Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-James W. Hosie
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
JAMES W. HOSIE, the efficient Township
Trustee of Garfield Township, Dickinson
County, resides on section 24, where he has
a good farm of two hundred and five acres.
He is a native of the old Bay State, his birth having
occurred in Roxbury, Mass., September 21.
1847. The Hosie family is of Scotch origin. The
father of our subject, Robert Hosie, was born in
Paisley, Scotland, and the mother, who bore the
maiden name of Elizabeth McGregor, was a native
of Glasgow. They now reside in Chenango
County, N. Y.
Our subject spent his early boyhood days in
Massachusetts, and when eighteen years of age
accompanied his parents to New York. He then
resided in the Empire State until 1879, his home
being in Sullivan, Chenango and Schuyler Counties.
He was reared to agricultural pursuits and
throughout his business career has followed that
occupation. As a companion and helpmate on
life's journey he chose Miss Anna M. Beardsley,
who was born in Burdett, Schuyler County, N.
Y. Their union was celebrated in that county,
July 22, 1870, and unto them was born a family
of four children, who are yet living: Alice J., Wilber
E., Harrison W., and Mary E. They also lost
two children: Robert, who died in the spring of
1891, at the age of eight years; and Clara M., who
died at the age of twelve years.
During the late war, Mr. Hosie entered the service
of his country, enlisting on the 13th of .January,
1864. He was assigned to the First Ohio
Light Artillery and served for a year and a-half,
or until July 1865, when, hostilities having been
brought to a close, he received his discharge, having
taken part in the Atlanta campaign.
Mr. Hosie returned to his home in New York at
the close of the war, and there resided until April
1879, when he came to Dickinson County, Kan.
For three years he rented a farm in Garfield Township,
and then purchased his present farm on section
24. Within its boundaries are comprised two
hundred and five acres of arable land, and its well-tilled
fields and good improvements indicate the
supervision of a careful manager. The home was
made desolate in 1889 by the death of the wife
and mother, who passed away on the 31st of December.
She had united with the Baptist Church
when only twelve years of age and was a consistent
Christian lady, whose many excellencies of
character won her the love of all.
Mr. Hosie is also an adherent of the Baptist
faith and has held the office of Deacon in the
church in Garfield Township since its organization
in 1881. In his political affiliations he was for
many years a Republican, but is now acting with
the People's party. He has held several official
positions and in 1890 was elected Treasurer of
Garfield Township. So ably did he discharge the
duties of that office that he was re-elected in
the fall of 1891, and is the present incumbent.
Mr. Hosie is a member of the Farmers' Alliance
and is a man of sterling worth and integrity,
known and honored throughout the community
for the upright life he has led.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP