Individual Details

Ansel Perry Hosier

(22 Aug 1829 - 5 Feb 1895)

On the 1850 U. S. Census of Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., New York Ancel is with his wife Abigail. No children listed.

He is on the 1856 Census Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa.

On the 1860 U. S. Census of Washington, Monroe Co., Missouri, A. P. Hosier appears with his wife Alvira and children Mary M. age 11, Alice age 4, George W. age 2 and John 3/12. Everyone was born in New York with the exception of A. P. who was born in Pennsylvania and John born in Missouri. A. P. is a farmer.

He enlisted at Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, Company C, 21st. Michigan Infantry in the Civil War. Pensioned.

On the 1870 U. S. Census of Macon, Macon Co., Missouri, A. P. is indexed as Hasia not Hosier. The family is his wife Alvira, and children George, John, Lotta, William and Franklin.

The family is on the 1880 United States Census at Kirwin, Phillips Co., Kansas page 114A: Ansel B. Hosier, age 50 born PA; Ovire [sp] wife, age 48 born PA; John E. son, age 20 born MO; Lottie, daughter, age 15 born MI; William, son, age 13 born MO and Frank, son, age 11, born MO.

Ansel P. Hosier appears on list of pensioners in 1883 at Washington County, Kansas. Ansel's certificate number is 79, 254. This information was found on-line through Gen Web Archives.

On the 1885 Kansas State Census for Washington Co., A. P. appears with his wife Alvira and sons William and Franklin. A. P.'s occupation is stone mason. This census asks about military service. Answered yes to honorably discharged from Michigan Company C, 21st, regiment, infantry. To the question, Name of Prison in which confined as a prisoner of war, if any, it states Castle Thunder.

Obituary from the Washington Register, February 8, 1895: O.P. Hosier died at his home in the city on Tuesday morning last, February 5th, 1895, after a lingering illness, at the age of 65 years. He will be buried by the G. A. R. Post---of which he has been Chaplin for a number of years---from the M.E. church, Rev. Becher officiating. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss.

Events

Birth22 Aug 1829Warren Co., Pennsylvania
Marriage30 Sep 1849Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., New York - Abigail Farmer
Marriage19 Aug 1855Will Co., Illinois - Alvira Ketchum
Marriage14 Feb 1892Edgewood, Delaware Co., Iowa - Sarah Belinda Hagerman
Death5 Feb 1895Washington Co., Kansas
BurialWashington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseAbigail Farmer (1832 - 1855)
ChildMary M. Hosier (1849 - )
SpouseAlvira Ketchum (1831 - 1889)
ChildAlice Alvira Hosier (1856 - 1860)
ChildGeorge Russel Hosier (1858 - 1887)
ChildJohn Edward Hosier (1860 - 1942)
ChildPolly M. Hosier (1862 - 1870)
ChildLottie Lena Hosier (1865 - 1925)
ChildWilliam Ansel Hosier (1867 - 1908)
ChildFranklin Pierce Hosier (1869 - 1913)
SpouseSarah Belinda Hagerman (1851 - 1915)
FatherIsaac Hosier (1785 - )
MotherPolly Hasley ( - )
SiblingIsaac Hosier (1810 - 1885)
SiblingWilliam Hosier (1811 - 1898)
SiblingChancy Hosier (1818 - 1850)
SiblingSarah "Sally" Hosier (1820 - 1890)
SiblingJohn Carlie Hosier (1823 - 1910)
SiblingAlminda C. Hosier (1827 - 1913)
SiblingEllen Hosier (1830 - 1830)

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