Hoskins, Lowry

Born: 1805-XX-XX Virginia

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

In 1835, Hoskins and his wife Martha moved from Kentucky to settle in Coles County, Illinois. Together, they had eleven children. In 1860, Hoskins was a farmer in Coles County, and he owned $10,000 worth of real estate and $1,400 worth of personal property.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), 324; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), South Okaw Township, Coles County, IL, 173.