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Hosea Cobb HOISINGTON

Parents
Father Hosea HOISINGTON (26 Jun 1797 - aft 1860)
Mother Chloe Bishop [Chloey Bishy] DAVIS (abt 1808 - 16 Mar 1868)

Vitals

Birth 5 Aug 1820 , , VT or NY 1
Death 14 Mar 1868 (age 47) 2
Burial
Occupation

 

Marriage

Spouse Lucretia Marena BOVEE
Date 30 Dec 1843 (age 23)3
Place , , NY 3

 

Children

Helen Elizabeth HOISINGTON (1 Dec 1846 - 9 Jul 1881)
Jinison/Janison Franklin HOISINGTON (6 Apr 1849 - 20 Nov 1851)
Alice Malissa HOISINGTON (4 Apr 1852 - 27 Jan 1944)
Artemisia ( Artimishia ) Jane HOISINGTON (6 Jan 1856 - 22 Apr 1926)
Margaret Alvina HOISINGTON (9 Feb 1861 - 9 May 1888)
Emily Maletta (Malitta) HOISINGTON (23 Nov 1865 - 30 Nov 1878)

Notes

Birth:

Although his birthplace is listed as Vt on the Alma WI census, his family was living in Attica, Genesee Co. NY (later called Alexander, Wyoming Co.)at the time of his birth.

Census:

Listed in the 1850 NY census4 near his father in Pinckney, Lewis, NY as:

39/825 Hosea Hoisington, 30,m,farmer,1100,New York
Mary,23,f,,,New York
Helen,4,f,,,New York
Franklin,2,m,,,New York

Residence:

Moved to WI in 1855 or May 1855 to Garden Valley WI

Misc:

In 1867, Hosea served as a Jackson County Wisconsin Grand or Petit Jurors For the September 1867 Term of the Circuit Court

General:

The following land patent is listed for 'Charles' Hoisington (his name may have been Hosea Charles), although he would have been 89 years old at the time. There is no Charles Hoisington among the descendants of Isaac. Sec. 30, Township 44N, Range 6W 80 acres 1901/05/27

Sources

  1. 1860 Census Jackson Co. WI.
  2. e-mail from Sharon Lang 11/16/99.
  3. Notes made by daughter, Alice Malissa Hoisington.
  4. 1850 Census Lewis Co. NY. img_8347.jpg from ancestry.com.

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.

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