morning at sunrise, the same time [of] day that Nephi Hunsaker Collings [Nephi Collins Hunsaker] dyed. We prepair the grave of his grandmother Luckham and we bury him by hir side as she called him hir boy on hir deathbed. Hapy are those that dye without sin for they will finily be resurected without sin. We buryed him east of Palmyry City some 3 miles north of Spanish Fork half mile on top of the hill.

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