From: "Millie Blanton" <blanton@pldi.net> To: <motherd@theriver.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:07 PM Subject: Walter M. Housch > Does this sound familiar to any of our Housch list members? > Millie > > > HOSCH FAMILY HISTORY > > By Walter M. Housch from legend and as related to him by Uncle Cain Hosch, > A slave owned by William Matthew Hosch. (written May 3, 1952, > Chickamauga, GA.) > > > WILLIAM HENRY HOSCH > GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER > > William Henry Hosch, was a native of Dresden Germany, with his family he > came to America in the year of 1810, to get away from the Seven years War > and the Napoleon invasion. He and his family landed in Charleston, South > Carolina and came over into Georgia and settled the little town of Hoschton, > in Jackson County, GA. He applied and was made an American citizen in the > year of 1827. He carried in his picket a ten cent piece minted in the year > 1827, this was a memento to remind him of the year he was made an American > Citizen. This ten cent piece has been handed down through the family, being > passed to the oldest male member of the family. The ten cent piece came to > me from my father and is not in my care. > > JOHN J. HOSCH > GREAT GRANDFATHER > > John J. Hosch, was borned June 10, 1910 and died December 27, 1861 in the > Confederate Army somewhere in Virginia. He married and moved from Jackson > County to Chattooga County, GA. in the year of 1840, settling bear Trion > Factory, Georgia. He owned a large body of land and several slaves and one > of the Slaves was Uncle Cain Hosch, who told part of this story to me in my > childhood. Uncle Cain Hosch was given to William Matthew Hosch as a wedding > present. > John J. Hosch's first marriage resulted in the birth of six (6) children, > 5 girls and one boy. The first wife died before leaving Jackson County. > In the year 1852 the entire family was stricken with the "bloody Flux" > and five of the children died within four days, August 1st, 2nd, and 4th, > and two of them dying the same day. Uncle Cain Hosch, the slave asked J.J. > Hosch if he would let him have Matthew and see if he could cure him. J.J. > Hosch consented and Uncle Cain Hosch went to the woods and dug up some > "Dollar Weed" and made a tea for Matthew and he was cured. John J. Hosch > married the second time about the year 1855 and to this union was > borned -William Henry Hosch, and Emily Hosch, who married Thomas J. Foster. > > WILLIAM MATTHEW HOSCH > GRANDFATHER > > William Matthew Hosch, was borned in 1838 and died from a wound in a > battle in Virginia, supposed to be the second Battle of Bull Run, August > 22nd, and 23rd, 1862. > William Matthew Hosch married Sarah E. Howell in the year of 1858, and > to this union was borned Ellen Housch and John Matthew Housch, (note the > change in the spelling of the name at this time from Hosch to Housch). > Ellen Housch the daughter married Lawrence Gregory, and John Matthew Hosch > married Lucinda Hull in the year of 1882. Uncle Cain Hosch stayed on with > the family after the freedom of the slaves and assisted in the raising of > the family. > > CIVIL WAR RECORD > > John J. Hosch, being a land owner and holding several slaves was quite > interested in the Civil War. Though being 51 years of age, he volunteered > in the first Georgia Regiment and went with a Company from Summerville, > Chattooga County, early in the year of 1861. He served in Virginia and in > December 1861 was stricken with the measles and died on December 27, 1861. > It is a legend that he belonged to the Masons and the Masons of his Company > arranged for his body to be sent home for burial. He is buried in the Hosch > Cemetry near Trion, GA. Among his belongings sent home was the "ten cent > piece" that has been mentioned and the coin was given to Matthew Hosch as a > memento to be carried in his picket. > William Matthew Hosch joined the Confederate Army in January 1862, leaving > from Chattooga County, GA. going to the Virginia Campaign. He and several > of this friends and kinship were in this Company, one of which was his > brother -in-law. > Grable Howell, whose sister was Sarah E. Howell the wife of William > Matthew Hosch. They were engaged in the second Battle of Bull Run in > Virginia- August 29 and 30, 1862. This story was told his family by Grable > Howell. > "The Company was advancing in the battle and William Matthew Hosch was > wounded and they carried him along with them, until time got so hot and they > had to make a quick advance and they could carry Matthew no longer. They > set him by a little pine bush, filled his canteen with water, removed his > personal belongings and left him there. He was never heard from any more". > Among his person belongings was his picket knife, his Wallet and letters > from home and also the "ten cent piece" which was handed down to John > Matthew Hoist, my father and at his death September 1, 1927 we found the > "ten cent piece" among his belongings and the coin is now in my care. > > JOHN MATTHEW HOUSCH > FATHER > John Matthew Housch was borned September 2, 1862- died September 1, 1927 > and he married Lucinda Hull in the year of 1882 and to this union was borned > 7 children as follows: > 1. Walter Matthew Housch, borned August 15, 1885, married Pearl Mable > Cunningham, > April 27, 1910. > 2. Ethel Elizabeth Housch, (deceased), married Arthur Hays. > 3. Clifford C. Housch, (deceased), married Anna Laura Woodward. > 4. Anice Housch, d. 1905 > 5. Agnes Housch, married Thomas Langston. > 6. Curtis Housch, borned September 21, 1900, married Helen Wallis on May 1, > 1930. > 7. Vivian Housch, married John Choat. > > > > > >