William Hosmer
American anti-slavery author and editor
About William Hosmer
Lived 1810 – 1889 (aged 79). William Hosmer was an American.
William Hosmer (May 27, 1810 – July 17, 1889) was an American anti-slavery author and editor, and a Methodist minister.
Biography Hosmer was born on May 27, 1810, near the town of Brimfield, Massachusetts, to Clara and Eleazer Hosmer. He studied at the Franklin Academy in Plattsburgh, New York. He also wrote articles and essays for other periodicals, including the Methodist Quarterly Review.
He died in his home in Auburn, New York, on the morning of Monday, June 17, 1889. Together they had six surviving children: dedicated to William Seward. Slavery and the church (Auburn: W.J. Moses, 1853)
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Who was William Hosmer?
American anti-slavery author and editor
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William Hosmer was born on 27 May 1810 in Brimfield.
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William Hosmer died on 17 July 1889 in Auburn.
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