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JOSEPH HOSICK, Springdale, was born in 1828, on the place where he now resides, and is the son of Samuel and Catherine Hosick. His grandfather, George Hosick, came from Ireland to this county in about 1800, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He at one time owned 160 acres in what is now the city of Allegheny; he leased it for ninety-nine years, and the lease will expire in about five years, when it will probably revert to his descendants. He died in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His son, Samuel Hosick, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., and followed blacksmithing in Springdale, this county. He married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Mellon, of Westmoreland county. He was a farmer by occupation, and was frequently called upon to aid in defending the early settlers of this locality against Indian assaults, being at one time wounded by them. Mr. and Mrs. Hosick were the parents of five children: Joseph, Christina (deceased), Hannah M., Samuel W. (deceased) and Sarah C. Mr. Hosick died June 29, 1842. Joseph Hosick, son of Samuel, followed boating and rafting from the time he was sixteen years old till 1866, when he changed his occupation to that of railroading, in which business he is still engaged. He was married in April, 1861, to Mary, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Couch, and to them were born eleven children (seven of whom are now living): Samuel H. (deceased), Joseph Oliver (deceased), William S., Charles N. (deceased), James L., John G., Maggie E., Mary F., Elizabeth C., Nannie M. and Ada McKee (deceased). Of these William S. is engaged in publishing the Springdale Record, an enterprise in which he has recently embarked.