Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....Hunsinger, Port W. 1854 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  PORT W. HUNSINGER. - This well known farmer and merchant of Cherry township is
  also the proprietor of the large sawmill located at what is known as Hunsinger
  Corners. He was born on the same farm which he now owns July 1, 1854, and is the
  son of Levy B. and Esther (Frue) Hunsinger, natives of Black Creek, Luzerne
  county, Pennsylvania, where they were married.
  
      Levy B. Hunsinger came to Sullivan county in 1836, and for about ten years
  was engaged in the carpentering business with his brother-in-law, Benjamin
  Thrasher. At the end of this time he returned to his old home in Luzerne county,
  and married soon after, bringing his wife to Sullivan county, where he spent the
  remainder of his life. In 1850, in conjunction with his brother-in-law, he built
  the mill which is now owned and operated by our subject. Two years later he
  purchased the interest of his partner and carried on the business himself until
  death, May 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-two years. He was also for a time a
  partner with Gottlieb Bartch in operating a steam sawmill on the old Bartch farm
  in Cherry township. He also built the Lutheran church in this township, which is
  known as Thrasher's Corners, in 1854. Mr. Hunsinger was a prominent man in his
  locality and held the offices of justice of the peace and school director for
  many years. He was a member of the Lutheran church and in political belief a
  Democrat. His wife died July 30, 1876, aged fifty-three years. They are both
  interred in Thrasher's cemetery. The children born of this union were: Fianna,
  who married W. M. Shaffer, a farmer in Bradford county; G. Washington, who
  married Miss Noma Miller, and their residence is unknown; Port W., our subject;
  Esther A., who married Victor Artlip, a farmer of Bradford county.
  
      The paternal grandparents were Bernhart and Barbara (Feller) Hunsinger. The
  maternal grandparents were George Frey and Mary (Wellman) Frey.
  
      Port W. Hunsinger attended the district schools of his native place until
  the age of fifteen, and then worked in the sawmills under his father until a few
  years before the latter's death, when he purchased the property and has since
  continued to carry on the business. His mill is run by water power and is well
  equipped for turning out first-class work. In 1890, Mr. Hunsinger, in
  conjunction with his other business, engaged in merchandising at Hunsinger
  Corners. He has been successful in his various enterprises and is one of the
  well-to-do and progressive men of his township. He filled the office of school
  director for three years and takes an active interest in the cause of education.
  He is a loyal Democrat, an influential member of the Lutheran church and also of
  the I. O. O. F., of Dushore. Mr. and Mrs. Hunsinger have four children: Merton,
  who resides at Waverly, Pennsylvania; Walter, Charles and Blanch, who are at home.
  
      Our subject was married April 9, 1876, in Cherry township, to Miss Irene
  Maynard. Mrs. Hunsinger was born in Cherry township November 6, 1855, and is a
  daughter of David and Eva (Graff) Maynard, natives respectively of Susquehanna
  county, Pennsylvania and Germany. Her mother came to America when but one year
  old with her parents, who settled in Cherry township, where her father was a
  farmer and dairyman. Mr. Maynard died at Towanda, Pennsylvania, in January,
  1894, aged sixty-three years, and his wife at the same place in 1869, aged
  thirty-nine years. They are buried in Coles cemetery, Bradford county. Both were
  worthy members of the Christian church. Their children were Irene, wife of our
  subject, and Elizabeth, who married Reuben Dieffenbach, a farmer and
  wheel-wright in Bradford county.
  
      The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Hunsinger were Francis and Elizabeth
  Graff, who were farmers in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.
  
  
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  Extracted from: 
                      
                    History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
                      
                              Compendium of Biography
                      
          The Lewis Publishing Company
                        Chicago: 1899
    
  
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