Individual Details

John Carlie Hosier

(16 Apr 1823 - 24 Jan 1910)

On the 1850 U. S. Census of Portland, Chautauqua Co., New York, John Hosier appears with his wife Olive O. and sons Isaac L. age 2 and Ordilo T. age 1. John is a carpenter.

1860 U. S. Census of Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa, John appears with his wife Olive and children Isaac, Francis, William, Emma, Martha, Charles and a 3 month old male whose name is undecipherable. John is a carpenter.

1870 U. S. Census of Dubuque, Dubuque Co., Iowa, John appears with his wife Olive and children Isaac, Francis, William, Emma, Martha, Charles, John, Alice, Samuel and Minnie. John is a carpenter of houses.

1880 United States Census shows the family living at Township 11, Waco Village, Stricklin Street, York Co., Nebraska; John C., Olive, Charles, Martha, Samuel and Minnie. John's occupation is carpenter.

1900 Census shows John with wife Ellen at Delaware Co., Iowa, Colony Township, Colesburg town. His occupation is preacher. He stated his father was born in Germany and his mother's birth place as unknown. It states he and Ellen have been married 18 years but other sources shows it would be only 8 years.

From The Manchester Press, 3 February 1910, page 6: J. W. [C.] Hosier, formerly a resident of Colesburg, died at his home in Edgewood Monday afternoon. Mr. Hosier was well along in years and had not been in the best of health for some months. He was an old soldier of the Civil War. The funeral was held Thursday at the Congregational church in Edgewood and the services were conducted by Rev. Bert Wildermuth.

John C. Hosier was an early member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was baptized a member of the church on 4 July 1897 by J. W. Peterson. Source is Saints' Herald Obituries, 1910, p. 194/Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book H, as found at Ancestry.com.

Events

Birth16 Apr 1823Sugar Bush, Chautauqua Co., New York
Marriage23 Sep 1845Fredonia in Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., New York - Olive Orinde Wright
Marriage27 Mar 1882Elk Township, Clayton Co., Iowa - Ellen Wooldridge
Death24 Jan 1910Edgewood, Clayton Co., Iowa
BurialAsbury Cemetery, Elk Township, Clayton Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseOlive Orinde Wright (1826 - 1880)
ChildIsaac "Elwood" Jefferson Hosier (1845 - 1925)
ChildFrancis Merrion "Frank" Hosier (1849 - 1903)
ChildSidney William "Will" Wright Hosier (1851 - 1929)
ChildPhebe Mable Hosier (1853 - 1853)
ChildIda Emma Isadore Hosier (1854 - 1940)
ChildJohn Ansel Hosier (1855 - 1855)
ChildMartha Armitie Hosier (1857 - 1933)
ChildCharles Edward Hosier (1858 - 1900)
ChildJohn Wesley Hosier (1860 - 1948)
ChildMary Alice Hosier (1862 - 1870)
ChildAda May Hosier (1863 - 1864)
ChildSamuel Ansel Hosier (1866 - 1901)
ChildMinnie Estella Hosier (1868 - 1906)
ChildJanne Olive Hosier (1872 - 1872)
ChildA. G. Hosier (1873 - 1873)
SpouseEllen Wooldridge (1848 - 1934)
FatherIsaac Hosier (1785 - )
MotherPolly Hasley ( - )
SiblingIsaac Hosier (1810 - 1885)
SiblingWilliam Hosier (1811 - 1898)
SiblingChancy Hosier (1818 - 1850)
SiblingSarah "Sally" Hosier (1820 - 1890)
SiblingAlminda C. Hosier (1827 - 1913)
SiblingAnsel Perry Hosier (1829 - 1895)
SiblingEllen Hosier (1830 - 1830)

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