Hoisington/Horsington Family Web Site

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Birth	Jun 1898 , Athens, OH
Death	25 Sep 1918 (age 20) St. Malo, , France
Burial	Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France 2, 3
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Marriage

Spouse	None known
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Children

None known

Notes

1910 Census:

Living with grandparents in 1910. His mother had died, but his father was still alive.

Military:

From ancestry.com's 'OH Men in WWI' database:

1 NAME Dewey P. Hoisington
Race: W
Residence: RFD 1, Athens OH
Enlisted at: Columbus Barracks, OH
Enlistment date: 14 Sep 1917
Birthplace: Athens OH
Age at enlistment: 19 3/12 years

'WWI vet died overseas. Raised by his grandfather, Ferdinand Hoisington. Dewey died in St. Malo France and was buried there. The funeral was at the St. Malo Cathedral and at that time was the biggest funeral ever held there.'

Died of pneumonia?

Burial:

Oise-Aisne American cemetery 3

Dewey P. Hoisington

Private, US Army
Quartermaster Corps

Died: September 25, 1918
Buried at: Plot D Row 40 Grave 12
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Fere-en-Tardenois, France

Earlier, thought to be buried at St. Malo, France

Sources

1. Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index. ancestry.com.
2. e-mail 7/22/99 from Melody Arends.
3. Listed on American Battle Monuments Site

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