Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Roy Cleveland Hoskinson    
                Born: Oct-21-1888          in Neds Run, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun-23-1985          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1,4,5
              Buried:                      in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  4,5
             Resided:                      at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  6
          Occupation: 1940                 road grader for the state  6
              Father: Robert Lee Hoskinson   (1847 - 1933) 
              Mother: Rebecca Dixon Vincent   (1853 - 1946) 
Notes 1 
                Wife: Golda Faye Gain     
       Also known as: Goldie Faye 
             Married: Oct-16-1910          in Neds Run, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  7,2,3
                Born: Nov-15-1893          in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  8,3,5,9
                Died: Jun-20-1990           5,10
              Buried:                      in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Salathiel Reason Gain   (1866 - 1943) 
              Mother: Rebecca Ann Dotson   (1868 - 1905) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Kenneth Cecil Hoskinson    2,11  
                Born: Oct- 2-1911           5
                Died: Mar-23-1916           5,12,13
              Buried:                      in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      crushed by wagon  

           M Child 2: Lawrence Russell "Friday" Hoskinson    2  
                Born: Jan-22-1915          in Neds Run, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Aug- 7-2005           1
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  1,14
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1985                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Census: 1940                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 steel mill worker  6
            Military: Oct- 1-1940 - May-18-1945 S/Sgt, B-17 tail gunner, Army Air Force, World War II)  1,16,17,14
                Wife: Eleanor Mae Powell  b. Dec- 8-1919  d. May- 6-1999  
             Married: Jul- 3-1944           18,3,7
           M Child 3: Guyle Salathiel Hoskinson   3,9,19 2  
                Born: Nov-12-1916          in Doddridge Co, WV  20,9
                Died: Apr- 6-1988           9
             Resided:                      in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV  21,9
                Wife: Lillian Virginia Hathaway  b. Feb-18-1916  d. Apr-18-2007  
             Married: Jun-22-1938          in Harrison Co, WV  22
           M Child 4: Robert Dennis Hoskinson    2,3  
                Born: Oct-26-1919          at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  23
                Died: Dec- 8-2011          in McConnelsville, Morgan Co, OH  24
              Buried:                      in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan Co, OH  1
             Resided: from 1953            in McConnelsville, Morgan Co, OH  23,1
              Census: 1940                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  6
          Occupation: 1947-53              poultry farmer at Big Flint, Doddridge Co WV  25
          Occupation:                      Federal Mogul (Gould) (28 yrs, retired 1981)  1
          Occupation:                      minister (Mt. Herman Church), lay leader (Mt. Pisgah UMC)  1
          Occupation: 1940                 road worker for the state  6
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. (1937), Univ of Arizona  26,25
            Military: 1942-46              U.S. Army Air Force, World War II (stateside duty)  23
                Wife: Mildred Marian Goodrich  b. Apr-23-1923  d. Dec-26-2008  
       Also known as: Marian Goodrich 27,7
             Married: Aug-14-1943          in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ  27,7
           M Child 5: James Arnold "Jimmy" Hoskinson   1   
         Census name: Jimmy Hoskinson 
                Born: Nov-16-1922          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Apr- 2-2008          at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  28
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  1,29
             Resided:                      at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  30,15,31,1
              Census: 1849                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  32
          Occupation:                      soil conservation tech, Dept of Agriculture (33 yrs)  1
            Military: (enlisted 5/22/1943) Sgt, US Army, World War II (4 Bronze Stars)  1
                Wife: Burnetta C. Ford  b. ca 1923  
             Married: Dec-20-1947          in Harrison Co, WV  7
           M Child 6: Earl Edwin Hoskinson      
                Born: Mar-20-1927          at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  1,22
                Died: Sep- 5-2010          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  33
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1
             Resided:                      at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  34,15,31,1
             Resided: 1949                 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  22
              Census: 1940                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  32
          Occupation:                      purchasing agent, Hope Gas Co (retired May 1987)  1
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S., Salem College (B.A.)  1
            Military: (enlisted 4/26/1945) S1, US Navy Sea Bees (seaplane tender USS Yacutat, AVP-32), WW II  1,35,16,36
                Wife: JoAnne Layman  b. Aug-21-1922  d. Jul- 1-2017  
       Also known as: Jo Anne Layman 
             Married: Sep-17-1949          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  22
           M Child 7: Billy Lee Hoskinson      
         Census name: Bill Hoskinson 
                Born: Jul-28-1930          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  37
             Resided: 2005, 08, 10, 11     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  31
             Resided: 1985                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Census: 1940                 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  
           Education:                      Doddridge Co High School (1948)  
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL . 
(3) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 171. 
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 79. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(7) Obituary of husband. 
(8) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk Del 1, p 64H. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, A death date of Jun 6 1993, as reported by other researchers, is considered to be 
incorrect and probably results from confusion with the birth/death dates of her sister-in-law Golda Fay Hoskinson 
Wallace. 
(11) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979. 
(12) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, Crushed by a heavy wagon. p. 171. 
(13) Obituary, West Union Record, 3/30/1916. 
(14) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(15) Obituary of father. 
(16) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(17) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(18) Obituary of wife. 
(19) Newspaper birth announcement of grandchild. 
(20) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, First name is spelled "Guile" in birth record, but "Guyle" in marriage 
record, SSDI, father's obituary, and birth announcement of granddaughter. BR Bk 4, p. 
79. 
(21) Newspaper birth announcement of granddaughter. 
(22) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(23) Robert D. Hoskinson, Memories of Doddridge County West Virginia 1920's & 1930's (self-published, 2004) 
(24) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(25) Immediate family. 
(26) West Union Herald-Record, 7/24/2007. 
(27) Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Herald-Record, 9/2/2003, 8/19/2008. 
(28) Obituary - At home. 
(29) Findagrave.com. 
(30) Newspaper birth announcement of son. 
(31) Obituary of brother. 
(32) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(33) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. 
(34) Newspaper anniversary announcement. 
(35) Military Grave Marker. 
(36) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. 
(37) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Del Bk 2, p. 39. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given as Oct 1889 in 1900 Census.







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