Joseph Hunsicker, a prominent and prosperous farmer and stock-raiser of Washington Township, is a native of Lehigh County, and his birth occurred January 12, 1844. He is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Klotz) Hunsicker, both natives of this county. The paternal grandfather was also born in this county, while his father is said to have come from Germany to this country when a young man. Daniel Hunsicker died during the Civil War, although he was not a soldier. Of the parental family, those living are: Joel, residing in Lowhill Township; our subject, and Lewis, who lives in South Whitehall Township. The father served as School Director of Washington Township for a number of years and died in the faith of the Reformed Church.

The subject of this brief sketch was reared in this county and has been a life-long farmer. He received but a limited education in the common schools of the district and is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. The present estate of Mr. Hunsicker includes one hundred and twenty acres of finely tilled land, on which he raises fine crops each year. He also owns fine blooded animals of all kinds, in which he takes great interest.

Mr. Hunsicker and Miss Sarah Krouse were united in marriage in 1868, and their union was blessed by the birth of three children, Oliver, Wilson (deceased) and Richard D. The good wife and mother was called to the land beyond in 1881. The second union of our subject took place in 1883, when Mrs. Attelia Hoffman, the widow of A. P. Hoffman, of Washington Township, became his wife. Mrs. Hunsicker is the daughter of George
Krouse. She became the mother of two children, both of whom are deceased.

Mr. Hunsicker has served his township efficiently as School Director, and in his religious views is a valued member of the Reformed Church, being one of the elders of the denomination. He is always in favor of everything tending to improve the county and township and is justly recognized as one of the prominent and influential citizens of the township.