Hoisington/Horsington Family Web Site

Vitals

Birth	abt 1835 Cornish, , NH 1
Death	24 Nov 1909 (age 74) Togus, Kennebeck, ME
Burial	Togus Nat. Cemetery; Togus, Kennebec, ME 6,7
Occupation	Laborer, Farmer

 

Marriage 1

Spouse	Unknown UNKNOWN 8,9
Date	Date Unknown
Place

 

Children

None known.

 

Marriage 2

Spouse	Emma S SMITH
Date	24 Nov 1867 (age 32) 8
Place

 

Children

None known.

 

Marriage 3

Spouse	Unknown UNKNOWN
Date	Date unknown
Place

 

Children

None known.

Notes

Birth: Birth date calculated from marriage record.

Military: 1861 (age 26) 2,3

Military: Private 1 AC/7th Reg I (Hancock's First Army Corps) VT/ Wounded 5/5/1864 Also 4th VT Inf.

From ancestry.com:

Name Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Allegiance
Byron O. Hosington K 4 Vermont Infantry. Private Private Union

From ___________:

Hoisington, Byron O.
Residence: Windsor
Date of Enlistment: Aug 28, 1864
Date of Muster: Sep 21, 1864
Comments: W.D. May 5 '64. Must out Sep 30 '64

"Men Enlisted into Hancock's First Army Corps (One Year)"

Hoisington, Byron
Residence: Woodstock
Enlistment Date: Mch. 7, '65
Company, Regiment: L, 7
Comments: Must. out Mch. 7, '66

Pvt, 1 AC/7th Regt, Inf (Hancock's First Army Corp). Wounded 5/5/1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Civil War Muster Rolls

Hoisington, Byron O. Co. K, 4th VT Inf., Rank: Private. Box #000557, Extraction #0007, Record#00000870

Invalid's application filed 1869 Nov 20. Appl #149853 or 149453, Certificate 17353 (copy )

Fourth Infantry Regiment,

Roster -- Company K
Surname, Name, Age, Town, Rank, Enlisted, Muster In, Muster Out, Death)
Hoisington, Byron O., 26, Windsor, PVT, 8/28/1861, 9/21/1861, 9/30/1864,

Sixteenth Infantry Regiment

Roster -- Company H
Surname, Name, Residence, Rank, Enlisted, Mustered In, Mustered Out, Death)
Hoisington, Byron O., 26, Windsor, PVT, 8/28/1861, 9/21/1861, 9/30/1864,

Marriage:

Vital Record card 8 shows:

Groom: Hoisington, Byron O. Res: Windsor
Bride: Smith, Emma S.
Date of Marriage: Nov 24 1867


Groom age: 32 yrs. 2nd marriage Occ: Farmer BP: Cornish NH
Father: Orange
Mother: Joanna

Officiating: E. Hutchinson, Minister

The following looks like the marriage date is wrong. Could be 1867, which would make Byron b. 1835 and put him in the right date range for being the son of Orrie and Joanna and also the right age for being in the civil war.


Marriage - Groom p. 1375
Name of groom: Hoisington, Byron O., 32; married twice before.
bp: Cornish, NH., Date of marriage: 11/24/1807.
Father's name: Orace (spelling?) Hoisington.
Mother's name: Joanna.
Name Party off: E. Hutchinson, minister.
Town: Windsor.1

Occupation 1883/84 (age 48) laborer; Weathersfield, Windsor, VT 4

Hoisington Byron, (Amsden) 420, laborer.

Residence 1883/84 (age 48) Amsden, Windsor, VT 5

Property 7 Jun 1890 (age 55) bought a 3 year old heifer from Volney Grout; Weathersfield, Windsor, VT 5

Burial:

Burials of Civil War Veterans from Vermont 9
Hoisington* Byron - K 4 Windsor National/Togus, ME A 2626 N. 11/24/1909.Togus, ME

from findagrave.com:

Byron C Hoisington Birth: unknown Death: Nov. 24, 1909

From interment.net:

Togus National Cemetery *
Togus
Kennebec County
Maine, USA
Plot: A, 2626

HOISINGTON, BYRON C
US ARMY
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 08/03/1861 - 09/30/1864
DATE OF DEATH: 11/24/1909
DATE OF INTERMENT: 11/24/1909
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 2626
TOGUS NATIONAL CEMETERY
VA MEDICAL CENTER VA REGIONAL OFFICE CENTER TOGUS , ME 04330
(508) 563-7113 (508) 563-7113

Sources

1. Birth/Marriage/Death index for Vermont. Transcribed by Judy Hulliberger.
2. Civil War Service Records. ancestry.com.
3. Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. Adjutant General's Office, Montpelier (VT). 1882.
4. Gazetteer, Business Directory, Windsor County, VT, for 1883-84. Compiled and published by Hamilton Child (1884). p.529.
5. Weathersfield VT Town Records. transcribed by Laura Robinson and Harriette Jensen 050404. 02673.jpg.
6. findagrave.com.
7. Department of Veteran's Affairs National Cemetery Administration website. http://www.cem.va.gov/index.htm.
8. Vermont Vital Records film F-30267 Rec ID 21428. Transcribed by Harriette Jensen 042904. Vermont Vital Records Center, Middlesex VT.
9. Burials of Civil War Veterans from Vermont

Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.