Martin Luther Hosmer

Brief Life History of Martin Luther

When Martin Luther Hosmer was born on 16 April 1902, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Henry Harvey Hosmer, was 24 and his mother, Nezzie O’della Brooks, was 18. He married Sarah Hazel Murray in 1927, in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. He lived in Parsons, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 11 Brookwood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 11 November 1961, in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.

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Martin Luther Hosmer
1902–1961
Sarah Hazel Murray
1893–1983
Marriage: 1927

Sources (7)

  • Martin L Hosmer, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wutmer Martin Hosmer, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  • Martin Luther Hosmer in entry for M L Hosmer and Margara Lamson, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.

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

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