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 | Obituary: Martha Hoskinson 1899
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 | Funeral Martha Hoskinson 1899
"The funeral of Mrs. R. M. Hoskinson occurred yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Trinity Church. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. Glenn, pastor, and the interment was in Lott cemetery. The pall bearers were W. J. Smith, J. A Lott. B. H. Tomas, J. P. Cason, J. P. Ulmer, D. B. Sweat." |
 | Pensioners return to Illinois 1902
"Mr. S. F Hoskinson has sold his farm north of the city to Mr. C. C. Buchanan, and has moved to Hoopston, Ill. In the family are Mr. Hoskinson, his wife, little daughter and his father, R. M. Hoskinson. The old gentleman is 84 years of age. Both the father and son are Union soldiers and receive pensions aggregating $36 per month from the government. They came here two or three years ago from Washington state." |
 | S. F. Hoskinson to build house 1899
"Mr. S. F. Hoskinson, who came last week from Madrone, Wash., will build a residence in the next few months on the 16-acre tract of land purchased from Mr. C. C. Buchanan, in the northern part of the county." |
 | Riley writes of intent to move to Waycross 1897
To the Savannah Morning News, Riley, ever the prohibitionist, writes, "Waycross is my first choice of southern localities...and I have visited various states in the south, having spent three years of the late war with my son in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. I am a native of Virginia, but was opposed to slavery and joined the federal armv. My son and I intended to locate in Fitzgerald but as the town voted for barrooms, we abandoned the idea." It would be more than two years before the Hoskinson's actually moved to Waycross in 1899. |
 | September weather 1901
Riley took his weather equipment with him when he moved to Georgia, continued to report of the weather at his new home. This example from Oct 1901: "Mr. R. M. Hoskinson, voluntary observer, reports September as the dryest month of the year. There were only five days when more than one inch of rain fell...." |
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