Hoisington/Horsington Family Web Site

Vitals

Birth	12 Mar 1855 Rockford, Winnebago, IL
Death	22 Jun 1928 (age 73) McGaffey, McKinley, NM
Burial	McGaffey Cemetery, McGaffey, McKinley, NM
Occupation

 

Marriage

Spouse	Zilpha May GROSS
Date	16 Mar 1876 (age 21)
Place	Piercetown, Kosciusko, IN 2
Divorce	bef 1903 (age 48)

 

Children

William Ellis HOISINGTON (5 Jun 1872 - )

Bessie May HOISINGTON (30 Dec 1883 - 1980)

Marion Leroy HOISINGTON (30 May 1887 - 12 Dec 1917)

Harry HOISINGTON (9 Apr 1890 - 3 Jan 1891)

 

Marriage

Spouse	Lula Ann LONG
Date	7 Jan 1903 (age 47)
Place	, Caddo, OK

 

Children

Rosalee HOISINGTON (27 Oct 1903 - 1 Feb 1980)

Joseph Roy HOISINGTON (1 Dec 1905 - 4 Dec 1972)

Fanny May HOISINGTON (27 Mar 1908 - 29 Oct 1986)

Edward Clarence HOISINGTON (14 Feb 1910 - 26 Nov 1990)

Gertie Dean HOISINGTON (27 Aug 1912 - 22 Jun 1936)

Harry Franklin HOISINGTON (10 Jul 1915/16 - 11 Dec 1981)

Viola Ruby HOISINGTON (14 Aug 1918 - 21 Sep 1989)

Bessie Evelyn HOISINGTON (31 Jul 1922 - 6 Aug 1922)

Floyd B. HOISINGTON

Notes

1880 Census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Frank HOISINGTON Self M Male W 25 IL Farmer OH NY
Zilpha M. HOISINGTON Wife M Female W 19 IL Keeping House NY NY
William E. HOISINGTON Son S Male W 1 KS IL IL
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Source Information:
Census Place Valverdi, Sumner, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254398
NA Film Number T9-0398
Page Number 113A

Census:

Listed on 1900 Logan Co. Census, Bismark Township

157/164 Hoisington, Frank, head, w,m,mar 1865,45,m,IL,OH,OH,Farmer

He had a boarder, Mart V. Hanks (age 65, b. KY) living with him. Frank and all his children could read and write.

Note: In fact, Bessie and Marion were listed on the Guthrie 1902 Roll of Honor as students who had neither been absent or tardy.

Burial:

McGaffey Cemetery

I. Concrete 'frame' (8'x8') 9' wide. Made of stone, looks recent. 'Frank B. Hoisington' on the top line. '1855-1928' on the next line. Stone looks commercial and professional.

Marriage #1:

Marriage record

GROSS, Zelpha M. HOISINGTON, Franklin B. 16 Mar 1876 E:474

From ancestry.com:

Dilpha M Gross Franklin Hoisington 16 Mar 1876 Kosciusko E 474

Divorce:

Harry Hoisington has her death date as 1/28/1928 in Anson KS, which would mean that they were probably divorced in Sumner County KS, as Frank married again in 1903.

Marriage#2:

Caddo County Oklahoma - Marriage Records
Sep 1901 - Apr 1905
Caddo County, Oklahoma Territory

Long, Lula A. - Franklin B. Haisington 07-Jan-1903

Sources

1. 1880 Census Sumner Co. KS. Val Verde Twp.
2. Index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A-E Inclusive. Record Location: Elkhart County, Indiana. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Goshen W. P. A. Complied by Indiana Works.

Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston. However, if only source material is referenced, the research was done by Harriette Jensen.