Biographical Sketch of James N. Hosey, Greene County, Missouri, 
Brookline Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Judge James N. Hosey.  This gentleman is the son of Samuel M. and Sarah
(Newell) Hosey, and was born September 25, 1832, in Clarion County, Pa.
He was educated at Allegheny College, Meadeville, Pa., garduating in
1856. From 1857 to 1861 he was principal of the academy at Freedom, Pa.
In August, 1861 he was made Captain of Company E, 78th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and served two and one-half years with that rank, and in
February, 1864, he was commissioned major.  He was in the battle of
Stone River, and all through Sherman's campaign.  After the war he re-
turned to Pennsylvania, and for some time was engaged in the oil busi-
ness in different parts of the State.  In April, 1872, he came to 
Greene County, Mo., where he has taken rank as one of the best citizens
of the county.  He was elected associate justice for the western dis-
trict of Greene county in 1882, upon the Republican ticket, and as 
county judge is making an enviable record.  Judge Hosey was married 
November 15, 1860, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Lawson.  Their union has
been blest with nine children, eight of whom are living.  He and his
wife are members of the Methodist Church.  The judge's father is a 
native of Clarion County, Pa., and is still living.  His mother died in
1851.  They had six sons and two daughters, James N. being the oldest.

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