David J. Hooser

Birth Date

1812-05-04

Death Date

1903-03-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, tinner and coppersmith. Todd County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Jane Overshiner Hooser in Christian County, Kentucky, on January 9, 1838. Father of Virginia Hooser, Barbry Ann Hooser, Albert Hooser, Mary Hooser, Julia Hooser, and Cornelia Hooser. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1840. Tinner in Christian County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Tinner and coppersmith in Christian County in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Employed J.W. Kennedy and Henry Ballard as journeymen tinners in Christian County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 189.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 425B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 692.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 277B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 000465562.
"David J. Hooser"Hopkinsville Kentuckian(Hopkinsville, KY), March 10, 1903, p. 8.
"David J Hooser (1812-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 88958989, accessed July 15, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88958989/david-j-hooser.

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