died aged 67y; married; merchant; apoplexy; born in Vermont [sic]; son of Charles Hosmer & ______, Charles b. Conn.
son of Charles Hosmer & Lydia (__) Hosmer
m. Louisa Lawrence 21 Sep 1827
at Boston, Mass.
Mr Hosmer died suddenly, Nov. 11, 1868, in Hinsdale, Mass. He was born Aug. 24, 1801, in Woodstock, Conn., a lineal descendant of James Hosmer, Concord, Mass., 1637. His parents, Charles and Lydia Hosmer, removed to St Johnsbury, Vt., where, during childhood, he acquired a common education, and when fifteen became a clerk in the store of the late Gov. Erastus Fairbanks.
At the age of 21, he went to Boston; was for several years clerk in the hardware business; for thirty years carried on the business in his own name, pursing a course which secured the entire confidence of the public in his integrity and fidelity.
In 1837, he took up residence in Cambridge; and, devoting the hours of morning and evening to labor and study, after a few years found much to use and enjoy in the garden without, and the library within, his dwelling...
he removed, [in] 1861, to Beloit, Wisc...
[returned to Hinsdale after the death of his son Henry in 1867; considerable amount more in this work about his life/career. from Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence of Wisset, in Suffolk, England and of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts by John Lawrence, published 1869, avail on ancestry.com]
son of Charles Hosmer & Lydia (__) Hosmer
m. Louisa Lawrence 21 Sep 1827
at Boston, Mass.
Mr Hosmer died suddenly, Nov. 11, 1868, in Hinsdale, Mass. He was born Aug. 24, 1801, in Woodstock, Conn., a lineal descendant of James Hosmer, Concord, Mass., 1637. His parents, Charles and Lydia Hosmer, removed to St Johnsbury, Vt., where, during childhood, he acquired a common education, and when fifteen became a clerk in the store of the late Gov. Erastus Fairbanks.
At the age of 21, he went to Boston; was for several years clerk in the hardware business; for thirty years carried on the business in his own name, pursing a course which secured the entire confidence of the public in his integrity and fidelity.
In 1837, he took up residence in Cambridge; and, devoting the hours of morning and evening to labor and study, after a few years found much to use and enjoy in the garden without, and the library within, his dwelling...
he removed, [in] 1861, to Beloit, Wisc...
[returned to Hinsdale after the death of his son Henry in 1867; considerable amount more in this work about his life/career. from Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence of Wisset, in Suffolk, England and of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts by John Lawrence, published 1869, avail on ancestry.com]
died aged 67y; married; merchant; apoplexy; born in Vermont [sic]; son of Charles Hosmer & ______, Charles b. Conn.
son of Charles Hosmer & Lydia (__) Hosmer
m. Louisa Lawrence 21 Sep 1827
at Boston, Mass.
Mr Hosmer died suddenly, Nov. 11, 1868, in Hinsdale, Mass. He was born Aug. 24, 1801, in Woodstock, Conn., a lineal descendant of James Hosmer, Concord, Mass., 1637. His parents, Charles and Lydia Hosmer, removed to St Johnsbury, Vt., where, during childhood, he acquired a common education, and when fifteen became a clerk in the store of the late Gov. Erastus Fairbanks.
At the age of 21, he went to Boston; was for several years clerk in the hardware business; for thirty years carried on the business in his own name, pursing a course which secured the entire confidence of the public in his integrity and fidelity.
In 1837, he took up residence in Cambridge; and, devoting the hours of morning and evening to labor and study, after a few years found much to use and enjoy in the garden without, and the library within, his dwelling...
he removed, [in] 1861, to Beloit, Wisc...
[returned to Hinsdale after the death of his son Henry in 1867; considerable amount more in this work about his life/career. from Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence of Wisset, in Suffolk, England and of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts by John Lawrence, published 1869, avail on ancestry.com]
son of Charles Hosmer & Lydia (__) Hosmer
m. Louisa Lawrence 21 Sep 1827
at Boston, Mass.
Mr Hosmer died suddenly, Nov. 11, 1868, in Hinsdale, Mass. He was born Aug. 24, 1801, in Woodstock, Conn., a lineal descendant of James Hosmer, Concord, Mass., 1637. His parents, Charles and Lydia Hosmer, removed to St Johnsbury, Vt., where, during childhood, he acquired a common education, and when fifteen became a clerk in the store of the late Gov. Erastus Fairbanks.
At the age of 21, he went to Boston; was for several years clerk in the hardware business; for thirty years carried on the business in his own name, pursing a course which secured the entire confidence of the public in his integrity and fidelity.
In 1837, he took up residence in Cambridge; and, devoting the hours of morning and evening to labor and study, after a few years found much to use and enjoy in the garden without, and the library within, his dwelling...
he removed, [in] 1861, to Beloit, Wisc...
[returned to Hinsdale after the death of his son Henry in 1867; considerable amount more in this work about his life/career. from Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence of Wisset, in Suffolk, England and of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts by John Lawrence, published 1869, avail on ancestry.com]
Inscription
INDIVIDUAL STONE:
Zelotes Hosmer
died
Nov 11 1868
aged 67 yrs
He giveth his beloved sleep
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FAMILY MONUMENT:
Zelotes Hosmer
1801-1868
Louisa Lawrence his wife
1802-1871
Their children born in Boston Mass
Samuel Dana 1829-1895
Mary Louise 1832-1890
James
Henry Zelotes 1834-1867
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