U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Losh, William D. (1840-1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 438 William D. Losh, son of William D. Losh, was born in 1840; married 1863, to Sarah C., daughter of Levi Hopkins. Children: John L., George S., Mary E., David W., Cora A., Dolly M. and M. Jennie. He is a farmer, owning 80 acres, 40 acres of which he cultivates, on Horse Shoe Run, 6 miles from St. George. He joined the Confederate army, and was at the second battle of Bull Run, where he was taken prisoner and carried to New York. In a few days he crawled by the guards and escaped to Philadelphia, where he worked a month, and then went to Pittsburgh; thence to Wheeling and home. In a little while he was taken by Kelly, and was carried to Grafton and kept there three weeks. A second time he escaped and came home. He is a brother to John Losh, the great hunter, and has himself killed a score of bears. He has made several journeys to the West. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double-tombstone in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Tucker Co., WV William D. Losh (Aug. 7, 1840 -- March 12, 1929) Sarah C. Hopkins Losh (Oct. 7, 1846 -- July 16, 1930) ------------------------------------------------------------------- (son of William D. Losh & Sarah C. Hopkins Losh) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #12537 FULL-NAME: John Levi Losh BIRTH-DATE: February 24, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co., West Va. DEATH-DATE: October 27, 1945 (at age 78y-8m-3d) DEATH-PLACE: Lead Mine (rural), Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Susa Pearl Losh) OCCUPATION: Invalid FATHER: William Daley Losh (born in Northumberland Co., Pa.) MOTHER: Sarah Catherine Hopkins (born in Northumberland Co., Pa.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arteriosclerosis, Hypertension, Myocarditis, Nephritis INFORMANT: Charley E. Losh (of Pierce, West Va.) BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery, Thomas, West Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------