James Hosack    

JAMES HOSACK (deceased) was born May 25, 1817, in what is now Findley Township, to David and Rebecca (Paxton) Hosack, the parents of James, Jane, Thomas, Margaret, the wife of A.C. Amberson; Martha, the wife of Sylvester Harrison, of Ashtabula County, Ohio; Mary, married Lewis Moon; John, Henry, Rebecca, married James McKay; David, Emily M. and Ewing. James Hosack was educated in the common schools, and was married May 20, 1841, to Mary Crill, born October 13, 1818, who was a daughter of John Crill, who was born in Franklin County, Penn., where he was married to Elizabeth Coon. In the spring of 1806 he came to this county and bought land where John T. Crill now lives, in Findley Township. In the fall of the same year he brought his family to the county. They came by team, and stopped at the old Herrington Hotel in Mercer long enough for Mrs. Crill to bake a quantity of bread. They slept the first night on their farm in the wagon-bed, and the next day erected a log cabin. Here the father died November 9, 1849, and his faithful wife May 13, 1842. Their children were: Catharine, Elizabeth, Catharine (2), John, Elizabeth (2), Nancy, Sarah, Mary, Christina and Lewis. The parents of the above children were Lutherans. James Hosack was the father of six children: Cyrus, married Mary Morris and has Hattie B.; James, deceased; George, Anson, Minnie and Charles; Jane, married Peter H. Ebert; Rebecca, deceased; Mary, married G. A. Morris; Samuel, Angeline, married M. H. Black, son of Matthew and Jane Black, and he and wife have Mary J., Eva M. and Frank M. James Hosack was a Democrat, and his estimable widow is a consistent member of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer. Further mention of the Hosack family appears in this volume. Matthew Black, the father of M. H., married Jane Billingsley, and had Susan, who married William Buchannan; James, died while serving in the Twenty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers; Lizzie, Joseph, M. H., Sarah J., deceased; Maggie and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Black live in Pine Township, and are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.