man‎Thomas Grant Hosick‏‎ 1) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5), son of Thomas Hosick and Mary Ellen "Mary Ellen Stewart" Stewart‏.
Born ‎ Jan 6, 1865 at Meredith, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 1) 1) 3) 5), died ‎ Jun 11, 1933 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 68 years 3), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 3)
Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, brother, maternal grandmother, aunt Nancy Stewart and uncle George Stewart. 4)
Census (‎ 1880 at Dayton, Armstrong Co. PA) Student, Dayton Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 6)
Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Professor. 7)
Located: (‎ Jan 1, 1901 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Started the Rural Valley Advance newspaper. 8)

Married ‎± 1889 7) (approximately 44 years married) to:

womanEtta Parsons‏ 7) 3)
Born ‎ Jun 3, 1869 at Lowellville, Mahoning Co. OH‎ 9), died ‎ Apr 20, 1959 at Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co. PA‎, 89 years 9), buried ‎ at Lowellville Cemetery, Lowellville, Mahoning Co. OH 9) 10)
On the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Etta states that she has had three children, and that two are living.

According to her death certificate, Etta's parents were David Parsons and Lucy Magill.

Thomas' death certificate states that he and Etta were divorced. On the 1910 census and thereafter, Etta claims to be widowed, although Thomas didn't die until 1933. Etta and her children changed the spelling of their surname to HASICK; this is the name they used on censuses and legal documents.
7) 9) 11)
Alt. Birth: (‎ Jun 1871 at PA) 7)
Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 7)
Census (‎ 1910 at Ellwood City, Lawrence Co. PA) Public school teacher. States that she is widowed. Living with children. 11)
Census (‎ 1920 at Munhall, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. States that she is widowed. Living with son David. 12)
Census (‎ 1930 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. States that she is widowed. Living with son David. 13)
Census (‎ 1940 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. Widowed. Living with widowed daughter Lucille and son David. 14)

Children:

1.
womanLucile Parsons "Lucile M. Hosick" Hasick‏ 15) 16) 7)
Born ‎ Dec 7, 1889 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 16), died ‎ Mar 18, 1955 at Muddycreek Twp., Butler Co. PA‎, 65 years 17), buried ‎ at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester, Beaver Co. PA 17)
Alt. Birth: (‎ Dec 7, 1890 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 7) 15)
Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and brother. 7)
Census (‎ 1910 at Ellwood City, Lawrence Co. PA) Living with mother and brother. 11)
Located: (‎ Nov 1912 at Freedom, Beaver Co. PA) 15)
Census (‎ 1920 at Freedom, Beaver Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 18)
Census (‎ 1930 at Crestline, Crawford Co. OH) Living with husband and children. 19)
Census (‎ 1940 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Public school teacher. Widowed. Living with mother and brother. Last name now JONES. 14)

2.
man‎David Parsons "David P. Hosick" Hasick‏‎ 9) 20) 7)
Born ‎ Jul 21, 1895 at Worthington, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 21) 22), died ‎ Mar 1, 1975 at Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co. FL‎, 79 years 22) 23)
Alt. Birth: (‎ Jul 1895 at PA) 7)
Alt. Birth: (‎ Jul 21, 1895 at Youngstown, Mahoning Co. OH) 20)
Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and sister. 7)
Census (‎ 1910 at Ellwood City, Lawrence Co. PA) Newsboy. Living with mother and sister. 11)
Census (‎ 1920 at Munhall, Allegheny Co. PA) Recorder at a steel mill. Living with mother. 12)
Census (‎ 1930 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Foreman in a steel mill. Living with mother. 13)
Census (‎ 1940 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Clerk in steel mill. Single. Living with mother and sister. 14)
Located: (‎ 1942 at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA) Clerk in steel mill. Single. Living with mother. 20)
Located: (‎ 1959 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 9)


Sources

1) source: Family Records Section of Thomas and Mary (Stewart) Hosick's Bible
2) source: Obituaries of Mary Stewart Hosick
3) source: Death Certificate of Thomas Grant Hosick
4) source: 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA
5) source: Approved Pension Application of Mary Hosick
6) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Dayton, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 23, Sheet 481-B, Dayton Soldiers Orphans Home, Line 12
7) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (South Division), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 2, Sheet 14-B, Dwelling 277, Household 287, Thomas Hosick Family
8) source: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, Vol. 2
9) source: Death Certificate of Etta Parsons Hasick
10) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Etta Parsons Hasick (Memorial # 83971097)
11) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Ellwood City, Lawrence Co. PA, page: ED 110, Sheet 4-B, Dwelling 61, Family 70, Etta Hasick Family
12) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Munhill, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 263, Sheet 8-A, Dwelling 76, Family 145, Etta Hasick Family
13) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 2-871, Sheet 1-A, Dwelling 9, Family 11, David P. Hasick family
14) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 2-620, Sheet 9-A, Household 191, Etta P. Hasick Family
15) source: Marriage License and Certificate of Lucile P. Hasick and John W. Wike
16) source: Social Security Applications and Claims Index, page: Entry for Lucile Parsons Jones
17) source: Death Certificate of Lucile P. Jones
18) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Freedom, Beaver Co. PA, page: ED 40, Sheet 14-A, no dwelling or family numbers recorded, John W. Wike Family
19) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Crestline, Crawford Co. OH, page: ED 17-27, Sheet 8-B, Dwelling 169, Family 189, John W. Wike Family
20) source: WWII Draft Registration of David P. Hasick
21) source: WW I Draft Card of David Parsons Hasick
22) source: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, page: Entry for David P Hasick
23) source: HASICK

Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: Thomas Grant Hosick & Etta Parsons." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://www.ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=36&id=F2152&main_person=I6431 : accessed 28 April 2025) Thomas Grant Hosick #I587, born ‎ Jan 6, 1865 at Meredith, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA


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