WIFE: Eliza Jane Akin
CHILDREN: Baby Girl Hoag / Infant Girl Hoag / Lottie A. Hoag / J. Clarence / Shandanette / Etta A. / Jonathan H. Hoag Jr. / Merritt Thomas / Harry T. / Harvey / Ulysses S. Grant Hoag
Jonathan & Eliza had a total of 19 children of which only 3 reached adulthood.
NOTE: VETERAN
Hoag, Jonathan, was born in Pittstown March 21, 1830. He is a son of Thomas and
Phoebe (Comstock) Hoag, both natives of Pittstown. Thomas Hoag was one of the
leading farmers of the town; he served his town as supervisor, assessor, and was
captain of militia and was a Quaker in faith. The parents of Thomas were Abraham
and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hoag, he a native of Easton and she of Rhode grandfather
of Mr. Hoag was Jonathan Hoag, who came from Dutchess county at a very early
date to Whitehall where he was prospecting, but not finding the soil suitable
went back to White Creek, where he married Sarah Hall and then went back to
Beetal Hill, where he reared his family and died at Easton. Mr. Hoag has always
followed farming and stock raising; he is now engaged in raising thoroughbred
Devonshire cattle in connection with general farming. In 1850 he married Eliza
J., daughter of William and Abigail Akin, by whom he had ten children, three of
whom survive: Shandanette, who is engaged in the mercantile business at
Tomhannock. Jonathan, jr., a lawyer at Fort Myers, Fla; he graduated at the
State Normal School at Albany and then taught in the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute; losing his health he went to Florida and studied law with Judge
Bullock and was admitted to the bar in September, 1895. U. S. Grant, who is
connected with his father in his farming operations. Mr. Hoag was road
commissioner for twelve years and served for four successive years as
supervisor; has been justice for two terms and served one term as associate
justice, having been one of the last to hold that position at the time the
office was abolished by law. He was one of the first surveying agents of the
Pittstown Fire Insurance Co., and for eleven years served as secretary when he
was elected president, which position he still holds.
WIFE: Eliza Jane Akin
CHILDREN: Baby Girl Hoag / Infant Girl Hoag / Lottie A. Hoag / J. Clarence / Shandanette / Etta A. / Jonathan H. Hoag Jr. / Merritt Thomas / Harry T. / Harvey / Ulysses S. Grant Hoag
Jonathan & Eliza had a total of 19 children of which only 3 reached adulthood.
NOTE: VETERAN
Hoag, Jonathan, was born in Pittstown March 21, 1830. He is a son of Thomas and
Phoebe (Comstock) Hoag, both natives of Pittstown. Thomas Hoag was one of the
leading farmers of the town; he served his town as supervisor, assessor, and was
captain of militia and was a Quaker in faith. The parents of Thomas were Abraham
and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hoag, he a native of Easton and she of Rhode grandfather
of Mr. Hoag was Jonathan Hoag, who came from Dutchess county at a very early
date to Whitehall where he was prospecting, but not finding the soil suitable
went back to White Creek, where he married Sarah Hall and then went back to
Beetal Hill, where he reared his family and died at Easton. Mr. Hoag has always
followed farming and stock raising; he is now engaged in raising thoroughbred
Devonshire cattle in connection with general farming. In 1850 he married Eliza
J., daughter of William and Abigail Akin, by whom he had ten children, three of
whom survive: Shandanette, who is engaged in the mercantile business at
Tomhannock. Jonathan, jr., a lawyer at Fort Myers, Fla; he graduated at the
State Normal School at Albany and then taught in the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute; losing his health he went to Florida and studied law with Judge
Bullock and was admitted to the bar in September, 1895. U. S. Grant, who is
connected with his father in his farming operations. Mr. Hoag was road
commissioner for twelve years and served for four successive years as
supervisor; has been justice for two terms and served one term as associate
justice, having been one of the last to hold that position at the time the
office was abolished by law. He was one of the first surveying agents of the
Pittstown Fire Insurance Co., and for eleven years served as secretary when he
was elected president, which position he still holds.
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