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Born 1841, Clinton County
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882), History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions (1915)
JOSEPHUS HOSKINS, minister and farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, April 26, 1841. His parents, Isaac and Rachel Hoskins, were natives of Guilford County, N. C., he of Welsh, and she of English descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1811, and located in Clinton County. They had eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity and five, four daughters and one son, survive. The father was a farmer, and followed that occupation during his whole life, with the exception of ten years spent as a merchant, eight of them in Wilmington. His wife died in 1854, and in 1859 he married Anna Hunt, who died in 1879, without issue. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Hoskins. The subject hereof is a farmer, and since 1874 an acknowledged minister in the Society of Friends, in which his father is an Elder. He owns 250 acres of land upon which he lives. He was married in 1864 to Emily J. Gallemore, of Clinton County. Her father, Elisha Gallemore, was born in Clinton County. He was a successful farmer, at one time owning 800 acres of land, acquired by his personal efforts. He was at one time worth 380,000. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins have seven children, viz.: Alma, Luella, Minnie, Clinton, Dora, Clarence and Elvin.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
REV. JOSEPHUS HOSKINS.
No fine type of virile and useful manhood can be found in all Clinton county than the person of the Rev. Josephus Hosklns, of Wilmington, Ohio, who is a well-known real estate dealer of Wilmington and an acknowledged minister of the Friends church at Dover. He has served as evangelistic superintendent of the Wilmington yearly meeting of the Friends church for thirteen years. In 1872, he was acknowledged minister of the Friends church at Dover and was a minister in Dover for thirty-two years. He is still a member of that meeting and has held about every office within the gift of the yearly and quarterly meeting. He stands now as the recognized head of the Wilmington yearly meeting of Friends and is pastor of the churches at Cuba and Beech Grove, where he preaches on alternate Sundays. The ancestry of the Hoskins family in Clinton county were characterized by their loyalty and patriotism at a time when loyalty and patriotism meant perhaps far more than they mean now. The paternal great-grandfather of Rev. Josephus Hoskins. Moses Hoskins, was a native of North Carolina and a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He Immigrated to Ohio. It Is believed, about 1810. and subsequently moved to Illinois, where he died.
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on June '2, 1M54. Josephus Hoskins was married to Emily J. (Jalllmore. who was a native of Wilson township, born on May l.'i. 1840. the daughter of Klisba and Eliza (tJreer) Oallliuore. Isith of whom were natives of County Down. Ireland. Tbey were married In their native land and soon after their marriage Immigrated to America and settled in Wilson township. Clinton county. Ohio, living to ripe old ages. She wan over ninety years of age at the time of her death. They had a large family of children and were active In the Methodist church. Mrs. Emily J. Hoskins was oulte prominent In church work and was an elder In the Friends church. She died on July S. 191;".
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Rev. Josephus Hosklus is one of the best and most favorably known residents of Wilmington and Clinton county. He Is an earnest, ardent. Christian gentleman, who recognizes fully his obligation as a citizen of a free country and a minister of the Christian religion. Modest and unassuming, he Is early loved by hundreds of people who have come under his lienign and Inspiring Influence.
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Marion Augustus Baldwin was reared in Blanchester where he attended the public schools and high school. Here he read law while quite a young man and was admitted to practice but he never engaged In the profession. He was engaged In farming and sawmilling and was appointed postmaster of Blanchester in 1S0S and served a term of four
As printed in History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Benjamin Baldwin (b. 1829) Daniel Henry (b. 1836) John Hoskins (b. 1813) New Vienna
Their biographies name Josephus Hoskins: Jesse B. Williams (b. 1837)
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