Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records H

Mathias Hunsinger & Mary Ann Gears

Mathias Hunsinger
Born: 1757 in Germany
Died: November 21, 1805 in Muhlenberg
Note: He had 200 acres of land in Muhlenberg County according to survey done December 11, 1798.

Spouse: Mary Ann Gears
Born: 1761
Died: August 21, 1861 in Burnt Prairie, Illinois

Children of Mathias Hunsinger & Mary A. Gears:

  1. Jacob Hunsinger, born March 31, 1783 and died December 19, 1862. He married Elizabeth Shull who was born September 15, 1786 and died January 11, 1859, the daughter of Peter and Anna Dorothea Hetzel Shull. They are buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, White Co., Illinois.
  2. Adam Hunsinger, born December 15, 1784 and died January 9, 1873. He married Mary Vaught born 1796 and died June 17, 1876, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Martin Vaught. They are buried in Bethel Cemetery, White Co., Illinois.
  3. Catherine Hunsinger, born 1786. She married Michael Heltsley.
  4. George Hunsinger, born 1787
  5. David Hunsinger, born 1791
  6. Susan Hunsinger, born 1793. She married Peter Graves who was born October 27, 1786 and died June 5, 1871 and is buried in Ceralvo Cemetery, Ohio Co., Kentucky. They married April 6, 1812.
  7. Samuel Hunsinger, born 1794 and died February 7, 1844 in White Co., Illinois. He married Polly Ellis.
  8. Mary Hunsinger, born March 12, 1796 and died December 18, 1851 in Edgar Co., Illinois. She married John Vaught born March 14, 1792 in Pennsylvania and died September 11, 1872 in Butler Co., Kansas, the son of John and Elizabeth Martin Vaught. They married September 27, 1818.
  9. Daniel Hunsinger, born May 17,1798 and died March 25, 1867 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, White Co., Illinois. He married Margaret Stewart who was born 1811 and died July 1, 1887, the daughter of Simon and Patsy Stewart. They married April 12, 1829.
  10. Elizabeth Hunsinger born March 8, 1801 in Muhlenberg. She married Peter Matthews who was born 1789 in Muhlenberg and died December 6, 1822 in Burnt Prairie, Illinois. They married June 5, 1815 in White Co., Illinois.
  11. Sarah Hunsinger, born 1802 and died October 8, 1884. She married Benjamin Hunsaker who was born December 6, 1795 in Pennsylvania and died March 9, 1855, the son of George and Susannah Mosier Hunsaker. He is buried in New Providence Cemetery, Edgar Co., Illinois. They married November 18, 1821.

Contributed by Helen McKeown.

Updated July 30, 2017