Hogsett, James Samuel

Passed: 1917-06-23

Age: 71

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1917-06-29

Information: DEATH LIST-HOGSETT James Samuel Hogsett, long a resident of Jackson County, was found dead in his bed at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Verna Farley, at Akron, Ohio, Saturday morning, June 23rd.  He had retired rather later than usual on Friday night and apparently in better health than he had enjoyed for some time.  He had been in poor health for some years, but with the indomitable will that characterized him, had refused to give up, and busied himself with the affairs of his family and home to the end.   He was the eldest son of Asher and Eleanor Hogsett and was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, now West Virginia, June 24, 1846.  When quite small his father removed to what was then known as the Little Levels, in Pocahontas county, where he received the rudiments of a common school education in Dunlap's Academy, a school then enjoying some degree of fame in that section.  At the beginning of the Civil War, 1861, the family removed to Jackson county, where most of his life was spent and where a number of the family still live.  Of his brothers and sisters John and Henry Hogsett live near Ripley; Mrs. G. R. Casto and F. M. Hogsett at Millwood, Mrs. Sarah Rader at Akron, Ohio, and D. M. Hogsett at North Platte, Neb.; Mrs. Lawrence Chase, of Ripley and Mrs. Josephua Saye, of Evans, two sisters, preceded him  to the great beyond.   In 1873 Mr. Hogsett united in marriage with Alice Wolfe, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Wolfe, of near Mt. Olive, who survives him.  This union was a happy one and for more than forty years they trod the highway of life together and reared to manhood and womanhood a family of four sons and four daughters, to whom the memory of the one is sacred and the presence of the other a benediction. The daughters are Mrs. T. S. Burch, of Sandyville; Mrs. E. S. Rhodes of Ripley; Mrs. D. C. Farley and Miss Marie Hogsett, of Akron, Ohio.  The sons are Attorney E. L. Hogsett, of Logan, WV; J. P. Hogsett, of Parkersburg; Otis C. and Theedore P., of Akron, Ohio.   In 1871 he was converted and joined church and lived a consistent christian life to the end.  At the time of his death he was an influential and respected member of Grace M. E. Church, of Akron, Ohio.  He was buried in Pine Hill cemetery at Ripley, Wednesday, June 27, after a funeral service at the Epworth Church, conducted by Revs. N. C. Cochran and H. K. Riffe, at which all the brothers and sisters, except D. M. Hogsett, all his own family and a number of relatives and friends were present.  Misses Dorothy, Esther and Loretta Hogsett, daughters of D. M. Hogsett of North Platte, Neb., came for the funeral.   Few men of his station in life have so impressed the characters and lives of their families and those with whom they came in contact as he.  The influence of his life and character is a priceless legacy to his children.