Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Jesse D. Hosler
JESSE D. HOSLER
Jesse D. Hosler, a furniture dealer, was born in Fountain County, Ind.,
January 18, 1846 ; he is a, son of Benjamin Hosler, a cabinet-maker,
and Lydia Shively, his wife, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German
descent. Our subject received a good English education in the
graded schools of his native State, and, after leaving school, learned
the trade of a blacksmith, serving a four, years' apprenticeship at
Covington, Ind. He then worked at Monticello, Ind., as a
journeyman for four years, and in 1875 came to Richwood, where he built
the brick shop in which his brother now carries on business. He
worked in this shop seven years, and then entered the furniture
business in the firm of M. W. Hill & Co., but discontinued this in
December, 1882. In 1863, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred
and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, for three months, and re-enlisted in
Company G, of the Fifty-first Regiment. He was once a prisoner,
being taken at night by a band of guerrillas, but succeeded in making
his escape after two hours' imprisonment. In 1874, he married
Miss Mary Sabin, a native of Troy, Ohio, and a daughter of Dr. Roswell
Sabin. By this union two children were born, viz.: Lucy C. and
Charles S. Mrs. Hosler died February 3, 1883. Mr. Hosler is a
Republican, and a member of the Richwood Methodist Church, of which his
wife was also a consistent member when living.