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FISHER, Martha |
| Birth |
31 Oct 1819 |
Lawrence Co., PA  |
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16 Sep 1850 |
Derry Township. Westmoreland Co., PA [1] |
- Martha's sister Clarissa Fisher living with family in this census.
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1850 US Census: Derry Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, p 402
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1855 |
Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [2] |
- Males 10-20: 1 (Stuart); 30-40:1 (Riley)
Females under 10: 4 (Sarah, Clarissa, Mary, Ida) ; 10-20:1 (Eliza); 30-40: 1 (Martha)
Total: 8; Militia: 1 (Riley)
No other info listed
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1855 Illinois State Census: Rushville Township, Schuyler Co., IL, p 142-143
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21 Aug 1860 |
Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [3] |
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1860 US Census: Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL, p 332
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28 Jul 1870 |
Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [4] |
- Edith Garrison apparently adopted by Riley and Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson because she is found living with the family at age two in this census and travels with the family from this census on.
- Occupation: keeping house
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1870 US Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 22
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21 Aug 1874 |
Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [5] |
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Plague of grasshoppers 1874
Riley Hoskinson relates the impact of an plague of grasshoppers on Burlingame Township and his beautiful farm. Suspect this plague caused the Hoskinson's to sell heir farm and move to the West Coast in 1876. "They came to this neighborhood on Wednesday, Aug. 11, in countless millions: and such is their voracity that in few hours time desolation reigns supreme. Having had but one and a half inches of rain since the 1tth of June, the corn crop, (what little was left by the chinch bugs,) was very light, and now there none; all is gone, even the stalks that would have made winter feed are being devoured. Their mission seems to be expressly the destruction of man's labor, they pay little or no attention to any thing growing wild. "Their whole nature seems bent on the destruction of fruit trees, grain and vegetables. Nearly all the young fruit trees are now as bare of leaves as if it were mid-winter. The peach and apple crop is being rapidly devoured, while all the cabbage tribe, parsnips, onions, sweet and Irish potatos, and all kinds of cultivated flowers, are now gone or rapidly going. All the northwest portion of this county is in ruins." |
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18 Dec 1874 |
Burlingame, Osage Co., KS [6] |
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Riley Hoskinson weather report Osage Co., KS 1874
Riley apparently began taking measurements and reporting the weather Osage Co., KS in the early 187Os. "Through the kindness of Mr. R. M. Hoskinson, we are enabled to give our readers the following meterological report for November: Maximum heat during the during month. (6th and 7th, at noon.) 76° ; greatest cold. (20th) 29. at sunrise; total rain fall. 1.55 inches. Three snows fell during the month-in all, 18 inches--making 3.05 inches of water. The average temperature during the month was 41.90." When he moves to Kitsap Co., WA, Riley becomes the first observer/reporter of the weather in the Pacific Northwest. See example of his reporting from his homestead at Port Blakeley, WA below. |
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The grasshopperized people of the Hoskinson neighborhood 1874
"A car-load of provisions, consisting of corn, flour, the generous gift of friends in Illinois. arrived at. Burlingame a few days ago tor the grasshopperized people of the Hoskinson neighborhood." |
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01 Mar 1875 |
Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [7] |
- Martha's family living next door to family of Clarissa (Fisher) Roberts.
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1875 Kansas State Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 40
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4 Nov 1875 |
Seattle, King Co., WA [8] |
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Manifest for steamship Dakota 1875
A VERY interesting article. Indicates that Martha, Stewart Hoskinson and family were in Puget Sound, Washington Territory in 4 Nov 1875. "The following is the list of passengers of the steamship Dakota, which leaves here at 9 o'clock totnigh...Mrs. Hoskinson and infant,...S. F. Hoskinson and two children..." The infant is perhaps David Hill, whom Riley and Martha adopt at some point. He first appears with the family at age 9 in the 1883 Washington Territory census. He would have been an in fact in 1875. The two children with Stewart are presumably his sons Harry and Charles. The article is interesting because tit was published one day before the first ad for selling the Hoskinson farm in Kansas appears in the Osage County Chronicle 5 Nov 1875. The farm did not sell until 1876. Also articles written by Riley Hoskinson appearing in the The Osage County Chronicle in Dec 1876 state the family did not leave Kansas until late Oct, early Nov 1876, and then to move to California not Seattle. |
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5 Nov 1875 |
Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [9] |
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Hoskinson farm for sale 1876
R. M. and Martha Hoskinson put their farm up for sale in preparation for move west. The place sounds almost magical. The land is the same in part purchased at auction in article above. "This farm is situated seven miles northwest of Burlingame, and consists of 108 acres. (se ½ of s7, t14, r14.) 12 or which is timber land; the Wakarusa creek runs through the north end; has two good wells of water and any amount of water can be got at from 10 to 20 feet; has about three miles of excellent hedge fence around and through it, 96 acres enclosed; about 70 acres under cultivation; about 600 apple trees. mostly bearing: 200 bearing peach trees, all of the best of fruit; besides these there are plum, cherry, pear, quince, grape, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, and numerous other trees, vines and shrubbery too tedious to mention; also an extensive and excellent stone quarry, easy of access; large and commodius coral for cattle enclosed with stone wall; some 2,000 ornamental trees, such as Cottonwood, Maple, Ash, Box, Sycamore, Elm, Silver Leaf and Willow; also good log dwelling house, 20x20 feet, 1 1/2 stories high, with one-story frame kitchen, 15x20 feet attached; cellar under the whole with rock bottom; stone chicken house. 10x20 feet; log stable, 15x20 feet; stone pig pen; frame corn crib, 9x18 ft. Said farm has a public road on east and south sides. Has now on it about 30 acres in corn, all mature, part of which will make 50 bu per acre; also 1 good wagon; 4 plows; 1 harrow; 3 sets harness, besides hoes, shovels, spades, rakes, forks, axes, stone tools, &c, also our half of the increase of a lot of cattle, and 5 horse beasts; some 15 tons of Hungarian and 40 tons of prairie hay, together with all our household and kitchen furniture, excepting only bedding clothing, books and pictures. Will sell the whole for $2,700....RILEY M HOSKINSON, MARTHA HOSKINSON" |
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28 Sep 1876 |
Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [10] |
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R M Hoskinson sells farm 1876
Took almost a year to find a buyer after posting for sale in Nov 1875. Also appears the buyer, Mr. Beckus, only wanted the land, not the household goods, equipment and livestock which the Hoskinson's had to auction: "-Mr. R. M. Hoskinson, living seven miles northwest of Burlingame, has sold his place to F. B. Beckus, of this county, and will shortly leave for Oregon, where he intends to make his home hereafter. He will offer for sale on the 10th of October all his household goods, farming implements and stock at reasonable terms. |
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Oct 1876 |
Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA [11] |
- Riley and Martha Hoskinson left Kansas after selling their farm, likely sometime in Oct or early Nov 1876, to settle in Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA. Why this place? Not sure. Riley wrote at least three letters to the editor of his former hometown newspaper, The Osage County Chronicle, from California. The first letter published in the Dec 14, 1876 edition tells of their trip from Kansas to California - It cost roughly $70 to make the trip via the Transcontinental railroad to San Francisco, and then steamer, railroad and wagon to Cloverdale. The second letter published immediately following the first describes the community and state of agricultural around Cloverdale - "We like it exceedingly well." The second letter closes with Riley's summary of weather conditions - "Since here it has rained about two inches. Greatest cold, Nov. 30-34 degs.; greatest heat, same day, noon--79 degs.; Average temperature, 57 degs."
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Letter from California 1876
Written to his hometown newspaper, The Osage County Chronicle, Riley Hoskinson tells of his and wife Martha's journey from Osage Co., KS to a new home in Cloverdale, Somona Co., CA. The trip cost the two of them roughly $70 and was quite pleasant: "From Topeka to Omaha, $11.00; from Omaha to San Francisco, on the Emigrant Train, $45.00; from "Frisco" by steamer and railroad to Coverdale, $4.25 each. The arrangements for emigrants are admirable. At Omaha the Railroad Compa- ny have a large house called the Emigrant House, where all are cared for in excel- lent style, at $1.00 per day. Here the names of all are taken that have procured tickets: and then all are mustered near the cars, and as each family or individual is called, they, or he, are placed in one of the cars, and each passenger allowed one entire seat, which must be kept till they reach Ogden, when they are changed into cars from California, in the same manner as before. On reaching Sacramento, Cal., the same nice arrangement takes place in the transfer from cars to steamer. Plenty of food, dry wood, and excellent water are furnished the entire route. Provisions plenty, to be had at most all the stopping places, and mostly at reasonable rates. Where two or more persons go together they can purchase a kind of cushion that just fills the space between the seats, and thus make a comfortable bed. Thus we found the trip quite pleasfortable (the last word likely a typo by the editor)." The final stage of the journey "...we took stage 65 miles to Albion, situated on the Ocean shore; went by wagon 10 miles out into the Red Wood region; found our children all well, and busy making railroad ties out of those monster trees, many of which are 14 feet in diameter, and 300 feet high. I helped measure one that was 45 feet around.....Splitting out and hauling railroad ties pays tolerably well, but is very hard work."
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Letter from California - 2 1876
In this letter published in The Osage County Chronicle immediately following his first letter to the editor, Riley Hoskinson describes the community and state of agricultural in his new home of Cloverdale, Somona Co., CA: "I find everything OVERDONE. Most all the trades and professions are in this condition. Merchandising in all its various branches is quite overdone. Vine culture is entirely overdone. Grapes by tons, and of the finest quality are now wasting in the vineyards, and are common stock to any one who wants them. Excellent apples sell at 1 1/2 cents per lb. The best of wine sells at 20 cents per gallon. Provisions of all kinds are as cheap as with you, except butter, eggs and chickens. Butter is 50 cents per pound: eggs, 45 to 60 cents per dozen; chickens from $6 to $9 per dozen....Farming here pays well, as there are but few destructive insects to disturb the crops. Wheat is being sown now, and I am told, will be sown all winter. Some are planting out trees, some making garden, etc. The weather is most delightfully pleasant - no freeze - no wind - flowers of all kinds in profusion. We have excellent church and school privileges. Society of the best. The kindness so far shown us has exceeded all our expectations. We feel perfectly at ease. We have no need to be homesick. In short, we are contented and happy as it seems possible for human beings to be." Riley's opinion of California would swing very negative over the next 4 months. In May 1977, he and wife Martha would leave California for the Washington Territory. |
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Apr 1877 |
Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA [12] |
- In the this third letter from California, published May 3, 1877, Riley laments moving to California: "I have been repeatedly asked "How do poor men make a living in California?"- Answer: "They don't live at all--they just breathe a little....Thousands of the citizens of California would gladly return east if they could get the means to do so Men are dally passing through Cloverdale begging for work and food, having been brought here by false friends and lying periodicals." One can argue that Riley's initial glowing letters from California to his friends in Kansas are "lying periodicals." Riley and Martha left California for the Washington Territory roughly a month after this letter was written.
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A gloomy picture of California 1877
In this third letter from California to the editor to in The Osage County Chronicle, Riley laments moving to California: "I have been repeatedly asked "How do poor men make a living in California?"- Answer: "They don't live at all--they just breathe a little. Boarding costs $5 per week, a good pair of boots $16, womens' fine shoes $12 per pair, at the shoe shops. Most all labor on the roads, in the woods, in the fields, in the hotels, wash-houses, cooks and servants of all kinds, is performed by Chinese and Digger Indians, as these can be hired at about half the wages necessary to keep a white man or woman alive. The Chinese pervade all parts of the coast, and they virtually constitute a system of slavery about equal to that in the Southern States. I am now fully prepared to say to every well-to-do man or woman in Kansas, stay where you are, unless you want a whistle; if you do, it's here for you, and a very dear one at that. ....Thousands of the citizens of California would gladly return east if they could get the means to do so Men are dally passing through Cloverdale begging for work and food, having been brought here by false friends and lying periodicals." One can argue that Riley's initial glowing letters from California to his friends in Kansas are "lying periodicals." Riley and Martha left California for the Washington Territory roughly a months after this letter was written. |
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22 May 1877 |
Seattle, King Co., WA |
- Riley and Martha arrive in Seattle per the following news articles.
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25 May 1877 |
Seattle, King Co., WA [13] |
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Hoskinsons arrive in WA Terr 1877
News article noting the arrival of the Hoskinsons in Washington Territory: "Passengers for Seattle. - ...R M Hoskinson, wife and child." |
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25 May 1877 |
Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA [14] |
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Small pox outbreak on Bainbridge Island 1877
Interesting article about a small pox outbreak on Bainbridge Island, about the same time the Hoskinson's were arriving in Seattle, and only a year before they moved to their homestead on Bainbridge Island. Stewart Hoskinson's 3rd wife Nellie Burnett Andrews lost three children ages infant, 3 and 5 years in 1878 in Seattle while with her first husband Stephen Andrews. Small pox may have been the cause. The article contains a lot of racism and fear-mongering re potential spread by local Indians: "SMALL POX - ...the outbreak of small pox at Port Orchard is proving to be quite a serious matter; like a prairie fire in the West, there is no telling where it will end....Two white men and several half-breed children at Port Orchard are down with the disease, while two Indian have already died of it....Indians often come direct from the homes of their sick friends to Port Madison and Blakely and mingle with people and other Indians (note Indians are apparently no people!) there, we are further informed...Indians are naturally very cautious in exposing themselves to contagious diseases. But though they regard such pestilence with a sort of superstitious horror, and are generally disposed to give infected neighborhood a wide berth, their fear is that of crude ignorance, and as they are entirely uncontrolled by reason, they act in such case very much on the same principle as panic stricken beast during a fire, which in their terror have been known to plunge headlong into the flames, when every effort was made to abet their escape. Therefore it is but folly to claim that the natural fear the Indians entertain of this disease will prevent a spread of it among themselves, or their communicating it to the white population...The authorities of Kitsap county should at once blockade Port Orchard harbor, and shut in the diseased Indians and white men so effectually as to prevent the possibility of their communication with other Indians in any manner. Unless this be done the smallpox is certain spread, and, as we said before, there is no knowing where it will end." The clipping goes on to relate a story about a doctor investigating a small death at Salmon Bay, north of Seattle, where another outbreak was expected.
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12 Jul 1877 |
Seattle, King Co., WA [15] |
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Hoskinsons move to Washington Territory 1877.
Riley's first of many letters to The Osage Chronicle from Washington Territory after leaving California. "We left California on the 18th of last May and reached Seattle, in Washington Territory, in four and one-half days. Came on board an ocean steamer. Seattle is a live town of 4.000 inhabitants; business driven with a rush, lumber and coal being the principal article of trade. These, and especially the coal, seem inexhaustible...Work is plenty and wages good; society of the best. Good schools and good churches well attended. More there is a Sabbath, at least to the majority of the citizens (In his letters to Kansas, Riley was very critical of Californian's neither resting nor attend church on Sunday)...,The soil is deep, rich sand, water of the best, towers on every hillside, climate very mild and the temperature equal. It makes me feel that to live is a pleasure. We have bought 33 and 68-100 acres of excellent land two and one-half miles distant from Seattle, for 8325.00 and expect to build us a shanty and move into it at once....One item of interest I notice is that nearly everybody seems to be in good health and fine spirits, while in California the healthy looking ones were the exception, not the rule." The land here is almost certainly the same land Riley offers for sale six months later in Jan 1878 in preparation for moving to Bainbridge Island. |
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6 Jun 1878 |
Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [16] |
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Hoskinson settlement in Eagle Harbor 1878
"Quite a settlement is springing up on Eagle Harbor, Kitsap county, about a mile and a half from Port Blakely. There are already six families located there, those of Messrs. R. M. Hoskinson, James Ryan, J. T. Hoskinson, W. C. Hoskinson, Mr. Reeves and Mr. J. C. Hornbeck....The Messrs. Hoskinson are experimenting. They have set themselves to the undertaking of demonstrating to the Puget Sound public and the world generally, the practicability of farming our fir and cedar uplands with profit. We predict the success of the experiment without doubt or hesitation." Not sure who the J. T. Hoskinson mentioned in the article is. A brother to Riley? |
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28 Sep 1879 |
King Co., WA [17] |
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Hoskinsons win big at the King Co. Industrial Fair 1879
Riley wins prizes and honorable mentions for variety of vegetables and grasses. Martha wins in seed peas, pickles, and several sewing and quilting categories. Daughter Ida also wins in a few sewing categories. Prizes are $1 for each food related win, butter knives and salt spoons for the sewing and quilting categories. |
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04 Jun 1880 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [18] |
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1880 US Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 6B
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Feb 1883 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [19] |
- Unclear who C. J. Hoskinson is. Age and initials do not fit any of Riley and Martha's children. Could be a spouse of William.
- David apparently adopted by Riley and Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson because he joins family in this census and remains with the family through subsequent censuses.
- Occupation: house wife
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1883 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 16
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22 Aug 1884 |
Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [20] |
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To all lovers of flowers 1884
"I HAVE THIS DAY SENT TO THE care of Alfred Snyder, commission merchant of Seattle, W. T., a splendid assortment of Tulip bulbs (mixed colors) to be sold at the low rate of twenty-five cents per dozen. From now to the middle of November will do to plant them. MARTHA HOSKINSON. Eagle Harbor." This ad was reprinted in The Seattle Post Intelligencer every week from 22 Aug 22 to 21 Oct 1884. |
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1885 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [21] |
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Riley M. Hoskinson homestead and surrounding area ca. 1884-1886
This photograph was taken of the Hoskinson homestead by Riley Hoskinson's son Stewart. In the foreground left is a barn. If you look closely you can see a horse drawn buggy parked in front. The trees behind are the fruit orchard Riley planted and writes about in his many letters, particularly his letter to the Cloverdale Reveille, 30 Sep 1880: "Last spring a year planted, 200 fruit trees, of apple, Pear, Peach. Quince, Plum, Prune, and Cherry, also Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries, besides many other articles to tedious to mention." Note that the photo was likely taken in Spring as the fruit trees appear to be in bloom. The house behind is presumably Riley and wife Martha's. It looks to have been added on to several times since the Hoskinsons arrived on Bainbridge Island in 1878. To the right of the house is windmill (it looks black in this photo) with a three tiered white structure in front believed to contain Riley's instruments for recording the weather (temperate, barometric pressure, etc.) As a member of the Signal Service of the US Army and Dept. of Agriculture, Riley recorded local weather conditions and reported them to The Seattle Intelligencer and the federal government throughout his time on Bainbridge Island. There appear to be other houses behind the Hoslkinsons, presumably the homes other homesteaders. It is interesting to note the palisade-style fencing that borders the road and surrounds the barn and other buildings. This would have been quite an undertaking to construct, involving thousands of individual boards. All along the right side of the photograph the land has been cleared of trees and burned. This is perhaps the land Riley began offering for sale in Nov 1883 and was still offering for sale in Feb 1886. In 1883, he was offering 80 acres. In 1886, he offers lots of 5, 10 or 20 acres, perhaps to attract smaller buyers. Note the price has increased substantially from $10/acre in 1883 to $30/acre in 1886. The 1886 advertisement notes the land has been logged and burned, but is not yet cleared. Finally, note the tree stump in front of the barn. This gives an idea of the size of trees felled to clear the Hoskinsons land. The stump is roughly the same width as the length of the buggy in front of the barn, which would make it 10+ feet in diameter and 15-20 feet tall. The burned stump near the road at the the bottom left of the photo looks to be from a tree only a bit smaller in diameter. |
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Feb 1885 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [22] |
- Occupation: housewife
22 year old Mary E. Hoskinson must be Mary E. (Towler) Hoskinson, wife of William (Riley and Martha's daughter Mary E would be 34 in 1885)
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1885 Washington State Census: Kitsap Co., WA
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30 Oct 1885 |
Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [23] |
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An elegant bouquet 1885
"An elegant bouquet came over yesterday from Mrs. R. M. Hoskinson, of Eagle Harbor, consisting of roses, marigolds, petunias, pinks, snapdragons, mignonettes, honeysuckles, bachelor buttens, dahlias, rose geraniums, and other beautiful and sweet scented things, all grown in the open air. That such flowers can be picked in this latitude in the open garden the last of October is wonderful indeed." |
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May 1887 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [24] |
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1887 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
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1889 |
Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [25] |
- Census must have been taken before April because it includes Martha who died in April 1899.
- Occupation: housewife
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1889 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 31
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2 Nov 1891 |
Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [26] |
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Married half a century 1891
"Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Honkinson, of Eagle Harbor, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Monday evening last. A very merry company met with them, and after offering congratulations and partaking of delicious refreshments made the worthy couple several costiy presents, a gold lined silver cup and saucer, s gold-headed cane and gold pen being among the gifts." |
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9 Apr 1893 |
Seattle, King Co., WA [27] |
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Martha contributes needlework for Chicago World's Fair 1893
"Seattle Women's Work at Chicago. Although the matter of arranging for an exhibition at the Word's fair of the work of women in Seattle was put off till very late it begins to look as though a very creditable showing would be made. For some time past Miss Campbell has been receiving such work and contributions at her room, No. 32 Hinckley block, until considerable quantity has been submitted....Mrs. M. P. Geiger and Mrs R. M. Hoskinson have contributed handsome needle work. Mrs Hoskinson's contribution is remarkable from the fact that she is 73 years old." |
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1896 |
Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA |
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Riley M. Hoskinson homestead and surrounding area ca. 1896-1897
This photo was taken from the Hoskinson homestead by Riley Hoskinson's son Stewart. The camera direction is the reverse of the first photo of the Hoskinson homestead, with the camera now located behind the windmill seen in the first picture looking toward the barn (center of this photo) and beyond. Based on this photo, the camera location in the first photograph was at the crossroads to the right of the church located in the middle distance center of this photo. Riley and neighbor Ambrose Grow were driving forces behind the building the church, the Eagle Harbor Congregational Church, (left with bell tower) and school (to the right of the church.) In late 1883, took out an advertisement in The Seattle Post Intelligencer seeking a teacher for this school. The church was completed in 1896, dating the photo, per this history of the building from the Bremerton Sun. Note also this photo was taken in fall or winter, because the fruit trees in the picture are devoid of leaves. You can see in this photo some garden paths and garden plots amongst the tress. The white house to the left of the church is the church parsonage. The pole located closest to the camera is very interesting. It appears to be steel (which would have been quite expensive to buy and haul to Bainbridge Island) and quite tall, anchored at the bottom, with the angled white line that crosses the left of the photo suggesting a guy line or wire to hold the pipe steady in high winds. My guess is atop this pole would have been wind speed and direction instruments to aid Riley's weather measurements. The pole does not appear in the first photo of the Hoskinson homestead suggesting this photo was taken after the first, and the pole a later additional to the property. Was the pole perhaps provided to Riley by the Signal Service? On the far left, the deforested and burned land of the first photo is again evident. There also appears to be a large section of land deforested, but not yet burned beyond the church and the white house. You can still see the tree stumps sticking out of the ground. Behind the school the land appears to have been completely cleared except for a couple tress. Some of this land is certainly the land Riley offered for sale beginning in Nov 1883 and was still offering for sale in Mar 1895. His 1886 advertisement specifically offers land has been logged and burned, but not yet cleared suggesting the property on the left of the photo. The plat map for the Hoskinson homestead suggests all of the land in the picture may have been owned by Riley Hoskinson. Finally, note this photo shows the pallisade style fencing seen fronting that road in the first photo continues as the road extends past the church and school. You can also see it fronting the road that runs left to right in front of the white house, church and school. It would have been quite an undertaking to construct so much closed fencing, involving many thousands of individual boards. This photo appeared in the 19 Nov 2017 edition of the Kitsap Sun with the following caption: "Riley Hoskinson operated this weather station and windmill at his home just north of Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island from 1878 to 1889. He gathered weather observations every day and sent regular reports to Washington, D.C. Hoskinson's station is flanked in the distance by the Eagle Harbor Congregational Church's parsonage and church center. Madrone's second school is on the upper right.." |
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11 Apr 1899 |
Waycross, Ware Co., GA [28, 29, 30] |
- Funeral at Trinity Church, Waycross GA, Rev. J. M. Glenn, officiating.
Interment was in Lott cemetery.
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Obituary: Martha Hoskinson 1899
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Obituary: Martha Hoskinson 1899
"...age. She was born October 31, 1819, near New Castle, Pa., being one of 11 children, three sons and eight daughters, seven of the sisters still living....She became the mother of three sons and five daughters, of whom all but one daughter still live to mourn her loss....Her funeral sermon was preached at 3 p.m. Wednesday by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Glenn, at Trinity church, of which she was a member. After the service at the church her body was borne in the grave. The following were the pall bearers: W. J. Smith, B. H. Thomas, J. P. Carson, J. P. Ulmer, J. A. Lott, and D. B. Sweat. Deceased was the mother (should read sister) of Mrs. Nancy Hingston (Hinkson) of Walnut street, this city: Mrs. Ellen McNickle of East Brook and Mrs. Sara Pollock of Plainsgrove." |
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Mother Hoskinson at Rest 1899
Another reprint of Martha's 15 Apr 1899 obit in the The Waycross Journal, this version with some extra info pertinent to Burlingame readers: "Deceased was a sister of Mrs. Clara Roberts, of Grand Haven, and resided for a number of years on the R. B. Beckes farm in that neighborhood." |
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13 Apr 1899 |
Lott Cemetery, Waycross, Ware Co., GA [29, 30] |
- "Her body was laid to rest in the beautiful burying ground in the city of Waycross, Ga., Wednesday afternoon, April 12th, there to await the voice of the Son of God to rouse her from the tomb with sweet salvation in the sound."
- Martha was buried first in Lott Cemetery, Waycross GA. Body then moved or her name simply inscribed on headstone of her husband Riley M. Hoskinson when he was interred in Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois Co IL in 1905.
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Headstone: Martha Hoskinson
Plot: Area 1, Section D, Lot 2 |
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Headstone: Riley M. and Martha Fisher Hoskinson
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Funeral Martha Hoskinson 1899
"The funeral of Mrs. R. M. Hoskinson occurred yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Trinity Church. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. Glenn, pastor, and the interment was in Lott cemetery. The pall bearers were W. J. Smith, J. A Lott. B. H. Tomas, J. P. Cason, J. P. Ulmer, D. B. Sweat." |
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I192 |
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14 Dec 2023 |
Fisher Family Genealogy
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