William Marshall Hoskins

Brief Life History of William Marshall

When William Marshall Hoskins was born on 8 December 1791, in Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Coleman Hoskins, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Betsy Ellington Marshall, was 18. He married Mildred Miller Hall on 25 November 1816, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1870. He died on 10 February 1873, in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Marshall Hoskins
1791–1873
Mildred Miller Hall
1795–1835
Marriage: 25 November 1816
Ann Eliza Hoskins
1819–
Panthea Hoskins
1822–1874
Napoleon Washington Hoskins
1824–1863
William H. Hoskins
1826–1898
Capt. Erastus S. Hoskins
1828–1871
John Stone Hoskins
1830–1891
Mary Wilmouth Hoskins
1832–1868

Sources (12)

  • Wm M Hoskins, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William M. Hoskins, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Wm. M. Hoskins, "Find A Grave Index"

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1819 · Panic! of 1819

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Name Meaning

English:

variant of Hoskin with Middle English genitival -s (Western England) or post-medieval excrescent -s.

variant of Askin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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