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Vitals

Birth	7 May 1814 , Athens, OH
Death	25 Dec 1866 (age 52) , Grundy, MO
Burial	Sires Cemetery; , Grundy, MO4,5
Occupation

 

Marriage

Spouse	Lydia EDDY
Date	21 Sep 1836 (age 22)
Place	, Athens, OH6,7

 

Children

James Edwin HOISINGTON (3 Sep 1837 - 14 Dec 1913)

Caroline Augusta HOISINGTON (6 Jun 1840 - 10 Jan 1842)

William Vincent HOISINGTON (12 Jan 1842 - 22 Jul 1925)

Mary HOISINGTON (23 Mar 1843 - 15 Apr 1930)

Lydia Augusta 'Augusta' HOISINGTON (5 Aug 1844 - 19 Jan 1873)

Henry Earle HOISINGTON (28 Mar 1846 - 10 May 1846)

Charles Albert HOISINGTON (27 Apr 1850 - 8 Feb 1929)

Celina Amanda HOISINGTON (14 Sep 1851 - 19 Jan 1873)

Notes

Marriage:

Date changed from 15 Sep 1836 to 21 Sep 1836 after viewing the original marriage record. The license was issued on Sep 14. Fletcher & Schumacher listed Sep 15, 1836 and cited Vol 1/2, p. 124 as their source.

TaxList:

Listed on 1847 Tax List for Davis County, IA Territory

Property:

Original Land Entries, Davis County, Iowa

Lick Creek Township [T70N-R13W]

HOISINGTON James W 1-13-1848

Census:

Listed on 1850 Federal Census in Lick Creek Twp, Davis Co., IA, p. 259

4 22 22 Hoisington James W 36 M Farmer 1200 Ohio
5 22 22 Hoisington Lydia 40 F R I
6 22 22 Hoisington James E 13 M Ohio x
7 22 22 Hoisington William 8 M Ohio x
8 22 22 Hoisington Mary 7 F Ohio x
9 22 22 Hoisington Augusta 6 F Ohio x
10 22 22 Hoisington Charles 1/12 M Iowa

Census:

Listed on 1860 Federal Census in Lick Creek Twp, Davis Co., IA, p. 731

Burial:

Burial listed on transcription of Sires Cemetery on Grundy Co. USGenWeb site. Sires is also known as Estes Cemetery. It is located in Harrison Twp; S30-T62N-R24W. It is well fenced with a good gate. Many stones are down and broken. Empty spaces in the cemetery bear evidence of sections of unmarked graves, some of which sitll have native stone markers.

HOISINGTON

James W. 17 May 1814 25 Dec 1865 husband of Lydia 15 Sep 1836
Lydia 06 May 1810 04 Sep 1872 wife of J.W. 15 Sep 1836
Charles Albert 29 Apr 1851 07 Feb 1929 Co D 51 Mo Inf Civil War; husband of Mary Eliza
Mary Eliza 1938 78y; wife of Charles A.

Sources

1. Iowa Census, 1838-70. ancestry.com.
2. 1850 Census Davie Co. IA.
3. 1860 Census Davis Co. IA.
4. Sires Cemetery Transcription on the MOGenWeb site for Grundy County MO.
5. findagrave.com.
6. Athens County OH Courthouse Records. Vol. 1-2, p. 24.
7. Editors Marvin Fletcher and Beverly Schumacher. Marriage Records 1805-1866 Athens County Ohio. p. 125.

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.