hmtl5 George Washington Hoskins b. 20 Feb 1830 Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 14 Jan 1915 Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
George Washington Hoskins

George Washington Hoskins

Male 1830 - 1915  (84 years)

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  • Name George Washington Hoskins 
    • son of Azariah Hoskins and Sara E. Swisher [1]
    Born 20 Feb 1830  Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3
    Died 14 Jan 1915  Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Buried Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I1008  Gritton
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2024 

    Family Mary Ellen Gritton,   b. 29 Jan 1831, Parke County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1915, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1854  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 69. John C. Bogart signed for Mary E. Gritton.
    Children 
     1. Sarah E. Hoskins,   b. 13 Feb 1855, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1893  (Age 38 years)
     2. America Hoskins,   b. 4 Dec 1856, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1857, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Harriet Belle Hoskins,   b. 27 Apr 1858, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1924, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     4. George Riley Hoskins,   b. 30 Aug 1860, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1942, Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. William Columbus Hoskins,   b. 31 Jan 1863, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1953  (Age 90 years)
     6. Theodore Azariah Hoskins,   b. 3 Oct 1865, Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1930, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. John Washington Hoskins,   b. 11 Aug 1868, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1947, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     8. Adele Hoskins,   b. 1 Jul 1878, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1888, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Feb 1830 - Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Apr 1854 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jan 1915 - Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Hoskins, George Washington and Mary Ellen Gritton back
    Hoskins, George Washington and Mary Ellen Gritton back
    Hoskins, George Washington and Mary Ellen Gritton.jpg
    Hoskins, George Washington and Mary Ellen Gritton.jpg

  • Notes 
    • History of Vermilion County, Illinois: A tale of its evolution, settlement and progress for nearly a century. Jones, Lottie R. Chicago, IL, Pioneer Publishing Co, 1911. V.1. pp236-237
      https://archive.org/details/historyofvermili01jone/page/236

      George W. Hoskins was born three and on-half miles southwest of Georgetown, near the Little Vermilion river, February 20, 1830. His father, Azariah Hoskins, came to Vermilion County, in 1825, by flatboat from their home in Virginia, down the Ohio river to Cairo, in Illinois, where they took wagons and came to Vermilion County. It took several weeks for them to make this trip. Mr. Hoskins, the father of George W. Hoskins (who was born in Vermilion County) settled on what was known as the Helt Prairie, and later removed to the vicinity of Georgetown in the timber, and married Sarah Swisher. When George W. Hoskins was about a year old his father moved to what is known as the Walnut Grove, or where Rossville is now located. He had bought a tract of land there and it did seem to be very near to the end of the settlements. There was only one family living in the grove and only one white family living between their house and Chicago, which was better know as Fort Dearborn. Danville had only one store in it at that time. George Hoskins never had any but home-made clothing, up to the time he was twenty years old. The material from which his garments were made was the product of his mother’s spinning wheel and loom, and the cut and making was her work as well. When he was twenty years old he bought some cloth, hired a tailor to cut it, and had a neighbor woman sew it. They had no matches but hunted punk in the woods and made a fire by using flint and tow. This fire was carefully kept, and if by any misfortune it should go out, someone must run to the neighbors and borrow a little on the shovel. The corn they raised was worth ten cents per bushel and other produce corresponding in price. He married Mary E. Gritton, who was born in Indiana in 1850, and afterward bought a farm in Ross township for which he paid $6 per acre. Mr. Hoskins was the parent of six children who lived to maturity and others who died in infancy. All of their children married and settled within six miles of them; they had bought the old home farm in 1867. Mr. Hoskins has served as tax collector and school director and been identified with the building of churches and schools in that neighborhood.
    • George W. Hoskins Dead.
      Special in The Herald.
      Danville, Ill., Jan. 16. - George W. Hoskins, one of the pioneer residents of Henning, this county, died at his home. Mr. Hoskins was born in the county eight-four years ago and lived his entire life in the county. He is survived by his widow and three sons, William, John and Theodore, and one daughter, Mrs. Hattie Potter.
      Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana. Sunday, 17 January 1915, page 2.
      [4, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S4] Cemeteries of Vermilion County, Illinois: Blount and Newell Townships, v.1, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1995).

    3. [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    6. [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.