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Vitals  

Birth: 30 Jun 1857 Place: Fillmore Co., MN

Death: 9 Nov 1933 Place: near Lewisville, Polk Co., OR

Burial: Place: OR

Father: Jesse HOISINGTON (1824-1894)

Mother: Almira DRAKE (1823-1858)

Wife: Mary Alice McINTIRE

Birth: 21 Jan 1864 Place: Kaschusisho Co., IN

Death: 30 May 1944 Place: Cottage Grove, OR

Father: Benjamin Thomas McINTIRE

Mother: Susan B. UNKNOWN

1. F Child: Etta Almira HOISINGTON

Birth: 4 Aug 1880 Place: KS

Death: 24 Jan 1972 Place: Woodburn, OR

Spouse: Elza Charles KAUP

Marriage: 17 Dec 1899

Birth: 8 Jul 1883 Place: Near Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS

Death: 21 Jul 1970 Place: Norman, OK

Spouse: Maude M. MORGAN⁴²⁷

Marriage: 5 Feb 1905 Place: John Day, OR

Birth: 17 Mar 1886 Place: KS

Death: 22 Dec 1965 Place: Delta Co., CO

Burial: Place: Cedar Hill Cem., Delta Co., CO

Spouse: Bertha BASSETT

Marriage: 11 Jun 1916

Spouse: Marion SASSE

Marriage: 19 Apr 1952

Birth: 30 Dec 1887 Place: Scott Co., KS

Death: 6 Feb 1977 Place: Dallas, OR

Spouse: Willie J. BURNS

Marriage: 24 Sep 1912 Place: Scott Co., KS (Divorced)

Spouse: Charles GRAHAM

Marriage: 13 Dec 1941

Birth: 21 Aug 1890 Place: KS

Death: 26 Sep 1895

Burial: Place: Maple Grove Cem., Alfalfa Co. OK

Birth: 16 Aug 1892 Place: Crissfield(Otego), Harper Co., KS

Death: 10 Sep 1966 Place: OR¹⁰⁶

Spouse: Edythe Lucina GARDNER

Marriage: 31 Oct 1915

Birth: 4 Oct 1891 Place: nr Cherokee, OK Territory (Alfalfa Co. OK)

Death: 11 Apr 1896

Burial: Place: Maple Grove Cemetery, Alfalfa Co. OK

Birth: 4 Oct 1894 Place: nr Cherokee, OK Territory

Spouse: Oscar L. GROVES

Marriage: 15 May 1920 Place: Dallas, OR

Birth: 18 Feb 1897 Place: OK Territory

Death: 1979

Spouse: Belva WAGGENER

Marriage: 1942

Birth: 17 Sep 1899 Place: OK Territory

Spouse: Walter Raymond YENNE

Marriage: 27 Jul 1917

Birth: 17 Sep 1899 Place: OK Territory

Spouse: Fred HERRIMAN

Marriage: 20 Sep 1917 Place: OR

Spouse: Alley B. RICHEY

Marriage: 1930 Place: OR

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Notes

Listed as William A.J. Hoisington, age 3, in 1860 census of IA, Winneshiek County, Oakland Tshp., Plymouth Rock PO p. 924, ln 38.

Listed as Wm., age 13, in 1870 Census Webster Co. (IA) Ft. Dodge, p. 491.

1880 Fed Census for Sumner Co., KS, ValVerde Twp. shows him at

HH10/12

Hoisington, Wm.,22,Quarry,MN, OH,NY
Mary,11[note: s/b 16], ,IN, PA,VT

Took part in the Cherokee run in 1893, where he homesteaded 160 acres 2 miles from the post office in Yewed, Alfalfa County, OK. Pictures of William's farm

They lived in a sod house until 1899 when they built a frame house.

In 1903, he and Mary Alice moved to Oregon near Lewisville.

In 1912, they moved to Dallas OR

In 1921, they moved back to the farm in Cottage Grove

Bessie's notes say he and Mary Alice were married 6/29/1879. Her narrative follows:

"To this union was born 5 boys and 6 girls. Six of the children were born in Kansas and five in Oklahoma. In 1893 William Hoisington was in the race for the opening of the Indian reservation of land for homes in Oklahoma. He acquired 160 acres of untilled, rolling hills, covered with grass that had formed a heavy sod. This was plowed in thick strips and laid one on top of the other leaving openings for doors and windows, making it the right height for a sod house. Father took the two older boys to help him, also a cook wagon acquired from a threshing machine outfit which he partly owned, to live in while the sod house was completed. Later a barn was built of sod. All the wood for rafters and such had to be brought from Southern Oklahoma. Field plowing and seeding had to be done for grain and hay to feed the stock during the winter. Father and the boys set out a large peach orchard and a few apple and cherry trees, but the apple and cherry trees did not do well so a few black walnut trees were set out. There was many acres of pasture land and Father had milch cows and range cattle as well as their off spring. There was a drilled well with a wind mill to pump water for the stock. Near the house a well with a pulley-rope and bucket supplied the house and many neighbors came as often as they could to get drinking water. Many wells had mineral taste and a scum raised to the top if left set very long. There was a celler to keep things such as eggs, milk and butter. We had an old wooden churn that seemed to take forever to make butter. Mother also made cheese like one bought at the store. She had a mold to make it round and a coloring to make it yellow. Many of the neighbors prefered it to store bought cheese. There was never a dull moment. We had to go abou 2 miles for our mail as it came into Yewed on the train, no cars in those days. We had two horses that it was their duty to be hitched to the buggy to take any one to where ever they wanted to go. Also the last year we were there every Sunday afternoon there was home made ice cream a tasty treat that several of the neighbors enjoyed after going to Sunday school and services in the morning. We might add that a large wooden frame house was built in 1899 to replace the sod house that we had lived in for six years. We lived in Oklahoma ten years. Moved to Oregon in 1903 to a farm that Father had acquired through his oldest son, who at this time had come to Oregon and was attending Monmouth Normal school as it was known at that time. The farm was near Lewisville, Polk Co. where the younger children went to public school and all passed the 8th grade except the two youngest girls. Then in 1912 they moved to Dallas where high school was available. The two oldest boys were in college and the oldest son and family moved to Eugene where he graduated from the University and later taught in high schools and colleges. Most of the others at least graduated from high school. Lived in Dallas until 1921 then back to the farm where William passed away in 1933. Mary lived on the farm with her son Ernest until he was married in 1942. She then moved to Cottage Grove where she could be near her daughter Dora. She had a stroke and was soon taken to Dallas Hospital where she passed away May, 30, 1944."

Unless otherwise noted, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington.²²

¹⁰⁶ SSDI 25 Jul 1998