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1852-1931

Hosea was born December 14, 1852 in Salt Lake City; married Clarinda Jane Langston March 25, 1872. Clarinda was the daughter of John and Clarinda Phillips Langston, born February 2, 1857 at Alpine, Utah; died August 11. 1906 in Hinckley, Utah.

Their eleven children are: Clerinda Melvina, born June 17, 1873 at Rockville. Utah: married David A. Flanigan June 8. 1893. There were ten children born to them. Clerinda died February 11, 1939. Her son. Alma E., is now Bishop of the Virgin Ward, Zion Park Stake. Mary Mariah. born October 13. 1875. in Rockville; married James H. Hepworth July 11. 1894. There were three children. James died June 10, 1901. January 14, 1911. Mary married George Bishop; They had one son. Mary and George were divorced November 3, 1926. Mary later married' John W. Gardner June 22, 1927 and moved to Monroe, Utah. Mary died October 27. 1943. Hosea Fisk, Jr., born February 10. 1878 in Rockville; married Edith Jacaway October 16. 1901. They had five children. Hosea died February 1. 1941 in Salt Lake City. His wife. Edith, later married a Mr. Hansen. Alice Louisa, born September 18, 1880; married George H. Walker November 30, 1898. There were eleven children born to them. George Walker died August 21, 1927. Laura, born April 19. 1883 in Rockville; married Samuel T. Webb September 4. ^00. They had nine children. Samuel died February 19. 1920. Later, January 10, 1922, Laura married William Hoppic, with whom she had one son. This boy Is now serving his country in the army. Laura's marriage with Hoppie was later annulled. Several years later, September 7, 1927, Laura married Alma W. Haycock. After living together a few years they separated. Mabel, born December 10, 1885. in Rockville; married Heber E. Sorenson February 2, 1910. They had nine children. Eliza, born June 5, 1888 in Rockville; died October 6, 1909. Amanda, born December 14. 1890 in Rockville; married Lynan T. Richards June 3, 1908. They had three children. Abbie, born March 13, 1894 in Rockville; married Carl Peter Ranck March 1, 1919; two children were born to this couple. Francis Allen, born June 25, 1896 in Rockville; married Clara Walker July 9, 1919; Six children .were born to them. Ruby, born February 2, 1899 in Hinckley, Utah; married Thomas Elias Sandall November 23, 1921. They had three children. The Sandalls live in Tremonton, Utah.

[Image - HOSEA FISK STOUT 
1852-1931 
Choir Leader, missionary blacksmith - 1923.]

[Image - HOSEA FISK STOUT AND FAMILY -1892 
Top: Clearinda, Mary Maria and Hosea F. Jr. Middle: Hosea F. Stoul, Sr., 
Alice, Laura and Clearinda Jane Longston Stoul. Front: Eliza, Mabel and 
Amanda.]

Hosea was always a faithful Church worker. For many years he was the choir leader in Rockville before and after his mission. Later in Hinckley he led the choir for many years. Between 1890 and 1893 he served as a missionary in Tennessee. At Smithville in that state he made friends with a family named Sherrell, who had a two or three year old daughter named Martha. Within three years after his first wife died, he married Martha (May 5, 1909), then a beautiful young woman of nineteen. Martha is the daughter of William J. and Polly Anna Parsley Sherrell, born January 12, 1890 in Smithville. Tennessee. To this union five children were born: Delbert Sherrell, born March 18, 1910 in Hinckley: married Goldie Jensen June 22, 1932. Delbert. like his father, is a natural-born choir leader. Wilford Edwin, born October 8, 1911 in Hinckley; married Leslie Leona Erickson March 6, 1940. Nelda, born June 22, 1914, in Hinckley: died October 3, 1914. Marcella, born May 9, 1917, in Hinckley: married Horace Workman January 14, 1938. They have two children. Clyde Fisk, born September 4, 1923 in Salt Lake City: is now serving his country in the great war.

His last ten years were spent in Salt Lake City, where he was unable to find employment at his old trade — a blacksmith, but he did other work and maintained a son on a mission. His useful life came to an end January 22. 1931 in Salt Lake City. The world was made happier because of his great contributions.