Linn Hoskins Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Bloomington, Biographical Sketches, Page 950

LINN HOSKINS, cabinet-maker and furniture dealer, Bloomington; a native of 
Vermont born in 1831; a son of Nathan Hoskins, who wrote the history of Vermont 
State fifty years ago; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and located in Bloomington; 
established the present business in 1863; learned his trade in Massachusetts; in 
1860, he returned to Massachusetts and was married to Miss Amanda M. Dana, by 
whom he has five children - three sons and two daughters.  Robert, the oldest 
son, assists his father in the business; Sylvia, the oldest daughter, is a 
teacher in the graded school, commencing at the age of 16 years.  Mrs. Hoskins 
is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Hoskins is a member of the I. O. O. F., has 
passed all the chairs and been delegate to the Grand Lodge; is one of the oldest 
business men in Bloomington; carries a very large stock of furniture, and makes 
a specialty of undertaking; has three warehouses full of goods; handles one of 
the largest trades in the county.  By strict attention to business and fair 
dealing, he has been successful and justly merits the confidence of the people.