Eliza Ann (Gibbs) Hoskinson (1820-abt.1900)

Eliza Ann Hoskinson formerly Gibbs aka Brown

Born 20 Oct 1820 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Wareham Gibbs and Elizabeth (West) Gibbs

Sister of Homer Clark Gibbs, Robert M Gibbs [half] and Elias Gibbs [half]

Wife of Ira Brown — married 25 Feb 1838 (to before 12 Oct 1841) in Athens, Ohio, United States

Wife of Benjamin B. Hoskinson — married 11 Nov 1852 in Wapello County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Mother of Cortland Brown, Ira L Brown and Nettie Cornelia Hoskinson

Died about 11 Nov 1900 at about age 80 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, United States

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Biography

Eliza Gibbs was born October 20, 1820, in Athens, Ohio. She married Ira L. Brown in 1838. They had two sons, Cortland and Ira Jr. After Ira Brown's death in 1841, Eliza kept house for her father, Wareham "Wash" Gibbs in Wapello County, Iowa.^[1]

In 1852, Ben Hoskinson's first wife, Roseanna died. Ben and Eliza married on Nov. 11, 1852, in Wapello County, Iowa.^[2] In 1857, they moved to Oskaloosa, Kansas, with Ben's five surviving children, Eliza's two sons, and her father, Wash Gibbs.^[3] They had seven more children together. They operated a grocery store in Oskaloosa, Kansas, until 1875 when they moved to Wabaunsee County.^[4] Ben served as sheriff there, and the family farmed. In 1889, Ben and Eliza participated in one of the Oklahoma Territory land runs but returned to Kansas,^[5] where Ben died near Hardtner in 1891.^[6] Eliza moved to Washington State with her daughter Hattie and died there in 1900.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Sources

↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4181056_00511?pId=2656985 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ Iowa Select Marriages Index: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1725699:60284?ssrc=pt&tid=77463333&pid=36369427952 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4230561_00436?pId=44033904 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241342-00706?pId=49153063 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ 1885 Kansas State Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1088/images/ks1885_7-0257?pId=1263736 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ U.S. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141777628/benjamin-hoskinson : 13 Dec 2021
↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4118878_00550?pId=62229668 : 13 Dec 2021
↑ Obituary of Eliza Gibbs Hoskinson, the Oskaloosa Independent, 28 Dec. 1900: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90517654/obituary-for-eliza-gibbs-1820-1900/# : 13 Dec 2021
↑ U.S. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74297194/eliza-ann-brown_hoskinson : 13 Dec 2021

Acknowledgements

Eliza Hoskinson is listed in the Hoskinson genealogy and short history researched by J.D. Hoskinson, Copeland, Kansas, 1965.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eliza: