Rosetta Cobb (Rickey) Hostetter (1829 - 1904)

Born 6 Oct 1829 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wife of David Hostetter — married 13 Jul 1854 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1904 at age 74 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Rosetta Cobb Rickey was born 6 October 1829 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Randall Rickey and Susanna McAuley.^[1]

At the age of 24 she married David Hostetter 13 July 1854 in Cincinatti, Ohio.^[2] They were the parents of five children:^[3]

Harry Hutchinson Hostetter, born 16 May 1855 and died 25 May 1878;

Amy Susette Hostetter, born 22 Januayr 1858; married 6 November 1879 Herbert DuPuy;

David Herbert Hostetter, born in 1859; married, in 1887, Miriam Gerdes;

Wilfred Parker Hostetter, born August 16, 1866 and died 16 December 1883; and

Theodore Rickey Hostetter, born 19 October 1869 and died 3 August 1901; married Allene Tew.

Rosetta had her share of misfortune. Her eldest son, Harry, died in 1878 while on a trip to Florence, Italy. Rosetta was only 48 at the time of his death. Her son Wilfred died in 1883 when Rosetta was 54. Her husband died a few years later in 1888. And then her son Theodore died in 1902 when Rosetta was 72.

Rosetta died 3 July 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of 74. Her remains were buried at the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ A genealogical history of the Dupuy family, by Charles Meredith DuPuy ... with additions by his son Herbert DuPuy., published 1910.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLX-WBR : 26 August 2019), David Hostetter and Rosette E. Rickey, 13 Jul 1854; citing Marriage, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, v B6 p 256, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ A genealogical history of the Dupuy family, by Charles Meredith DuPuy ... with additions by his son Herbert DuPuy., published 1910.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5NM-FKMM : 9 July 2020), Rosetta R. Hostetter, 1904.
5. ↑ *Find A Grave: Memorial #122390192

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 260-261)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #122390192