Pioneers of Ellis County
William Hosford
Born in North Carolina, the oldest
child of Carter Hosford and Jane Cobb, natives of that state. William
first married Isabel Rose, daughter of Jefferson Rose, and moved to
Missouri where she died in 1857. Two years later he married Mary
Powers, daughter of David Powers and Lovisa Wilson. Of their fourteen
children, several lived in Texas - Frank (Ellis County); Lula A. (wife
of J. B. Matlock, Hale County); Sarah, wife of Dr. J. A. Jones
of Ellis County).
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