Vitals
| Birth | 29 Oct 1834 Charlotte TWP, Chautauqua, NY |
| Death | 5 Apr 1932 (age 97) Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY |
| Burial | Burnham Hollow Cemetery; Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY6,7 |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Marriage
| Spouse | Similde A. THATCHER |
| Date | 18 Sep 1860 (age 25) |
| Place | Sinclairville, Chautauqua, NY8 |
Children
| Hattie HOISINGTON (15 Jul 1861 - 22 Feb 1863) |
| Berton 'Bert' HOISINGTON (3 Jan 1864 - 1930) |
| Charles E. HOISINGTON (28 Oct 1865 - 1952) |
| Lillian HOISINGTON (21 Mar 1868 - 1927) |
| Blanche HOISINGTON (12 May 1872 - May 1911) |
| Maude May HOISINGTON (12 May 1878 - 1984) |
| Mabel HOISINGTON (22 Aug 1880 - 1964) |
| Florence H. HOISINGTON (15 Aug 1883 - 1979) |
| Claude J. HOISINGTON (30 Dec 1887 - Oct 1975) |
Notes
Census 18506
Listed in Charlotte, Chautauqua, NY, page 209. He is listed as 14 and born in NY.
Census 18606
Enumerated on 17 August. Listed in Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY, page 262, with his parents and sister Nancy. His listing shows that he is 23 and a sawyer.
Marriage (1860)8:
Marriage performed by Rev. I. George.
Military 1861 (age 27)1
Enlisted in Company F, 154th New York Regiment on August 30, 1862, along with three of his closest buddies. On October 12, 1862, he received a disability discharge, after recovering from a gunshot wound of the left foot. The wound was said to have been received in the Battle of Germantown. He returned to his wife and child, and bought a farm nearby the Thatcher Homestead. 9
Jackson Horsington
Enlist Date: 29 Aug 1862
Enlist Place: Arkwright NY
Enlist Rank: Private
Enlist Age: 27
Served New York
Enlisted F Co. 154th Inf Reg NY. Disch disability on 27 mar 1863
From "Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers" 1
Name: Jackson Horsington ,
Enlistment Date: 29 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Unit Numbers: 1423 1423
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 August 1862 at the age of 27. Enlisted in Company F, 154th Infantry Regiment New York on 25 September 1862. Received a disability discharge Company F, 154th Infantry Regiment New York on 27 March 1863
From 'Alphabetical Index of Civil War Veterans of Chautauqua County' :
Horsington (Hoyington, Hoysington), Jackson, Arkwright, CC-1
From the 1883 Schedule of Pensioners, Chatuaqua Co., NY: Sept. 1869,
File #115804, Hoisington Jackson, Laona (Post Office), gun shot wound left foot, $2.00.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/Ccgs/Civpensions.htm
HOISINGTON Jackson Co F 154th NYV Arkwright
B 29 Oct 1834 in Charlotte, son of Daniel Hoisington (b NY) & Mary ______ (b VT); Enlisted 29 Aug 1862 at Jamestown, mustered out of service in
March 1863 due to disability caused by gunshot wounds received on a southern battlefield.For an alternate version of the story, see email excerpt from Mark H. Dunkelman.
1870 Federal Census
Charlotte, Chautauqua, NY
Enumeration Date: 11 Aug 1870
Hoisington, Jackson, 35, Farm Laborer,,500,NY
Hoisington, Sermilda,27,Keeping House,,,NY
Hoisington, Burton, 6,Attending School,,,NY
Hoisington, Charlie, 4,At Home,,,NY
Hoisington, Lellie, 2, At Home,,,NY
Jackson lived next door to his parents.
1870 Veteran's Census (age 36)
Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY2
Census 1880 (age 46) Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY3:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jackson HOISINGTON Self M Male W 45 NY Farmer VY ---
Similde HOISINGTON Wife M Female W 36 NY Keeping House CT NY
Berton HOISINGTON Son S Male W 16 NY At Home NY NY
Charley HOISINGTON Son S Male W 14 NY At Home NY NY
Lillian HOISINGTON Dau S Female W 12 NY NY NY
Blanch HOISINGTON Dau S Female W 18 NY NY NY
Maud HOISINGTON Dau S Female W 2 NY NY NY
Oren HOISINGTON Nephew S Male W 22 NY Laborer NY NY
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Source Information:
Census Place Arkwright, Chautauqua, New York
Family History Library Film 1254815
NA Film Number T9-0815
Page Number 2D
Oren was the son of Warren Hoisington, who died in 1877. Jackson lived next door to his parents.
Misc 29 Oct 1899 (age 65) Griswald, Chautauqua, NY4
"..celebrated 65th birthday at home in Griswald, 7 of his children were present. Charles of Fredonia was not."
Census 1930 (age 96) Arkwright, Chautauqua, NY5
Living in the household of his youngest son, Claude.
Miscellaneous:
From the Chautauqua County NY USGenweb website.
Arkwright Has One Civil War Veteran Left
___________
Jackson Hoisington of Burnham Hollow is 95 Years Old
Wife Whom He Married 69 Years Ago is Still
at His Side
___________
Arkwright Center, May 17. --------Nearness to Memorial day reminds Arkwright residents that they have just one Civil War veteran left, Jackson Hoisington of Burnham Hollow, who is 95 years old. Mr. Hoisington is in very good health considering his nearly 100 years and reads without glasses. He is quite deaf. His estimable wife who is passing the declining years at his side is 86 years old and wonderfully well preserved. In spite of a severe illness suffered a few months ago she carries herself with the straightness of a reed and many of the young women of today might well envy her fine figure. She sews without trouble but admits having some difficulty in threading her needle. In a little visit the other day she told The Journal correspondent that she thought the short dresses of today looked ridiculous. When asked about girls smoking cigarets she laughed and said, "Some girls smoked in my day but not cigarets." Speaking of the amusements when she was young she said, "We used to go to spelling schools, apple paring bees and to dances. Dave Rundell, Ed Ruttenbur and Marve Snow furnished the music which was considered extra good." She mentioned a large swing in the H.J White woods where nearly all the young folks used to meet for a good time. She also remembers the old Sycamore stump in Burnham Hollow which served as a post office and she has taken from and left mail in the stump. At that time the postage on a letter was 5 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Hoisington have passed their 69th wedding anniversary. They were married in Sinclairville, N.Y., their attendants were Leander White and Miss Sally Luce. They took dinner in Jamestown and it included Johnny cake. They went from there to Cherry Creek stayed over night and the next day went to Fredonia and had their wedding pictures taken by Mr. Tarbell. They went to keeping house on the hill near Canadaway Creek. They have brought up a large family and are now living with their youngest son, Claud Hoisington.
Transcribed by Bonnie Covedill
February 7, 2004
Taken from The Jamestown Journal clipping dated ??? around the year 1930....
Death:
DIED: 5 May 1932 at his home in Arkwright, aged 97. Survived by wife 2 sons and 3 daus. Mrs Hoisington aged 88 when Jackson died just 3 mos short of their 75th wedding anniversary. Funeral conducted by Rev C H Dayton of Fredonia Presbyterian Church; buried in Burnham Hollow Cemetery.
Bur_Cem:
Tombstone seen and photographed 060504. Same stone as Similde.
Sources
- Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364.
- 1870 Veteran's Census.
- 1880 Census Chautauqua Co. NY. Arkwright.
- Compiled and indexed by Lois M. Barris. Genealogical Information (births, deaths, marriages) reported in The Grape Belt (Dunkirk NY) Jan. 6, 1893 to Dec. 30, 1899. Chautauqua Genealogical Society (Fredonia, NY), 1994. researched by Laura Godda Robinson.
- 1930 Census Index.
- Jacqueline R. Thorpe group sheets. These were documented with census records, family bibles and interviews done with family members.
- Photograph.
- Nineteenth Century Marriages Reported in the Fredonia Censor. Compiled by Lois Barris, 1990. Chautauqua County Genealogical Society, Fredonia NY. Publ. 11/7/1860.
- From Mark Frieden's web page.
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.