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1818 Abraham Hosler was born on January 9, reportedly at Codorus Furnace, York County, Pennsylvania. [1]

1842 Abraham Hostler and Elizabeth Spencer were married on March 29, in Richland County, Ohio. [2] [3]

1843 Elizabeth Hosler died on December 31 at age 19 yrs, 10 mo, 10 days. She was buried at St. John's cemetery. [4] [5] [6]

Elizabeth Hosler's gravestone, Morrow County, Ohio, 1843

1844 Abraham Hosler and Harriet Diefenbach were married on November 7, in Richland County, Ohio. [7]
[Photocopy, Marriage record for Abraham Hosler and Harriet Diefenbach.]

1846 Abraham Hosler was taxed in Perry Twp, Richland County, Ohio. [8]

1848 Abraham Hosler and wife were first members of the Evangelical Lutheran society in Albion, Noble County, Indiana. [9]

1850 Abram Hosler (age 32) and Harriet (age 24) Hostler lived in Jefferson Twp, Noble County, Indiana with children Mary C (age 6), George W (age 5), Sarah E (age 3), and Henry (age 1). The adjacent listing was for brother Samuel.
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1860 Abram Hosler (age 42) lived in Grasshopper falls, Jefferson County, Kansas Territory, at post office Grasshopper Falls, with Harriet Hosler (age 35), George Hosler (age 15), Sarah Hosler (age 13), Henry Hosler (age 11), Mary Hosler (age 9), Eugene Hosler (age 5), and Damon Hosler (age 2). [12] [13] [14]

1861 Harriet Hosler, wife of A Hosler, died on January 31 and was buried at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. [15] [16]

1861 Amanda M Hosler, daughter of A and H Hoser, died on February 4 and was buried at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. [17] [18]

1861 Andrew Jackson Hosler, son of A and H Hoser, died on March 28 and was buried at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. [19]

1864 Abraham Hosler moved to Jefferson County, Kansas near Valley Falls. He sold his property in Morrow County, Ohio to Henry Sowers in December, 1864. [20]

1865 Abraham R and Martha E Hosler, of Jefferson County, Kansas, sold land in section 18, twp 19, range 19, Morrow County, Ohio to Henry Sowers. Dated October 26. [21]

Grasshopper Falls was renamed Valley Falls. [22]

Just after the opening of Kansas territory in 1854, frontier entrepreneurs found a falls on the Grasshopper River that they believed would serve well in powering a mill. Mills would be replaced by elevators and for a century, grinding agricultural produce and serving the farm community was the main commerce. Grasshopper Falls would be platted in 1855 and incorporated in 1869. The grasshopper invasion of the 1870s was devastating and not a good promotional tool for a new and aspiring town. Aided by Legislature, the name of the river was changed to the Delaware (an American Native tribe most dominant in the region) and the twice more named town, eventually became Valley Falls.

1865 A Hosler (age 47) and M Hosler (age 27) lived in Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas with children G W Hosler (age 19), H Hosler (age 16), V Hosler (age 9), U Hosler (age 7), J Hosler (age 2), and E Hosler (age 4 months). [23]

1865 An account was made of the estate of father George B Hosler, deceased, naming widow Catharine Hosler and other heirs: Jacob Steffy, Samuel Hosler, Henry R Hosler, Abraham R Hosler, Isaac Ruhl and wife Leah. Dated December 30. [24]

1866 John Lincoln Hosler was born on October 3 in Valley falls, Kansas, son of Abraham Hosler and Martha May. [25]

1870 Abraham Hosler (age 53, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas, at post office Oskaloosa, with Martha Hosler (age 32, born in Virginia), Henry F Hosler (age 21), Eugene H Hosler (age 14), Damon B Hosler (age 12), William J Hosler (age 7), Elba sebina Hosler (age 5), John Lincoln Hosler (age 4), Dera S Hosler (age 1), and Robert Tolbert (age 16). [26] [27]

1873 Elba S Hosler, daughter of Abraham Hosler and Martha May, died on March 6 and was buried at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. Elba S Hosler was born on December 8, 1864. [28] [29]

1875 Abram Hosler (age 56) and Martha Hosler (age 36) lived in Valley Falls, Delaware Twp, Jefferson County, Kansas with children Eugene Hosler (age 19), D V Hosler (age 17), W J Hosler (age 12), J L Hosler (age 8), Dora Hosler (age 6), Laura Hosler (age 3), and James J Fenley (age 10 months). [30]

1880 Abraham Hosler (age 62, born in Pennsylvania), married, self (head), Farmer, lived in Delaware, Jefferson County, Kansas (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Martha Hosler (age 44), Wm. Hosler (age 17), John Hosler (age 13), Dora Hosler (age 11), Laura Hosler (age 9), James Hosler (age 6), Martha Hosler (age 3), and Francis A. Hosler (age 2). [31]

1880 Martha E Hosler, wife of A Hosler, died on September 13 and was buried at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. [32] [33]

1885 Abraham Hosler (age 67) and Jannie Hosler (age 42) lived in Delaware Twp, Jefferson County, Kansas with Dora Hosler (age 17), Laura Hosler (age 13), James Hosler (age 10), Martha Hosler (age 9), Francis Hosler (age 7). [34]

1895 William J Hosler, age 31, and Mary D Carpenter were married on August 7 in Logan County, Oklahoma. William J Hosler was a son of Abraham Hosler and Martha May. [35]

c 1895 A photo was taken of Abraham and several of his children. [36]
Standing: John Lincoln Hosler, William Jasper Hosler, Laura Etta Hosler, Dora Celesta Hosler,
Seated: Francis Abraham Hosler, James Finley Hosler, Abraham R Hosler, Martha Albe

1900 Abraham R Hosler (age 82, birthdate Jan 1818, born in Pennsylvania), widowed, father, lived in Delaware, Jefferson County, Kansas (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Eugene A Hosler (age 44), Lenora Hosler (age 45), Millie E Hosler (age 16), Herbert E Hosler (age 12), and Eugene E Hosler (age 5). [37] [38]

1910 Abraham Hosler (age 92) lived in the household of John and Martha Graham in Thomas County, Kansas. [39]

1910 Abraham Hosler was buried on July 14, at Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas. [40] [41]

A biosketch of Abraham Hosler [42] reports:

Abraham Hosler, Section 36, farmer, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in York County, January 9, 1818. When fourteen years of age he came to Ohio with his parents, locating in Richland County, and residing there until 1847, when Abraham removed to Noble County, Indiana, where he followed carpentering pursuits up to 1859, when he came to Andrew County, Mo., and in the spring of 1860 purchased a claim in Jefferson County, Kas., which is now his home. Mr. Hosler was among the early settlers in his locality. He had many drawbacks to contend with during the war. His stock was run off, stacks of grain burned, and other depredations, which affected him for a few years financially. Being a man of untiring industry, he soon, however, made up for its loss. Mr. H. has been four time married, his first two wives being deceased. He was married in Ohio to Miss Elizabeth Spencer. By this union he has one child, Mary Catherine. His second wife was Harriet Diffenbaugh, by whom he had five children--George W., Sarah E., Henry F., Eugene and Damon V. By his third wife, who was formerly Miss Martha E. May, of Kansas, he had seven children--William T., John C., Dora C., Larry E., James F., Martha A. and Francis A. Mr. Hosler is a carpenter by trade, which he followed for twenty-two years. For three years he carried on business in Kansas, doing considerable work on the Octagon Hotel in Valley Falls. His present wife was formerly Mrs. I. Leonard of Illinois.

Research Notes:

1842 Catherine Hosler, wife of Abraham died on June 12 and was buried at Woodbury Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio. [43]

See also [44]

DNA [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]


Footnotes:

[1] Find A Grave Memorial 42822296, [FindAGrave].

[2] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, [FamilySearchRecord].

[3] Family Search, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, [AncestryRecord].

[4] Helen Hassler Dempsey, Hasler Families and where They Came from (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1946/97), [GoogleBooks].

[5] Find A Grave Memorial 55301211, [FindAGrave].

[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[7] Family Search, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[8] Ohio, Richland County, tax records, 1839-1900, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[9] Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: Battey & Co, 1882), 180, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[10] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].

[12] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[13] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[14] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[15] Find A Grave Memorial 55354756, [FindAGrave].

[16] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[17] Find A Grave Memorial 55353569, [FindAGrave].

[18] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[19] Find A Grave Memorial 55354947, [FindAGrave].

[20] Helen Hassler Dempsey, Hasler Families and where They Came from (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1946/97), 187, [GoogleBooks].

[21] Morrow County, Ohio Deed 17-148, [FHLCatalog].

[22] Valley Falls, Kansas website, [URL].

[23] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, 1865, line 8, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[24] Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996, Morrow, Journal 2A-515, [FamilySearchImage].

[25] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].

[26] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[27] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[28] Find A Grave Memorial 55354351, [FindAGrave].

[29] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[30] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, page 9, line 16, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[31] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[32] Find A Grave Memorial 55355231, [FindAGrave].

[33] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[34] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, 1885, line 9, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[35] Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[36] FamilySearch Photo, Joyce Elaine Hammond, [URL].

[37] United States Federal Census, 1900, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[38] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[39] United States Federal Census, 1910, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[40] Find A Grave Memorial 42822296, [FindAGrave].

[41] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[42] William G. Cutler with A. T. Andreas, publisher, History of the State of Kansas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1883), 509, right column, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[43] Find A Grave Memorial 89220732, [FindAGrave].

[44] Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh, Rohrbach Genealogy (1970), 35.

[45] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: George Washington Hosler (spouse of Marietta Ann Coffman), Stella Edith Hosler (spouse of Ira Thomas Abram), Lester Keith Abram (spouse of Maude Viola Greenberg), [Link].

[46] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Laura Etta Louisa Hosler (spouse of Wilbur Josiah Stewart), Hazel LaFonne Stewart (spouse of Willis Zarley Hamilton), Kenneth Dean Hamilton (spouse of Norma Jean Lembright), [Link].

[47] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: William Jasper Hosler (spouse of Mary Dean Carpenter), George Bryan Hosler (spouse of Mabel Olive Groves), Marcella Dean Hosler, [Link].

[48] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[49] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[50] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Sarah Elizabeth Hosler (spouse of Ernst E Summerfelt), George Ruban Summerfelt (spouse of Esther Fredina Glenn), Ida Mae Summerfelt, [Link].

[51] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Laura Etta Louisa Hosler (spouse of Wilbur Josiah Stewart), Hazel LaFonne Stewart (spouse of Willis Zarley Hamilton), Donna Jean Hamilton (spouse of Donald Cochrane), [Link].

[52] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[53] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[54] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[55] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[56] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[57] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[58] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[59] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[60] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[61] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[62] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[63] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert's family suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].

[64] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].