tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6036137513106816899.post7766109627250210838..comments2023-10-30T08:46:25.349-04:00Comments on Leaves of the Tree: Who was Mary Rowena Hoskins?Kay Hadenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775054088464354234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6036137513106816899.post-81347354518765853182014-06-27T11:42:54.295-04:002014-06-27T11:42:54.295-04:00Yes, that information has been part of my search. ...Yes, that information has been part of my search. There is no indication of any General Hoskins ever living in Vigo Co IN at that time. I find no evidence of ANY General Hoskins. The most likely scenario is that Silas Hoskins who married Peter B. Allen's sister was her father. He was in Vigo Co quite early and was the only Hoskins I have found any record for in the early years. The early censuses also indicate he was old enough and had a daughter in his household, too old to be the child of his Allen wife, but the right age to be Mary Rowena. I have found a New York family that has a son Silas of about the right age, but cannot find out enough to prove him out of New York and on to Indiana. That family is the family of Samuel Hoskins and Lydia Presbrey. Samuel's will dated 24 Jun 1824, Cayuga Co NY, names a son Silas. I can find no records of Silas as an adult in New York so it is possible he left there. An old Bible record transcribed states that this Silas in New York was born 17 Oct 1791 - likely Granville, Washington Co NY, where Samuel Hoskins was then living. <br /><br />Believe me I am still searching! Appreciate the suggestion. When I wrote the article in 2011, I had not yet been to Fort Wayne to the Allen County Public Library. I was there last year and was able to go through many early Vigo County records. Everything points to Silas as the likely father and nothing suggests any other possible father for Mary Rowena. But so far, it is all circumstantial and not definitive enough for me to declare that I have found Mary Rowena's family.<br /><br /><br />Kay Hadenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16775054088464354234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6036137513106816899.post-27956595661620094042014-06-27T11:29:48.752-04:002014-06-27T11:29:48.752-04:00In the obituary of Peter B Allen (which is transcr...In the obituary of Peter B Allen (which is transcribed on your freepages site) it says of Mary Hoskins: "The deceased was married at the old house on the Preston place east of Terre Haute on December 26, 1836, to Mary Hoskins, a daughter of Gen. Hoskins, also a pioneer resident of Terre Haute dead many years." source: Terre Haute Evening Gazette, Saturday, 12 Oct 1901, page 1 A TERRE HAUTE PIONEER IS DEAD Peter B. Allen, Who Came Here in 1818 With His Father, Gen. P. B. Allen. <br /><br />Has that information about her father been part of your search? Since there is other inaccurate information in that obituary, that may not be wholly accurate either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com