Person:John Hosler (2)

In 1880 he was a farmer and his sister, Emily, was living with him. In 1900 & 1910 he was a farmer.

JOHN HOSLER

  To his own efforts is the success of John Hosler attributable, for he started out upon his business career without capital or the aid of influential friends, and is today the owner of a good farm in Antrim county.  This, too, is the visible evidence of his life of industry, for when it came into his possession it was entirely unimproved.
  Mr. Hosler is a native of the old Empire state, having been born in 1869 near St. Lawrence, New York.  He is the son of William and Jane (Binet) Hosler.  The father was a native of the dominion of Canada and followed farming pursuits all of his life.  Most of his life was spent in New York state, but his latter years were spent with the subject, in whose home he died in 1881.  He was a man of strong character and pronounced ability and retained throughout his life the sincere respect of all who knew him.
  The subject of this sketch is indebted to the common schools for his elementary education, as he therein pursued his studies until he had largely mastered the course in such institutions.  On putting aside his text books, he devoted his entire attention to farming work and the practical knowledge he gained as to the best methods of cultivating fields, raising stock and harvesting the crops has proved of much value to him since he began farming on his own account.  In 1871 he came to Antrim county, settling in Echo township when that section was but a dense wilderness and, as Mr. Hosler says, "the only direction in which he could see any distance was straight up."  He applied himself indefatigably to the labor of developing a farm, a task which was in due time rewarded and he is today the possessor of a well kept and highly cultivated farm of one hundred and twenty acres.  Eighty acres of this place are actually under the plow, in addition to which twenty acres are devoted to orchard purposes and the balance to timber and pasturage.  He is diversified in his farming operations and, in addition to the cultivation of the soil, he devotes considerable time to the raising of live stock, having on his place a number of fine Poland China hogs and Durham cattle.  When he first came to Echo township Mr. Hosler was compelled to carry household supplies from Norwood, a distance of twenty-five miles, and for this reason he is able to appreciate the wonderful growth and development of this region since he settled here.  He has always taken a deep interest in the public welfare and is a voter of the Republican ticket, and he has ever striven to advance the varied interest of his community.  Though a strict partisan in politics, he had never been ambitious for office holding, preferring to give his attention to his business interests.
   In 1885, Mr. Hosler was united in holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Katherine McKay, daughter of Robert and Mary (McKinnon) McKay and to them have been born six children, all of whom are at home, namely: John, William, Ada, Clifford, Sarah and Dewey.  The family are highly respected in the community and their home is a center of gracious hospitality.  They are prominent in social circles of the community and at all times a courteous welcome is extended to their many friends.  Mrs. Hosler is a member of the Congregationalist church in Bellaire.
 Source: Biographical History of Northern Michigan B.F. Bowen & Co, 1905, pp 88-9:SO.

Obituary

  John Hosler, Sr., passed away at his home on the West Side at an early hour Wednesday morning, following a long illness.  Deceased was born March 12, 1857, and has been a resident of this region for years.  Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church this Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.  Interment will be at Moorehouse cemetery
 Source: The Charlevoix County Herald, Friday, October 10, 1919 Pg 5.

The Charlevoix County Herald, Friday., October 10, 1919 Pg 5.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Compiler: Charlevoix County Michigan County Clerk, Charlevoix MI. Charlevoix County Michigan Deaths
   .

   Book 2 Pg 83 No 22, includes age, 62y 6m 26d, birth place (NY), and parents names.
   Cause of death was nephritis.

2. ↑ Find A Grave.

   With tombstone picture.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Obituary, in The Charlevoix County Hearld.

   Fri., Oct. 10, 1919 Pg 5.

4. ↑ Antrim County Michigan Burials..
5. ↑ In the Jul 1860 census he was 3 yrs (1856-7); in marriage record, Mar 1885, 26 yrs.(1856-7); 1900 census gives birth date Mar 20 1859; death record 62y 6m 26d calculates to Mar 13 1857; obituary says Mar 12 1857; tombstone gives date as Apr 21, 1862. The tombstone is off on the year and is the only place the month Apr appears, and the date of death is wrong. The March 12, 1857, date is used here because most evidence points to the 1857 birth year.